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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

305 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 16

Driving Fatality. Young

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 4

Mr. James Cullen, aged 55 years, was killed while driving home to Marengo yesterday. He left town driving a heavy waggonette and pair, and…

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Motor Smash at Temora. Wagga Man Injured. Occupants Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Sunday 6 August 1916 · page 3

As a result of a collision between a car owned by Alderman James Thom (Mayor of Temoram, and a motor cyclist named Hall, about two miles from…

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Italian Liner Torpedoed. Austrians Revolver Practice on Drowning Victims. Many Lives Lost

Wagga Wagga Express · Sunday 6 August 1916 · page 5

A message from Malta states that portion of the crew and passengers of the Italian liner Itemberg, bound from Syracuse to Malta have been landed. An Austrian submarine torpedoed the liner without warding. The crew of the submarine fired their…

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The Barmedman Motor Collision

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 2

It was learned in Wagga on Saturday that Miss Kathleen Thom, one of the four persons injured in the collision between her father's motor car and a…

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Shocking Fatality. Motor Car Overturns. Child Burnt to Death. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 4

On Saturday night Mrs. Ethel Lovegrove, of Gore-street, Fitzroy, engaged Phineas Clarkson, a chauffeur, of South Melbourne, to drive a…

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Burning Fatality. Motor Vat Ignites. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 2

A child was burnt to death and four adults seriously-injured, owing to the igniting of a motor car near Eltham, Victoria, on Saturday…

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Mail Coach Overturns. Driver Seriously Injured. sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 3

While Kenny's maill coach and four horses, with mails from Bellingen, was coming down a hill near the hotel at Repion, the brakes refused to act…

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Children's Eyes. Injured by "The Pictures."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

Kinema shown, it was stated at a meeting of the Bath Education Committee, were responsible for considerable expenditore on spectacles for the…

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Fatal Accident at Ganmain. Ganmain

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at the farm of Mr. John Murphy, about three miles from Ganmain, to-day, which resulted in the death of one of the…

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Automobile Accident Records

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 2

According to the best statistics, the number of automobiles in the United States increased from 200,000 in 1900 to 1,760,000 at the end of 1014. The number of deaths…

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Fatal Accident at Ganmain

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred at the farm of Mr. John Murphy, about three miles from Ganmain, Tuesday, which resulted in the death of one of the most respected…

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A Collision

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1916 · page 2

A collision between a motor car and a tram at Circular Quay yesterday resulted in Frank Fox, an hotel manager, being fatally crushed…

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Shocking Train Fatality. Woman Cut to Pieces. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1916 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Ashfield railway station this afternoon, when a middle aged woman, who has not yet been identified; was cut to…

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Automobile Accident Records

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 2

According to the best statistics, the number of automobiles in the United States increased from 200,000 in 1000 to 1,750,000 at the cod of 1014. The number of deaths…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 2

Heartfelt sympathy is extended to the Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, in the loss of his sister, who was killed in a shocking railway accident at Ashfield…

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Saved From Drowning. Injured Soldier Saves a Man. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 3

Lieut Charles Feel, of Cootamundra, at present staying at "Graythwaita" Convalescent Home, Union Street, North Sydney, saved…

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The Mecantile Mutual Fire and Accident Insurance Company. Remarkable Increase in Business. Annual Meeting of Share Holders

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

The shareholders, and incidentally the policyholders, in this Company, have good cause for being pleased with its financial stability as evidenced by the…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 3

Last night at Stockton, near Newcastle, three persons, Edward Dyer, his wife and a child in arms met their deaths in a…

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Triple Drowning Fatality Charge of Manslaughter

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 4

About 6 o'clock on Sunday evening three persons, Edward John Dyer, his wife, and child in arms, met their death in a tragic manner. They Were…

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Tragic Motor Accident. Three Persons Drowned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

At about 6 o'clock yesterday evening three persons, Edward John Dyer, his wife, and child in arms, met their death in a tragic manner. They were…

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