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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Local and General. Painful Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 2

Mr. T. Price, employed by Messrs Conkey and Son., met with a very painful accident late on Tuesday afternoon. He was leaving…

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Fatal Accident at Bectric

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

In connection with the fatal accident report in our last issue, the following additional particulars have reached us in regard to the sad affair. Our…

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Local and General Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 June 1918 · page 2

Mr. William Daniels, jun., of Wallendbeen, employed with, his brother, on a road contract, met with an accident on Friday last,…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

James Cayanagh, 26, was accidentally shot at Turner's Flat, near Kempacy, by a boy named Smith. The victim died in a few minutes…

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Dairying Accidental Abortion in the Herd. Some Unsuspected Causes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

How easily contagious abortion can be communicated in a herd and from one herd to another, and with what suspicion any possible case should be…

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Railway Fatality. Platelayer's Death. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 2

William Charman, a platelayer, on the railways, was run over by an engine to-day at the Spencer-street yards. Both legs had to be…

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Drowning Fatality. Buggy Dapsised. Four Person's Perish. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 4

While H. Judson, a well-known farmer of Newstead (Vic.), was taking his two sons and the two daughters of J. Sullivan to school to-day, the food…

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Frightful Accident. at Sawmill

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 2

Residents hereabouts learned with deep regret of the fatal accident met with by a youth named Clifford last week at Messrs Ashton &…

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Fatal Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 2

Herbert J. Clifford, a lad 15 years of age, met with a fatal accident at Mr. W. Plant's sawmills, near Boree Creek, on Saturday last. The lad…

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Dairying. Accidental Abortion in the Some Unsuspected Causes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 6

How easily contagious abortion can be communicated in a herd and from one herd to another, and with what suspicion any possible case should be regarded…

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Items of News. Machinery Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1918 · page 2

An accident has occurred to the electric light plant at The Rock grain sild. Some delay will be caused as, in order to effect the necessary repair, the…

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Shooting Fatality. Boys and Firearms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 2

Two boys, Charles Jinn and Alex. Lowry, were out shooting on Wednesday when the former's gun went off and inflicted a terrible wound in Lowry's…

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Tram Accident. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 3

An electric tram jumped the rails in Perth yesterday and went right across the roadway, over the footpath and through a garden wall. It finally…

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Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1918 · page 2

Dorothy Scharenberg, aged 10 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Scharenberg, of Wagga, was admitted to the Wagga District Hospital on…

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Wreck of Excursion Boat Hundreds Drowned. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1918 · page 2

All excursion boat on the Illinois River, near Peoria, was wrecked and hundreds of persons were drowned…

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Drowning Fatality

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 11 July 1918 · page 2

Mr. Frank Foster, an employee of Mr. D. T. Davies, met his death by drowning in the Adelong Creek, on Saturday night last, It is…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Practically Cut in Two. Accident at Wagga Siding

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

A distressing railway fatality occurred at the siding behind the Wagga goods shed at about 11.30 a.m. yesterday, when Bartholomew Wheeler, an…

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The Railway Fatality Inquest Opened

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 3

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the unfortunate man, Bartholomew Wheeler, at the Wagga railway station on…

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Motor Smash. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 3

A motor car dashed into a stationary steam waggon on the South Head Road this morning with such impact that it was practically buried under…

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Railway Accident

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 4

A goods truck standing on a loop line at the Wagga railway station, not quite clear of the main line, was responsible for a slight mishap to the…

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