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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Couch Accident

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 3

[?] reports are current respecting an accident to the Wagga [?] on Wednesday morning at [?]…

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A Rifle Fatality. Young Girl Killed. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 2

Jessie Hume, aged 16, was found shot through the head at Peachester. She had been handling the rifle and probably cleaning it. The affair is…

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General Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Lift Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 2

Thomas Brown, 15, fell down the lift well at Elliott Bros. warehouse. He sustained shocking injuries to the head and chest and died almost…

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Local and General News First Aid to the Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

It has been generally recognised for some time that the dissemination of knowledge as to the efficient rendering of First Aid in urgent cases is of almost…

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Another River Fatality Schoolboy Drowned Near Viaduct

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee River yesterday afternoon, which resulted iu the death of a lad named Oscar Samuelson, aged 12…

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Theatre Fatality London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

The noor of a cinematagraph theatre at Patton, in Penneylvanis, U.S.A. collapsed during an entertainment, and 500 of the audience were thrown in to the basement. Several people were killed…

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Wagga Boy Drowned. Caught in the Under Current. Teacher's Attempt at Rescue

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

An eleven-year-old boy, named Oscar Samuelson, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee, near the railway viaduct, yesterday afternoon. He was…

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At Caulfield. the Autumn Meeting Concluded. Sydney Horses Win Three Events.—Maltine Injured.—Comedy King a Good Colt.—Two Records Established

The Worker · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 17

The V.A.T.C. Autumn Meeting was concluded at Caulfield last Saturday in very hot and disagreeable weather. This did not prevent a big crowd from attending…

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The Recent Drowning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

In connection with Mr. and Mrs. Samueleon's loss of their eon by drowning on Wednesday, the Rev. Canon Carver issued an appeal for help, as the…

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The Drowning Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

An inquest was held in the Court House, Wagga, on Thursday, before Mr. P. Haon, J.P.. into the circumstances relating to the death of the schoolboy,…

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Another Theatre Fatality London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 2

During a cinematograph performance in a theatre at Truxcille (Peru), the building took fire, causing a pania among the audience…

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The River Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 7

Mr. P. Hann, deputy district coroner, held an inquiry on Thursday, lasting several hours, into the circumstances attending the death of Oscar Carl…

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Fatal Railway Accident Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 5

A young man named Charles bay died in the Goulburn Hospital this morning from injuries received while jumping from a goods train at Jerrawa…

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Coach Accident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 5

Dr. Casement, of Kempsey, died in the local hospital as a result of injuries regained recently when thrown out of a mail coach between Kempsey and…

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Drowned in the Murrumbidgee. Another Youth the Victim. the Inquest

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Another drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee river on Saturday afternoon, a lad named Walter Richard Williams, aged 9, son of…

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Another River Tragedy North Wagga Boy Drowned. Inquest and Funeral

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Following quickly upon the death by drowning of the boy Samuelson, we now have to record another sad fatality of a similar nature which occurred…

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News From the Capital Sydney, Monday. Mother and Child Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

The wife of Thomas McNamara, and her six months old infant, were found drowned in a creek at Coramba. The woman had been subject to…

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Trams in Collision

The Worker · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 19

Two trams from Balmain to Sydney came into collision at Annandale about noon on Saturday. The accident occurred in Annandale-street, and apparently was…

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Motor Car Fatality. Witness' Sensational Admissions. Accused Committed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

At the inquest held to-day on the body of William Boatwright, who was killed by a motor car driven by Tom Bushell, evidence was given by Frank…

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Sensational Accident on a Steamer

The Worker · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 19

Whilst the Howard Smith steamer, Myra Fell, from Port Pirie, was discharging lead at Flood's Wharf, Circular Quay, on Tuesday morning, the steel mainmast…

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