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Accidents, 1910

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The Turf. A.J.C. Autumn Meeting. Opening Day. Beautiful Weather Prevails.—A Record Attendance.—Two Jockeys Severely Injured.—Prince Foote in Form.—Storey Wins the Doncaster

The Worker · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 17

There was a tremendous attendance to witness the opening day of the A.J.C. Autumn meeting at Randwick last Saturday. The weather was perfect, and the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Saturday morning last when the sad intelligence was made known that two young…

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Double Fatality Young Man Killed. Grandmother Dies From Shock. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 2

John Deveney, 16, was holding the reins of a team attached to a loaded lorry at Guntawang, near Gulgong, when he fell off the vehicle, the wheels…

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Railway Collision. Troop and Passenger Trains. Twenty Soldiers Killed. London, March 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 2

A passenger train collided with a military train at Muelheim on the Rhine. Those in the passenger train were…

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A Double Fatality. Killed by a Lorry. Grandmother Dies of Shock Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 2

At Gulgong, John Diveny, who was holding the reins on a lorry for the driver, who had alighted to shoot a rabbit, fell under the wheels…

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Death of Abe Lewis Evidence at Inquest. the Body Injured. Deceased Makes Will. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 2

The inquest concerning me death of Abraham Lewis, tailor, of Kyogle, son of Mr. A. Lewis, of Wagga, who disappeared about March 12, and whose body…

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Tram Collision. Several Passengers Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 3

At lunch time to-day a double tram en route for Victoria Park racecourse collided with another car in Cleveland-street…

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Trams Collide Many Passengers Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 2

A sensational collision occurred to day between two trams at the intersection of Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets, City, when a car bound to…

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Powder Explosion Sensation at Waterloo. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 3

At Waterloo this morning a spark fell on some powder which had been extracted from cartridges, causing a huge flare…

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Accident at Junce. JUNEE

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 2

Alfred Metcalfe, sanitary contractor to the Junee Council, got his hand caught in a circular sa, almost severing four fingers of the right hand…

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Albury Cup Accident. Later Particulars. Condition of Riders. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 2

The condition of the riders, R. Parkhurst and E. Trimble, was more serious than at first anticipated. Parkhurst is still unconscious, and Trimble…

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Local and General News Serious Racing Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature occurred during the running of the Albury Cup yesterday. When the race was nearly over Peep Bo, owned by Mr. F…

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Waterside Accidents

The Worker · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 31

Three accidents, two of which proved fatal, occurred to Sydney waterside workers on April 4. In the early morning a seaman named John Peter Jones…

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Found Drowned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 3

On Monday last, before Mr. T. H. Elwin, a coronial inquiry was held as to the cause of the death of an unknown man, whose body was…

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Boating Fatality. Eight People Drowned. Mothers and Children. WEIiUNGTON

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

A bout, with a picnic party on board, capsized near the mouth of the Wanganui River. Mrs. Ludlam and Ler hour children, and were…

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Eight People Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

A picnic party at Wanganui(N.Z ) was crossing the river in a boat, when the craft capsized, Eight of the occupants were drowned, viz, Mrs…

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Killed on a Tram Young Man's Sudden Dkath. Collision with a Cart. Two Youths Injured)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

A collision occurred between a croweded tramcar and u springeart in George-street West on Saturday at 8 o'clock. One man was killed outright, and two others were injured…

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Fatal Fumes. Strange Girl Found Dead. Extraordinary Fatality. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

A girl named Mary Florence Murphy, aged 19, a resident of Warwick, was found dead in a bedroom in Neil-street, Toowoomba, in a…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Young Woman Suffocated. by Poisoned Fumes. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

Mary Florence Murphy, aged 19 a resident of Warwick, was found dead in the bed room of a boarding house in Neil-street, Toowoomba, on Saturday…

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A Picnic Disaster. Eight People Drowned. Boat Capsized. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

At Wanganui to-day a picnic party was crossing the river, and the boat capsized. Eight of the occupants were drowned. They are Mrs. Ludlam and…

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