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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 26

A single man named James Craig, a station labourer, 35 years of age, met his death at Brookong on Monday, 6th inst., in a most unexpected manner. He and a number of the…

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An Electric Wire Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1890 · page 27

New York, September 15.—The crowd of people who attended the play at the Park Theatre to-night were treated to a horrible spectacle when leaving. Lineman Koop had…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 2

A sad case of drowning occurred near the Murrumbidgee Hotel on Wednesday last, which formed the subject of a magisterial inquiry yesterday. Three men, named…

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Collision Off the American Coast. a Spanish Steamer Sunk. Sixty-two Lives Lost. London, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 18

Intelligence has been received of a disastrous collision which has occurred off the American coast. The Spanish steamer Vizcaya was sunk, and…

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Was It Providence or Accident?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 4

Did the finding of that article save the man’s life? That is the question. Is there a divinity that shapes ear ends or are events but a mere series of accidents, which may happen to one…

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A Steeplechase Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 4

The greatest regret was expressed in sporting circles and amongst the public generally on Saturday, when it became known that Mr Alfred Watson,…

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General European Telegrams. Fatal Railway Collision. London, November 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 18

A fatal railway collision has occurred to train that was going from Plymouth to Taunton, in which were a number of passengers who had arrived by the Norham Castle from…

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Shocking Accident to a Boy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 37

On Saturday afternoon a boy named Augustus J[?]nes, 10 years of age, residing with his parents at 238 Canning-street, Carlton, Melbourne, met with a shocking accident at the…

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Accidental Death of a Peer’s Son. London, November 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 18

Viscount Cantelupe, the eldest son of [?] De-La-Warr, has been accidentally drowned while yachting at Belfast…

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Was It Providence or Accident?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 4

Did the finding of that article save the man’s life? That is the question. Is there a divinity that shapes our emus ? or are events but a mere series of accidents, which may happen to one…

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Serious Railway Accident at Salonica. Thirty Turkish Soldiers Killed. Forty Injured. London, November 15

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

A disastrous railway accident has occurred at Salonica through a train going off the rails. Thirty Turkish soldiers, who were travelling by it, were killed, and 40 others were injured…

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The Taunton Railway Accident. London, November 13

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

The signalman who was arrested on a charge of having by his negligence caused the recent disastrous railway accident near Taunton, has been committed for trial for…

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Was It Providence or Accident ?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 1

Did the finding of that article save the man’s life? That is the question. Is there a divinity that shapes[?] or are events but a mere series of accidents, which may happen to ore…

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Sad Drowning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 27

A sad fatality happened on the Murray Downs Station, on. Saturday morning. Two children of Mr. Macintosh, a gardener, were playing on the bank of the River Murray,…

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Shocking Fatality at Bombo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 26

On Monday morning about half-past 8 the Bombo quarries was the scene of another terrible accident attended with fatal results. It appears that three men, named Thomas…

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Blasting Accident at Broken Hill. One Man Killed and Two Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 19

A fatal accident happened on the Broken Hill South mine about 3 o’clock on Monday afternoon. A shift of a party of contractors engaged in sinking on B[?]k 6 drilled and…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 December 1890 · page 2

Word was brought to the police on Wednesday afternoon that a boy named Robert Emmannel Smith, aged nine years, son of a Mr Mary Ann Wilson by a former husband, had…

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Boy Drowned

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon s little boy aged about 9 years was drowned in the Murrumbidgee at the foot of Macgregor-street. An inquiry was held on Thursday before…

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The Recent Drowning Case. Recovery of the Body

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1890 · page 1

The body of the boy Desmond, who was [?]ned on Monday last in the Murrumbidgee was recovered by a diver on Wednesday morning last about ten yards from…

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Another Boy Drowned. a Strange Coincidence

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1890 · page 2

A little boy named Denis Desmond was drowned yesterday afternoon between 1 and 2 o'clock in the Murrumbidgee, just below Messrs Meakes and Wheeler's wharf. From…

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