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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1906
Page
5
A collage of terse notes and anecdotes from early 20th century life.Topics range from sheep owners and May lambing in distant districts to trials in Moscow and pensioner deaths. It reports earthquakes, disasters in San Francisco, and community events like a Town Band social and Loyal Oddfellows social.
On Friday night a wreck involving an engine attached to several trucks collided with another train at Durrawong. Thomas Newby was crushed against the boiler and burned to death after two hours of agony. Henry Loxton and an Italian named Lina were seriously injured. Desperate attempts to end Newby’s suffering were made by fellow workers who struck him with an axe.
William Henry Brammer of Camperdown New South Wales declares he recovered after a two year battle with fatigue headaches and poor digestion. He credits Clement’s Tonic for restoring appetite energy and sleep and urges households to keep the remedy on hand.
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