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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Railway Accident in New South Wales. the Enginedriver Killed and Fireman Seriously Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 15

A goods train which left Mount Victoria at 4 p.m. for Mount Wilson was wricked rear Bell en Tuesday. The train was composed of 16 empty trucks, and owing to large potions…

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Fatality on Board the R.M.S. Tongariro. London, March 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 18

News has been received from Teneriffe that Mr. Howard Elphinstone, a passenger by the R.M.S. Tongariro from New Zealand from New Zealand to London, has…

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Floods in the Mississippi Valley. Thousands of Cattle Drowned. London, March 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 18

Severe floods are reported from the Mississippi Valley, where several thousand head of cattle have been drowned. The water is 2ft. deep in the streets of Arkansas…

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Accident to Mr John Dill

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 1

A rather serious buggy accident occurred this morning to Mr John Dill, of Toogimble. About 11 o'clock Mr Dill was driving a pair of horses in a buggy over the bridge towards…

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Railway Accidents in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 27

On Saturday a railway accident occurred at Bungendore, at about 8 o’clock in the morning. The engine of the regular Saturday morning train from Goulburn ran into a…

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Accident to Mr John Dill

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 4

A rather serious buggy accident occurred this morning to Mr John Dill, of Toogimbie. About 11 o'clock Mr Dill was driving a pair of horses in a buggy over the bridge towards…

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A Frontier Raid by Servia. Collision with Austrian Troops. London, March 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 18

Intelligence has been received causing some anxiety 88 to the position of affairs in Eastern Europe. A band of Servian militia are stated to have crossed the Bosnian frontier,…

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Peculiar Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 19

A Brisbane correspondent writes :—" A fatal accident of a very extraordinary character occurred in Alexander-street last week. Dr. j. Little, whose residence is situated on…

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[?]Rrible Railway Accident at Bathurst. Sydney, Saturday, 9.30 a.m

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 3

terrible railway accident took place last [?]at Bathurst. A runaway rain dashed a goods train. Five persons were killed, others dreadfully injured…

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[?] Railway Accident. 10.30 P.m

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

A fearful railway accident is reported from Bathuret. A mixed train broke away from the engine four miles from Bathurst, and went at n fearful speed, colliding with a goods train which was…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Bathurst. Sydney, Saturday, 9.30 a.m

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 4

A terrible railway accident took place last night at Bathurst. A runaway train dashed into a goods train. Five persons were killed, and others dreadfully injured…

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Railway Accident at Bathurst Sydney

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred last night at Bathurst A slow runaway train, which broke away from the engine, about 4 miles from Bathurst, collided with a…

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Shocking Railway Accident in New South Wales. Collision Between Two Trains. Bathubst

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 27

A frightful railway accident happened here this evening, causing the instantaneous death of three men and two women, while several persons were seriously hurt. At about 7…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 26

A lad named Jones, aged about 7 years whose parents reside at 135 Darcas-street west, South Melbourne, met with a serious accident, under peculiar circumstances, on Sunday…

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Shocking Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 26

A terrible accident happened shortly after 11 o’clock last Saturday evening, whereby a young man named John Crawley was crushed to death in the shaft of Lansell’s 180 mine…

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The Bathurst Railway Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 4

In connection with the Bathurst railway disaster a special reporter wires:—I have just returned from the scene of the wreck, and a more pitiful and disastrous picture could not well be…

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A Man Found Drowned in Wallundry Lagoon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 25

An enquiry concerning the death of a man, name unknown, whose body was found in the Wallundry Lagoon on Thursday, was held at the: Star Hotel, Wagga, on Friday morning…

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Another Railway Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 2

Last night the up-mail train at Farley platform, two miles from Maitland, was run into by a down train. A jockey and horse on the way to…

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Disastrous Boat Accident in Virginia. Twelve Baseball Players Drowned. London, May 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 18

A disastrous boat accident Is reported from Virginia, United States. Twelve baseball players, who were crossing a river in a ferryboat, were drowned…

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Serious Railway Accident in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 27

At 10 minutes past 12 o'clock on Tuesday morning a serious and fatal accident occurred on the railway line near F. station, 62 miles from Newcastle. The mail train from Sydney…

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