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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Sulky Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

Whilst Mr. and Mrs. A. Beeson and their two children were out driving yesterday evening, near the Wagga racecourse, the horse stumbled or…

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Curious Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

While three man were grubbing and pulling down trees at Spicer's farm, near Burrowa, one of the levers attached to the contrivance snapped…

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Sad Fire Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

Mary Woodbury, 22 years age, while washing clothes before a fire at home it Mangrove Creek, beyond the Hawkesbury River, this morning, was…

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Severe Explosion. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

While a gang of men, engaged in excavating work in connection with the laying of sewer pipes, in George-street North, were blasting, an…

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Shocking Accident. Both Legs Cut Off. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 2

A tram conductor, Henry Mullins, was run over by a tram at Kensington and bad both legs cut off at the thighs. He was conveyed to the…

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Drowning Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

Three Moari girls and a Moari boy were drowned at the Waikato Heads (N.Z.)…

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Tram Collision. Many Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 2

A serious tram collision occurred at the Randwick-road tram junction last night, when two heavily-laden cars met with great force. Both were…

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Railway Fatality. Child Cut to Pieces, London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 4

The Great Western express train at Chester, crowded with holiday-makers, dashed into three children who were playing on the line, and…

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Pea Rifle Accident. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 4

While a number of youths were at the central railway station this morning, about to start out on a shooting expedition, a pea rifle belonging to…

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Aviation Accident. Men Terribly Injured. Dresden

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 4

A serious accident happered while an aviation competition was in progress here on Saturday in the presence of several thousands of…

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Aviation Accident Men Terribly Injured. Dresden

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 2

A series accident happened while an aviation competition was in progress here on Saturday, in the presence of several thousands of…

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Cape Disaster. Heroism of Injured Doctor

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 4

The railway accident at Gaikas Loop on the night of January 4 was the worst disaster that has taken place in South Africa since that of Glencoe In 1895…

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Anti-Mormon Riots. Violent Scenes. Many People Injured. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 2

Anti-mormon riots have occurred in several centres. At Birkenhead demonstrators went to a Mormon meeting and ordered the elders to…

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Serious Bicycle Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 3

On Good Friday afternoon a visitor met with a rather serious accident when, descending the Gap road. In trying to get through a flock of sheep…

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Grim Tragedy. Drowned by Rising Water. Miners' Terrible Situation Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

Two miners working in a hole at Hound Hill, South-Land, were pinned down by a fall of sludge. Before they were found the gradually rising…

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A Jockey Injured. Result of Horse Stumbling Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

Arthur Hood, the well-known jockey, was riding Dorando at Randwick this morning when the animal stumbled and fell, pinning the rider's…

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Accidents and Fatalities. Sensational Suicide. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 2

Travellers on the Brighton railway were provided with sensation to-day, when a man, who had been given a week to pay a fine imposed at the…

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Drowned in the Darling

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 3

A young man named Graham was drowned in the River Darling while endeavouring to swim ashore with a rope to more the steamer…

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The Railway Disaster. Particulars of the Accident. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

The details of the accident show that a truck became derailed fifty yards from the Blaamo Krantz Bridge and plunged into an abyss 250 feet…

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Shipping Collision. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The steamer Twooper sank after a collision with the steamer Indralema at Dungeness. The crew escaped…

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