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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 39

Mr. N. G. Gregory, the manager of the [?]li Station, accidentally shot himself on Sunday on the station, 70 miles from Bourke. He was out shooting, and rode…

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Fatal Buggy Accident at Hay

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 3

A buggy accident, which unfortunately was attended with a fatal result, occurred on Sunday week at West Hay. A buggy containing Mr. John Lindsay, manager of Till…

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Shocking Tramway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 29

A sad accident happened in Sydney on Monday night, by which [?] tramcar conductor [?] aged 36, lost the life. He was passing from one [?] to another in…

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Train Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 29

On Saturday a man named James Evans was run over by a train near Hexham and killed, his body being terribly mangled. At the in quest a set of [?] keys were found…

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Accident at Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 29

At Narandera, on Wednesday night, four or five persons were (the Hay Grazier says) on the balcony of Mr. J. Thomson’s Criterion Hotel, when a rail or post gave way, and two…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 29

The Chronicle says :—“On Sunday morning last, a man named Thomas Hardy, only the other day discharged from the Barrangong Hospital, where be had been under treatment…

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Sad Case of Drowning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 29

A sad drowning case occurred at Nowrabridge, Shoalhaven, on Saturday evening when Mr. Edwards, town clerk, and Mr. G. Walker, corporation [?]er, lost their lives…

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Fatal Accident at Hillston. a Man Killed by a Falling Tree. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

A sad accident occurred here last Tuesday afternoon, having a fatal termination the following morning. From what can be gathered, it appears that Mr John Bales…

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Accident at Silverton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 29

A terrible Accident occurred on the Silverton tramway line near the goods station on Monday morning. Some boys were crossing the line w[?], several trucks, which were…

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Shocking Gun Accident. a Little Girl Shot by Her Brother

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 27

A shocking sho[?]ting fatality occurred at Narrawong, about 10 miles from Portland on Tuesday. A schoolmaster named Mills had been shooting on Monday, and had…

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Found Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 29

News was received on 16[?] inst at the Minee Department that the superintendent of the Gosford Nursery, Mr. J. M’Colg, had been found drowned in the Narara Creek, at Goaford,…

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Children’s Column. a Providential Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 11

“Well, boys, don’t get into any mischief and don’t tumble into the sea. Remember that there is no one to pull you out.”…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 27

A young woman, named Marlha Miller, aged 22 years, met with 3 fatal accident by burning at Wangaratta on Friday. While alone in her employer's house, which is…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. a Sister of Mercy Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 25

Two Sisters of Mercy belonging to the Reefton Convent, Auckland, while driving home were precipitated over an embankment by their buggy capsizing. One of…

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Fatal Accident at Hillst0n. (Grazier Correspondent.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 19

A sad accident occurred at Hillston last Tuesday afternoon, having a fatal termination the following morning. From what can be gathered, it appears that Mr. John…

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Fatal Accident at Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

Another fatal accident occurred, here last Sunday afternoon, the victim in this instance being a young man, 22 years of age, named William Nihill. The unfortunate young…

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Accident on a French Cruiser. Bursting of a Gun. Four Men Killed and Many Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 25

Information has been received by the steamer Tanals from New Caledonia, which arrived from Noumea on Sunday, that a few days before the vessel’s departure the…

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Intercolonial Items, Fatal Accident to a Cadet

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 28

A fatal accident happened at Hastings on Friday to a boy named Frank Incigneri, a cadet in the local state school corps. Mr. Ingamells, the schoolmaster, had 13 or 14…

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Revolver Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 29

A very sad fatal accident happened at Geelong on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, at the residence of Mr. Boyan, a retired sergeant of police, at Belmont. Mrs. Boyan was…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 29

Mr. William Wheeler, partner in the Narandera Carriage Company, died in the Narandera hospital on Saturday from a fractured skull, caused by a fall from the balcony…

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