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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

305 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 16

.Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

Last night at Stockton, near New-castle, three persons, Edward Dyer, his wife and a child in arms, met their deaths in a tragic manner…

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Demented Mother. Boys Attacked with an Axe. One Dead, Another Injured. Sale (Vic)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 2

During a frenzied outburst, Mrs. Fraser, the wife of a well-known landowner at Ralabruck, about 13 miles from Sale, attacked two of her children…

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Some Causes of Accidents

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

It has been frequently noted that motor car accidents seldom happen when the driver is riding alone, and the inference is drawn that when he has passengers, he "visits"…

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Bathurst Camp Explosion Six Men Injured. Bathurst

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 2

Lieut. Althouse and five men were injured at the Bathurst military camp to-day, through a spark from a bomb setting fire to a barrel of gunpowder…

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Fatality at Corowa

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

On Friday morning, Mr. J. Martin, a young married man, and a member of a well-known Corowa family of that name, met with a fatal accident at…

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Tooyal Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

A very sad accident occurred at Pine Lodge on Tuesday evening, writes our Coolamon correspondent, when Arthur Edyvean was killed. He…

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Fatality at Pine Lodge. Killed Whilst Clearing Trees Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

A very sad accident occurred at Pine Lodge on Tuesday evening, when Arthur Edyvean was killed whilst pulling down trees with a team of horses. He…

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Shocking Fatality at Methol Young Man Killed by Falling Tree

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

A shocking fatility occured at-Metal on Tuesday a tern top at about 5.30 on Mr. Arthur [?]property party with Mr. fkoss a share farmer…

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Man Accidentally Shoots His Wife. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 5

The Coroner found to-day that Beatrice Ann Higgs, 20, died at Auburn on September 11 from the effects of a revolver shot wound accidentally…

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Victorian Floods. a Family Drowned. Townships Isolated. 400 Persons Homeless. Seymour

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 3

It is generally agreed that the flood which has swept the Goulburn Valley during the last day or two is the greatest since 1879, and many consider that…

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Child's Deaths Extraordinary Fatality. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 3

An extraordinary fatality occurred at Canterbury yesterday. Mrs. Arthur Perfect left an eight-months-old child playing on a bed and in…

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Explosion on Steamer. Six Men Killed. Three Others Injured

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

An explosion occurred on Wednesday morning on the steamer Wairuna, lying at No. 5 Wharf, Darling Harbor, Sydney, and six men…

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Automobile Accident Records

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

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 end of 1914. The number of deaths…

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The Unluckiest Submarine on Record. In Ill-Starred Graft that Drowned Her Crews

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 October 1916 · page 4

In the entire history of underwater craft there is nothing for with a certain submarine, built by the Southern American States…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred at Jugiong about 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, the victim being a lad named Thomas Osborne, aged 10…

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Floods at Forbes. Lad Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

The first flood waters struck Forbes at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, and in a few minutes the lagoon had risen so rapidly that water was flowing…

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Drowned in a Post Hole

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

On Saturday evening a little boy four years old, a son of Mr. Jacobs. who lives near Coolamon, was drowned. It appears that the boy was…

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Worker's Bad Accident Ankle Burned to Bone with Molten Metal. Wonderful Healing by Zam-Buk

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 1

Accidents will happen, consequently it pays to be prepared for the unfortunate emergency by always keeping a pot of Zam-Buk handy. This…

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Drowning Case at Jugiong

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 2

At Jugiong on Saturday morning a number of children were Playing on the edge of the Murrumbidgee flood waters, when one of them fell in. A…

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Jockeys Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 3

Owing to accidents in the steeplechase at Randwick this afternoon Moon is suffering from a contusion to the spine and strained ligaments. Knox had…

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