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Accidents, 1919

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Lugger Sinks. Japanese Drowned. Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 2

The lugger Ionic struck a reef and sauk. One Japanese was drowned…

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Railway Fatality. Shocking Death at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

The second railway fatality within seven days occurred at Junee yesterday evening nt Junee, when Mrs. Kelly, of that town, mother of Mr. Nat. Kelly in…

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Railway Fatality at Junee. Coroner's Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 2

A coroner's inquiry was held at Junee yesterday, by the district coroner, Mr. F. A. Commins, into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Railway Fatality Shocking Death at Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 8

The second railway fatality within seven days occurred at Junee on Tuesday evening last, when Mrs. Kelly, of that town, mother…

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The Mistocles Collision. Praise for Australians. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 7

At the Nautical Court inquiry into the sinking of the Edderside in colssion with the Themistocles, the resident paid a tribute to the l500…

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Railway Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 2

Whilst a passenger on the mail train at Illabo was attempting to re board the train, he got down between the train and the platform, and lost…

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Collision in Baylis-street

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 2

The break-neck pace at which vehicles are driven along the streets of Wagga has been a matter of comment for a considerable time, and many people have…

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Tanker Explodes. Twelve Killed. Many Injured. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 1

Cardiff was shaken with a terrific explosion of an American tanker of 6,000 tons which had been drydocked…

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Accidents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 2

Miss Molly Collins, decided daughter or Mr. D. Collins, of Mt. Horeb, had the misfortune to receive a bad shaking and painful abrasions, on…

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Accidental Shooting. Inquest on Bank Clerk. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 2

A verdict of accidental shooting was returned at the inquest on the body of Thomas Easterling, who died from the effects of a bullet wound,…

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Chaffcutter Accident

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Miller, a single man, residing at Holbrook, and the owner of a chaffcutting plant, met with a painful accident yesterday morning…

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Motor Collision. Cyclist Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 4

A motor cyclist named George Seale was severely injured last night as a result of colliding with a motor car at Camperdowa. Over 40 stitches had to…

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Plank Collapses. Six Men Fall. Two Seriously Injured. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 1

A plank on which six men were working in the Glebe tunnell in connection with the City underground railway collapsed. Two men were…

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Accident in a Tunnel. Six Men Fall 15 Feet. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 4

A plank on which six men were working in the Glebe tunnel in connection with the city underground railway collapsed. The men fell a…

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Fatal Motor Accident. One Killed, Two Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 3

Charles Hawser, accompanied by a youth named Finlay, was driving a motor cycle along Geelong Road, Melbourne, when the cycle collided with a…

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"Appallingly Serious." Mines "Drowned Out." London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Brace, M.P., speaking on July 22, described the Yorkshire position as being appallingly serious. This view is shared by the industrial…

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Train Accident Big Smash Narrowly Averted

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

What might have been a repetition of the Exeter tragedy of a few years ago, was narrowly averted on Thursday evening, and…

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Motoring Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 2

Ono youth was killed and another was dangerously injured in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle near Geelong…

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Saw Bench Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 2

A youth named Oldfield, aged 18. employed by Messrs. Fulton and Sons, of Junee, on the wood saw-bench at Illabo, slipped at his work…

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Race Riots. 14 Whites and 8 Negroes Killed. 500 Injured. CHICAGO

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 1

Fourteen whites and eight negroes were killed and five hundred people injured in the race riots…

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