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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Found Drowned. Gunner Patrick Ray

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 4

On Friday afternoon, the 25th ult., the sad news reached here that the body of Gunner Patrick Edward Ray was found floating…

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Motor Smash. Collision on Lagoon Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

What is generally described by onlookers as a miraculous escape from death was witnessed on Saturday evening, when a motor-car, No,…

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Items of News. Painful Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Lingard Simpkin, manager of Wantabadgery (West), whilst carrying a tub of boiling water, felt his previously injured leg give way…

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Cartridge Explodes. Sydney Street Incident. Woman Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

While a tramear was travelling to the Spit, North Sydney, two sharp explosions were heard from underneath the car. At the same time,…

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Football Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 2

While playing in the football match at Wagga between the Town and Country teams yesterday afternoon, Mr. Charles Otto Terlich, farmer, of…

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Meter Accident at Wagga Coolamon Residents’ Miraculous. Escape

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

What is generally described to o[?] nope foam death was [?]on Saturday evening when a motor car No 23542 owned by [?]…

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Accident to Peter Bowling. Knocked Down by a Car. Driver Arrested. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 1

Peter Bowling, who was prominent in the Labour movement a few years ago, was knocked down by a motor car last night, sustaining…

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Double Tragedy. Man Killed, Woman Injured. Alleged Maniac Arrested. Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

Word was received in Wagga yesterday that a tragedy had occurred at Little Springs, a lonely spot about 60 miles from Wagga, in winch a man had…

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Accident at the Sand Pit

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon two boys named Cusack, sons of Mr. Cusack, of Murray-street, Wagga. had a narrow escape from death. Mr. Thos…

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Double Tragedy Man Killed, Woman Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 4

Word was received in Wagga on Monday that a tragedy had occurred at Little Springs, a lonely spot about 20 miles from Wagga in…

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Gasworks Fatality. Men Succumb to Fumes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 2

Shortly after 1 1o'clook yesterday morning Michael Carrig, a Boilermaker, entered a tar-still to effect repairs, at the Australian Gas Light Co.'s works at…

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Dreadful Accident. Legs and Arms Severed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 2

While shunting trucks yesterday Gordon Norton was run over and killed by a train. Norton, who failed to notice the approach of the Glen…

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Collision in Harbor. Tug Boat Sunk. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 4

The tug boat Stirling collided with the steamer Mebusia in Darling Harbour this afternoon. The larger vessel cut into the tug's quarter, with the…

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Fall Down Cliffs. Returned Soldier Injured "Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 4

George Bauer, a returned soldier, fell a distance of about 20-feet down, a cliff at Dee Why Head yesterday, and sustained a fracture of the "right…

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Still Another Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

Another traffic accident, showing" the urgent need for the more rigorous enforcement of the traffic regulation in Wagga, occurred at the corner of…

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Burwood Fatality. Fell 40 Feet Into Sewer. Body Found Five Miles Away. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 August 1919 · page 1

George Darke, 36 years of age, a laborer, droped 40 feet from a staging into a sewer at Burwood today. James Hogan, another…

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Shooting Affray at Harden. Hotel Keeper Injured

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 2

EARLY on Monday morning a serious shooting affray took place at the Royal Hotel, Harden. It appears that the licensee of the…

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Street Accident. Lorry and Tram. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 2

A lorry and aram collided at St. Peters this morning. Percy Gilroy, the driver of the lorry, sustained a severe shock, necessitating his…

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Accident—

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 2

Returning from Lockhart to Boree Creek on Wednesday, Mr W. Ferrier had a mishap with his motor bike and side car. His wife and his son…

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Motor Accident. Three Men Killed. Three Other Persons Seriously Injured. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 1

A midnight motor, accident in High Street, Bendigo, resulted in three men being killed while two other men and a woman were injured…

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