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Accidents, 1908

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Fearful Railways Smash Bendigo to Ballarat Line. 43 KILLED ; 139 Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6

A dreadful railway accident occurred last night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne, whore the Ballarat and Bendigo lines meet. A heavily-loaded passenger…

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Fearful Railway Disaster. Most Appalling in Australia. Forty three Killed and 139 Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 8

The most appalling disaster in the history of Australian railways occurred late on Easter Monday night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles…

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The Victorian Railway Disaster Further Details. Six Men Suspended. Additional List of Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6

Sorrow over the calamity which occurred on Monday night at Braybrook (Vic.) Is unabated. Never, one may safely say. will witnesses of scenes of…

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Sensational Accident. Three Horses Electrocuted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 1

A sensational accident happened on Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Liverpool and Castlereagh streets. Sydney. A huge arm of a derrick, forming part…

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Railway Accidents. And the Public Feeling

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

The frequency of accidents on the Sew South Wales railways of late, coupled with the appalling disaster in Victoria, has created a feeling of considerable…

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Railway Accidents. Man Badly Hurt. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Last night Robert Drew, a permanent way inspector at Penrith. met with a serious accident while trying to save his son. Both were crossing the railway…

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The Braybrook Disaster. Official List of Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

Driver Milburn, who was in charge of the leading Locomotive on the Bendigo train which ran into the train from Ballarat at Braybrook Station on the night of Monday…

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A Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 4

A youth named Willam Condson, whilst shooting at Boll's Mountain on Saturday with two juvenile friends, was accidentally shot by one of them, a bullet form a…

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Death by Drowning

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

The dead body of Mr Tliomas C. Boyd, manager of the Pastoral and Finance Association, was found floating off Kirribilli Point, Sydney, near his residence…

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Collision at Sea

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

A great snowstorm lias swept over England, doing great damage. When the blizzard was at its height on Saturday, the American liner Saint Paul,…

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Terrible Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5

A railway collision which occurred at Go gantua, Mexico, killed 28 pilgrims, who wei returning from the Gaudelope Shrine…

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Murrurundi Collision Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

It has been arranged that the inquiry into the circumstances attending the railway collision at Murrurundi an Good Friday morning shall open at the Courthouse, Murrurundi, at 10 O'clock on…

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Drowning Case at Tamworth. Peculiar Circumstances

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

At the beginning of last week two borthers. named Hardman, came to Tamworth from Uralla to negotiate for the purchase of a bakery business, and…

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Collision' Near Isle of Wight. a Cruiser Beached. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

When the blizard was at its height on Saturday afternoon, the American liner Saint Panl. 11,629 tons, outward bound from Southampton, crushed into…

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Gladiator Collision. Great Loss of Life. Perfect Discipline. London, April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5

The Gladiator was returning to Portland from Spithead in a blinding snowstorm. When she was steaming past Fort Victoria, well inside Hurst point, Hampshire, at a…

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Victorian Railways. Their Accident Fund

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The condition of the Victorian Railway Accident Fund is of considerable interst just now. owing to the claims likely to be made upon it in connection…

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More Railway Accidents. At Junee and in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

The list of accidents on the railways in this State and Victoria was added to on Friday. At Junee, while the down mail was being shunted in the station…

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Late Cable News. London, Tuesday. Railway Collision in Mexico

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 3

A railway collision occurred at Gargantua, Mexico, in which 28 pilgrims, who were returning from the shrine.at Guadeloupe, were killed…

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Accident on Battleshipport of Fremantle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 3

[?]lattleship Britannia, 16.350 tons, [?] from Qucensferry to ports a burst boiler tube. Five of her [?] seriously injured…

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The Murrurundi Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The victims of the late railway accident at Murrunrundi are all processing well. Potts is much better, but not out of danger. Moffat is improving slowly,…

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