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Accidents, 1917

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The Rock Fatality. Mr. Dixon Progressing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Mrs. M. A. Dixon, wife of Mrs. O. Dixon, accountant at The Rock branch of the Bank of New South Wales, who died…

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WIRES & Cables Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

At the police court to-day, Bertram Lovegrove was charged will having caused the death of Kathleen Whitely, who died last night as the…

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Jolimont Railway Accident. Allotting the Blame. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 2

No adverse action is to be taken in the State Parliament in connection with the Jolimont railway accident. The Railway Commissioners have…

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Steamer Accident. New York

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 2

Eleven were killed and ten injured when a crowded passenger steamer, the Christopher Columbus was rammed at a wharf at Milwauke…

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Drowned Near Niagara Falls. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

All electric observation car on the American side of Niagara Falls was derailed on Sunday and rolled into the river. Twenty persons were…

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Serious Steamer Accident. Milwaukee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

Eleven were killed and ten injured when a crowded passenger steamer, the Christopher Columbus, rammed a wharf, loosening the foundations of 50 water…

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Heavy Shells. Violent Bombardment on French Front. Russians Attack Strongly at Stanislau Venizelos' Strong Hand in Greece. Advance Guard "Sammies" in France. French Steamer Sunk in Mediterranean. Thirty-eight Lives Lost. War on the Sea. Steamer Himalaya Sunk. Thirty-eight Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that the Messageries Maritimes steamer Himalaya, which was chartered by the Government, was sunk in the…

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Injured by Mad Dog. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 3

A dog owned by a couple named Newman, in the Co[?] district, suddenly went mad and attacked Mrs. Newman. One of her cars was almost torn off, a…

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11 Killed, 36 Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

The Press Bureau gives the latest list of casualties in to-day's air raid as 11 killed and 36 injured…

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Accident at Fivebough

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

A painful acident befel Mr. Harry Black, of Farm 53, on Monday, June 25. While bringing his draught horses from the paddock his sulky…

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Items of News. Injured Returned Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

The hospital authorities reported last night an improvement in the condition of E. Marshall, the returned soldier who fell from a troop train…

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Woman Seriously Injured. Man Arrested. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 6

Mrs. An[?] H[?]ge. aged [?] a resident of Surry Hills, was admitted to the hospital [?] a serious condition, suffering from a [?]ractured skull, owing…

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37 Killed; [?] Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 2

A later British official report state[?] —The latest estimate of the casualties in to-day's air raid is: 28 men[?] six women and three children killed. [?]…

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Fatality at the Rock. Man Run Over by Train

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 3

An accident occurred near The Ruck railway station on Saturday night, resulting in the death of George Daniel Grant, who was a blacksmith…

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Daring Air Raid. London Area Traversed by Enemy, Killed 37—Injured 141. Germans' Powerful Effort on Aisne. Obstinacy in Face of Costly Failure. Splendid Russian Artillery Work. Submarines and Mines Busy. Another Air Raid. Biggest Yet Attempted, Bombs Dropped on London. Numerous Casualties. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 2

A British official report states:— At about 9.30 this morning considerable numbers of hostile aircraft, consisting probably of two parties…

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The Unluckiest Submarine on Record. In Ill-Starred Craft that Drowned Her Gre[?]

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 3

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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Tram Cars Collide. Thirteen People Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 4

The lights of a double tram went out when the trolley poles came off the overhead wire near the Cleveland-street junction. about 6.30 to-day…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed at the Rock. Coroner's Comment. Necessity for Overhead Bridge

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 3

THE necessity for an overhead bridge for passenger traffic at The Rock railway station has been frequently urged, but on Monday it was the…

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

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 5

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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Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2

Mr. T. Jackson, of Farm 261, is in Leeton Hospital suffering from an injury to the leg caused by the kick of a horse. The mishap occurred on the…

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