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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Sydney Journalist Killed. Mr. R. L. Baker Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 3

A shocking motor accident on Sunday afternoon at Balgowlah, between the Spit and Manly, resulted in the death of Mr. George M'Leod…

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Motor Accident

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. Jack Sullivan, of Coonamble and formerly of Gundagai, was broken up in a motor car accident last week. In…

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Burning Accident. Young Woman Terribly Injured. Clothes Ignited by Kerosene. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

While Vern Norris, 23, was pouring kerosene on the kitchen fire at an hotel in Orange, her dress was iginated and in an instant she was enveloped in flames…

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Nasty Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

A very painful and peculiar accident happened to Mr. W. J. Hull, of Palm[?] Mr Hull tried to top off the branch of a bull oak, as a…

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Passenger Ship Torpedoed. A Callous Enemy. Jeer at their Drowning Victims

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 1

It is definitely stated that the steamer Fallaba was torpedoed at Milford Haven. The Captain, two stewardesses and five others were…

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Railway Fatality. Girl's Suicide at Lewisham. Evidence of Impending Insanity. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 3

At the inquest on the body of the girl, Eleanor May Smith, who was cut in two by a train at Lewisham station, the deceased's mother deposed that her…

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Royal Show. Record in Ladies' High Jump. Accident to Lady Rider. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

Although heavy showers fell at intervals during the day, there was another large attendance at the show, estimated at over 50,000. The weather…

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Yerong Creek. Serious Burning Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 2

Last Saturday week, while two men—Messrs Piefke and Kluncke— were resting beside a fire, on the way from the town to their camp on…

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Shocking Gun Accident. Victim Bleeds to Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

Thomas Japp, 32 years of age, met with a tragie death in the bush at Campbelldown on Sunday. He and a friend were out rabbit shooting. Japp…

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Railway Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

A collision occurred between a goods and a stock train near Euchareena morning, and one engine and several trucks were considerably…

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Railway Fatality. Young Man's Terrible End. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

A young man Cecil Colless, employed as a cleric in the railway department, was run down and killed by a train at the Liverpool railway…

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To-day's Telegrams Collision at the Heads. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

A collision occurred at the Heads this morning between the collier Herga and the pilot steamer Captain Cook. The collier was outward bound…

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Fatal Accident

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 8

This morning, between 10 and 11 o’clock, a fatal accident, presenting exceptionally sad features, occurred in the vicinity of the Coolamon Government…

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Accident Wear Goulburn. Goods and Water Train in Collision. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

A rear collision occurred at Mulwaree Tanks this morning between a conditional goods train running from Goal burn to Harden and a water train while…

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The Submarine War. Trawler Sunk. Nine of Crew Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

The trawler Zarina and torpedoen or mined in the North Sea. Nine of her crew were drowned…

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Serious Accident. Playing with a Shell. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

At Bulimba, Queensland, William Macenial (13) was blown to pieces by a shell, and his sister Dorothy had both hands blown off…

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Boy's Plucky Action. Rescues Drowning Woman. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

A young woman got into difficult while surfing at Maroubra to-day and would assuredly have been drowned but for the plucky action of a 16-year-old…

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Fatality at Cockatoo Island. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 3

A miner John Crawford was working in the Coffer Dam being constructed at Cockatoo Island in connection with the launching of the destroyer…

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Boy Killed. Children Play with Live Shell. Two Girls Injured. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

A distressing fatality occurred at Bulimha this evening. It appears that William M'Neil (13), Doris M'Neil (9), and Nettie Davison (8) were…

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Trains in Collision. in Pyrmont Bridge Tunnel. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2

A head-on collision occurred this morning between two trains in a tunnel under Pyrmont Bridge. The impact was fairly severe. The front…

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