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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

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The Windsor Railway Accident. the Inquest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1887 · page 23

The inquest on the cause of the death of Mr. E. S. Parkes, Mrs. Foster, Mr. William Runting, and Mr. William Lempriere, F. W. Maskell (driver), and J. M’Nabb (fireman),…

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Serious Buggy Accident. Four Persons Nearly Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1887 · page 15

The Bega Standard reports that an accident which might have keen most serious in its results, but which fortunately terminated otherwise, happened at the Tarraganda…

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Found Drowned. Another Unknown Dead

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 June 1887 · page 2

An enquiry was held before Mr Pearce on Tuesday into the death of a person, name unknown, whose body was found on the bank of the river at Eli Elwah…

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The Windsor Railway Accident. Continuation of the Inquest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1887 · page 27

The inquest concerning the deaths of the persons who lost their lives by the railway accident at Windsor on the 11th May, was continued on the 26th ult. at the Melbourne…

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Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Doctor Comes

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 4

WOUNDS AND CUTS,—Wash the wound thoroughly with cold water, see the bleeding ceases, put the edges of the wound together, and…

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Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Docter Comics

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 4

WOUNDS AND CUTS,—Wash the wound thoroughly with cold water, see the bleeding ceases, put the edges of the wound together, and…

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The Windsor Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 25

Few fresh facts were elicited on Friday at the inquest upon the Windsor railway accident, The most noteworthy information was that given by Mr. Anderson, general traffic manager,…

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Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Docter Comes

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 June 1887 · page 4

WOUNDS AND CUTS,—Wash the wound thoroughly with cold water, see the bleeding ceases, put the edges of the wound together, and…

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The Windsor Railway Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 June 1887 · page 1

The following is the finding of the jury:—The jury who had to decide the Cause of death of the persons killed in the Windsor railway accident took…

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Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Docter Comes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 4

WOUNDS AND CUTS,—Wash the wound thoroughly with cold water, see the bleeding ceases, put the edges of the wound together, and…

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Fatal Boat Accident in New Zealand. Eight Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 25

A fatal boat accident occurred in Tologa Bay, New Zealand, on Monday morning. While a woman named Kirk and three children were being landed from the steamer Australia…

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The Inquest on the Windsor Railway Accident. Verdict of the Jury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 25

Mr. Purves concluded his address to the jury in the inquest on the Windsor railway accident on Friday last. The question of whether an electrical ground bell should not…

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The Windsor Railway Accident. the Verdict

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 4

The jury remained locked up until twenty-five minutes to 9 o’clock on Saturday night when they returned. The Foreman : We have come to a unanimous…

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Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Docter Comes

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 22 June 1887 · page 4

WOUNDS AND CUTS,—Wash the wound thoroughly with cold water, see the bleeding ceases, put the edges of the wound together, and…

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Names of the Injured Persons

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 21

The following is a list of the persons injured:— Miss Martin, Brooklyn Hotel, Peat’s Ferry, cut on hand while assisting a passenger…

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Terrible Railway Accident in New South Wales. Six Persons Killed. Thirty or Forty Injured.[by Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 21

A terrible railway accident happened this afternoon at Peat’s Ferry, the present terminus of the railway to the Hawkesbury River. As far as can be gathered from the meagre account…

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Terrible Disaster in Hungary. Over 300 Pilgrims Drowned.[by Submarine Cable.] London, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 18

A terrible accident has occurred in Hungary. Over 300 pilgrims have been drowned in the Danube through the capsizing of their ralt by a equall…

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Accidents and Emergencies. What to Do Till the Docter Comes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 4

WOUNDS AND CUTS,—Wash the wound thoroughly with cold water, see the bleeding ceases, put the edges of the wound together, and…

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The Peat's Ferry Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 2

The following accounts have been given: Mr. P. J. Park said:—I was in one of the first-class carriages. The train left Redfern at twenty-five minutes past 10 in the morning and everything went all right until…

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By Electric Telegraph. Terrible Railway Accident. Sydney. Wednesday, June 22

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Peats’s Ferry. An excursion train with 260 passengers was wrecked, and six persons were killed, including T. Wilson, the engine driver;…

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