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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Railway Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 2

Some alarm and excitement was caused amongst passengers on a mixed train entering Ariah Park railway station on Saturday. The train came…

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Driving Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

[?] Mr. A. H. HancKel was driving a draught horse borne, which bad been purchased at Mr. Hickman's sale, it suddenly lashed out, striking Mr…

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A Rum Collision

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 3

Sympathetic Old Lady (to cabby): "Is the poor man much hurt ? Been run Into by ono of those nasty taxicabs, I suppose?"…

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Fatal Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

A man named George Smith, 48 years of age, was brought by train to Wagga yesterday and was taken to the hospital. Smith was working at…

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Shocking Tram Fatality. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

While a Racecourse tram was dashing along Elizabeth-street this afternoon an unknown man ran across the road and made a jump for the step of…

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Accident at Currawarna

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

An unfortunate accident happened on Tuesday morning, to Mr. Lawrence Maxfield, employed on Mr. Ross's farm at Currawarna, He was turning…

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A Sad Fatal Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

A middle-aged married man named George Smith died at the local District Hospital on Tuesday, as the result of a serious accident attended with sad…

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Fatal Tram Accident Passenger Decapitated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 5

A young man, aged about 26, who is as yet unidentified attempted to board a racecourse-bound tram in Elisabeth street at 1 o'clock this afternoon. He…

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Rotten Rope. Inquiry Into French Park Fatality

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

An inquest was held by Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., District Coroner, at the Wagga Court House yesterday, into the circumstances attending the…

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Oil Well Disaster Thirty-five Workers Drowned. San Antonio (Texas)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 7

Thirty-five oil well workers were drowned in a barge which sank in crossing Lake Lamchuan, over the Mexican border. Further details are…

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Fatal Accident at French Park Siding Inquest Adjourned for Medical Evidence

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

An inquest was held by Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., District Coroner at the Wagga Court House on Thursday into the circumstances attending the…

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French Park Fatality

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

The adjourned inquest on the body of George Smith, who died in the Wagga Hospital on February 22, as the result of a fall from the top of…

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French Park Fatality

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

Details of the sad death of Mr. Sid. Smith, of French Park, are unavoidably crushed out, but we are pleased to note the really splendid…

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Drowned in Murray. RUTHERGLEN

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 3

On Sunday several youths went! from Rutherglen to the Murray River for a bathe, and, after being in the water some time, they got a boat and…

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Injured Boy's Death. Stepmother Arrested. Charge of Murder. Sale (Vic.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

Yesterday morning Constable M'Corkill arrested Mrs. Grumley at Sale on a charge of murder. She was taken before Mr. Harris, P.M., and remanded…

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Fatal Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 4

A man named George Smith, 48 years of age, was brought by train to Wagga on Tuesday, and was taken to the hospital. Smith was working…

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Artisan Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

On Saturday last J. Painter, who was engaged at the grain sheds in course of erection at Yerong railway yards, met with a painful accident…

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Extraordinary Accident. BERLIN

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

Owing to the breakaway of an air-ship, an attendant was caught in a wire rope and lifted 600 feet and was strangled…

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Accident at Headley's Brewery

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

[?]horse [?]chel to a lorry took [?] in the yard of Mr. H. S. Head[?] brewery, yesterday, and resulted in Mr. Frank Li an, driver who…

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