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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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A Driver Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 29

J. Herriot, the driver of the coach between Reefton and Westport (N.Z ), was drowned by the capsizing and washing away of the coach which he was driving while trying to cross…

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A Clergyman Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 28

The Rev. Robert Stephenson, a retired Wesleyan minister was drowned in the Blackburn Lake, at Box Hill, on 1st February. He was in the act of bathing, when it is presumed he…

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Four Members of One Family Drowned. Toowoomba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 21

At 3 p.m. on Saturday Ipswich reported :— A sad drowning fatality, resulting in the loss of the lives of four children of Peter Jackson, a well-known engine-driver on the…

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Fearful Colliery Disaster. Seven Miners Drowned. Toowoomba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 21

A dreadful colliery disaster, the worst that has happened in connection with the floods, occurred about noon to-day, resulting in the death of seven miners. The scene of the…

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Flood Nine Feet Six Above Previous Records. Twenty Persons Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 21

The flood reached its highest level on Sunday when it was 9ft, 6in. above the flood mark of 1890, that being the highest previously on record. This measurement was taken at the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Three Sisters Drowned at Carrathool. CARRATHOOL

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred about 7 p.m. yesterday in the Murrumbidgee, about three miles from Carrathool. Three daughters of Mr. A. Morrison named Jessie,…

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The Poisoning Fatality at Juanbung. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 2

An inquest was held by Mr E. L. Rowling, P.M., at the Court-house, Oxley, on Tuesday, touching the death of William H. Yeoell. alies W. Costello, when the…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 28

James Swan, an examiner on the railway line, met with a terrible accident on Saturday afternoon, which necessitated the amputation of both his leg. He left the Bathurst station…

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Singular Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 29

An Avoca correspondent Writes :—“ Mr. T. B[?]onghton, contractor, of Melbourne, met with painful injuries in assisting to save a Mr. Taylor from being burnt. The letter’s coat…

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The Drowning Fatality at Carrathool. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 2

An inquiry was held by Mr J. E. Pearce at Carrathool on Thursday, into the cause of the death of Jessie, Christina, and Murdo-china Morrison…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 2

ON Thursday Mr. Pearce, coroner, held an inquiry at Carathool as to the cause of the death of the three children drowned on the 13th, instant—Jemie, Christina and…

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The Poisoning Fatality at Juanbung Station

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 3

An inquest was held by Mr. E. L. Rowling, P.M., at the Court-house, Oxley, on Tuesday week last, touching the death of William H. Yeoell, alias W. Costello, when…

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Drowned in the Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 24

A magisterial enquiry was held by Mr, Coe’ J.P., on Saturday, touching the death of Henry Palmer, whose body had been found in the river on the previous day. Edward Jennings deposed:…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 29

On Thursday evening a young man named Fitzgerald, one of the boundary riders engaged at Borambola, was riding to his residence after having been engaged with several of the other…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 29

An engine-driver named James M’Queen, a resident of Harden, met with injuries at the railway yards last Friday night, which resulted his death next afternoon a 4 o’clock…

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Drowning Fatality at Wodonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 15

On Sunday last a ADA little boy, named Fraiz Herman Muller, son of Mr. A. E Muller, of Wodonga, lost his life [?] y drowning. The lad, who was nearly eleven years of age,…

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Shocking Accident at Broken Hill. a Lady Burnt to Death in the Street

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 26

The clothing of Mrs. Frank Stubbe, wife of a well-known sharebroker, caught fire last week under extraordinary circumstances. She was standing in front of Messrs. Boan Bros.’…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 29

A sad fatal accident happened about 8 [?] on Friday evening on the Mount Balmbridge road, three milts from Hamilton. Robert Thomas Knight was driving home a…

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Sad Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 29

A Parkes correspondent of the Herald says:—“A terrible accident occured during the trial of hunters at the show, A young man, Thomas R. Firth, assistant engineer, in…

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Evening with "Sir Roger." an Accidental Encounter

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 2

WARK up," says facetiously the brown hatted youth at the door of the private bar—"wark up, gents, and see the ve lion stuffed with—Yus, sir; he's in…

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