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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Accidental Shooting of a Military Officer. London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 2

The trial of General Edon was concluded today at, Paris He was charged with shooting a lieutenant of regiment…

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Explosion in a Coal Mine. Eight Miners Killed. One Hundred and Fifty Injured. London, July 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 24

A disastrous accident has occurred in a coal mine in Pennsylvania. A quantity of giant powder exploded, killing eight miners AND IN[?]RING 150,…

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Accidental Shooting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 28

Miss E[?]d Stilwell, daughter of Mr. S[?]well, of the Roads Department, Bathurst, once residing in Sydney, shot herself last week, whether accidentally or otherwise is not yet…

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Some Happy Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 15

Some of the most celebrated discoveries in the world of science and art have been the result of happy accident. The worker striving earnestly for one thing, finds that while failing…

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Hocking Accident at Yarraville. Collapse of a Sewerage Tunnel Two Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 25

A lamentable accident occurred at Yarra-ville early on Saturday morning, in which two engaged at the sewerage works were killed, and several others narrowly escaped…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 28

A Kiama correspondent of the Herald reports that a serious accident occurred off Gorringong. These men, named John Charles-worth, William Hammer, and Charles Russell,…

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Mine Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 28

Thomas B. Anthony, enginedriver at the So mine, Garden Gaily line of reef, was badly mutilated on Saturday afternoon by becoming entangled in a wire rope, whereby his…

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Boating Fatality on the Goulburn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1894 · page 29

On Sunday afternoon four daughters of John Loffill, a very old resident of the Mooroopna district, attempted to cross a creek from the village settlement to Mooroopna, on the…

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Another Accident to the Miowera. Aground at Norway. London, July 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1894 · page 18

Another accident has happened to the Miowera, of Mr. James Huddart’s Australian and Canadian Pacific line. Last year the steamer went aground at…

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Fatal Accident to a Doctor. London, July 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1894 · page 18

Dr. Andrew Miller, late of Adelaide, has been killed by being thrown from his horse at Henley-on-Thames…

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Fatal Disaster at Barmouth. a Pleasure-boat Upset. Ten Persons Drowned. London, August 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 18

A sad disaster has occurred at Barmouth, North Wales. A boat containing a cumber of pleasure-seekers was upset, and ten persons were drowned…

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Painful Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 29

A very painful and somewhat dangerous accident occurred in the polo field to Mr. W. R. Doyle, accountant at the Narandera branch of the Commercial Bank. During an exciting…

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Shocking Steeplechase Accident

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 2

When it became known at Caulfield on Saturday that Thomas Corrigan, the most accomplished and popular steeplechase jockey in Australia, had met with a serious…

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Sad Accident on the Hunter River. Two Young Ladies Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 26

Two young ladies named Esther and Maud See, nieces of Mr. John See, M.L.A., the Colonial Treasurer in the late Dibbs Administration, have been drowned at Kin ton, on the Banter River…

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Railway Accident in London. a Train Dashes Into a Station. Twenty-two Passengers Injured. London, August 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 18

A serious accident occurred yesterday to the mail express train from Edinburgh to London on the Midland Railway. When the train arrived at St. Pancras…

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Shocking Fatality at Portland. an Old Woman Burnt to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 26

A shocking discovery was made on Tuesday. An elderly woman named Nolte, a charwoman, had not been seen for a couple of days. She lived by herself at the rear of a…

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Shocking Building Accident. Collapse of a Scaffold. a Man Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 27

A shocking accident happened on Tuesday morning at the Eastern Arcade, in Bourke-street east, Melbourne, where extensive alterations to the buildings are proceeding. The scaffolding…

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A New Drug. Accidental Discovery, and a Valuable One

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 10

A new drug has been discovered by an Asiatic traveller, quite accidentally, which seems likely to take a high place amongst antiseptics, and has proved to be especially…

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Accidental Death of Tom Corrigan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 29

The fatal accident which befel Corrigan in the Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase on Saturday caused a sensation which would only he feebly described as painful. For many…

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Royal Wedding in Russia. Accident to the Bride. London, August 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 18

After the wedding on Monday of the Archduke Alexander and the Grand Duchess Xenia, daughter of the Czar of Russia, a carriage accident occurred to the…

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