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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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By Electric Telegraph. Shocking Railway Accident. Sydney. Wednesday, October 31

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

A fearful railway accident occurred at the Redfern Station shortly after nine o’clock station morning. The Southern train outward crashed into the incoming suburban train. Great damage was done…

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The Redfern Railway Accident. Death of Mr E. A. Grainger

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

The dreadful railway accident which is recorded in our telegraphic column is made the more vivid and realistic to residents of Deniliquin through the death of Mr E. A. Grainger, the late Clerk of…

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Fatality at Widgegoara

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 28

The Warrego Watchman gives the following particulars concerning the recant fatality at Widgegoara, on the Queensland border. On Thursday night, October 25, Mr. Frank…

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The Collision at Redfern

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 2

The great railway collision at Redfern railway station last Wednesday has been attributed by the Commissioners to human fallability, not to any incompleteness of the…

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Prominent Sydney Residents Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 26

The Rev. S. M’lvor, who was drowned, was a member of the Pa[?]ssionists Order. He formerly resided at Marrickville, but more recently in Hobart, whence he booked for the…

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Bomb Explosion in London. No One Injured. London, November 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 18

Some alarm was caused yesterday in Tilney-street, a small and aristocratic thoroughfare in the West End of London, by a load report which occurred at No. 2…

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Terrible Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 29

The Hamilton Spectator reports :—“ While Messrs. Molloy and J. W. Donovan were busily engaged at the Hamilton Foundry, the shoot of the furnace burst, causing the molten…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our country edition on Saturday last. Buggy Accident at Hillston. Mr. J. M. Fullarton Injured. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 4

An accident of a somewhat serious nature occurred on Thursday afternoon to Mr. J. M. Fullarton, The gentleman in question, accompanied by Mr. t. Pearce, was…

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Mining Fatality at Eaglehawk. a Tributer Breaks His Neok

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 27

Another fatal mining mishap took place on Tuesday afternoon, the victim being a tributer named Joseph Blackson, and the scone of the fatality the Unicorn mine at Eaglehawk…

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Shocking Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 28

A shocking accident happened on Friday at Bulla to Mr. William Iilman, of Esendon, Melbourne representative of Messrs. Charlick Brothers, fruit merchants, Adelaide, and…

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Shocking Accident at Brunswick, Two Brothers Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 26

A very sad accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at West Brunswick in one of the clay-pits of the Hoffman Steam Tile and Brick Company. Two brothers, named James…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 29

Mrs. Stanley, 58 years of age, the gatekeeper at Epsom, met with a shocking death on Saturday night. The last train for E[?]huca was going through, and she tried to open a portion…

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The Baddaginnie Railway Accident. Result of the Departmental Inquiry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 15

The departmental inquiry into the fatal railway collision which occurred at the Baddaginnie station in August last, has resulted in the dismissal of Driver G. Cherry, who was on the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Hillston. Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred yesterday afternoon, by which a lad about 12 years of age, son of Mr Cofield lost his life. The victim, with other companions, after school…

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Heavy Rain in Europe. Severe Gales in the Channel. Floods at Cyprus. Twenty-one Persons Drowned. London, November 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 18

Heavy and continued rain has fallen in England and Northern Europe. have been severe gales in the Channel, which have caused a good deal of damage…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 28

A shocking accident occurred on the railway line near Scarsdale Junction at an early hour on Monday morning when a young woman named Helen Elliott 24 years of age was…

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Fatal Accident to a Diver. London, November 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 18

Fuller the professional diver met with an untimely death to-day. In the presence of a large concourse of people he performed the daring feat of…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 29

A shocking fatality occurred at the Unity mine, Bandigo on Saturday making the sixth fatal accident on this field within seven weeks Four tributors were lowered down the shaft…

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Accident to a Goods Train. Eighteen Trucks Derailed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 21

A railway accient happened on Wednesday night to a goods train that was travelling north from Sydney at a spot midway between Moonby and Woolbrook and about 15 miles…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 28

Before the Chief Justice on Monday, in the Central Criminal Court, a charge of manslaughter was preferred against Wm. Williams, the engine driver of the Goulburn train that…

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