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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Fatal Accident at Boiling-down Works. Two Men Suffocated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 26

On Monday night a sad accident occurred at Munroe's Boiling-down Works, Alexandria. by which two employs named John Miller, aged 33, engineer of works, and an…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 28

A shocking railway accident happened on Monday even ins at the B x Hill railway station, Mr. John Wilcox, formerly accountant to the Trustees, Executors, and Agency…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 3

The “Manning River Times” is responsible for the following item :—“ Some time ago a little daughter of Mr H. Green, who residess at the Rocks Crossing, on the Upper Manning,…

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Poetry ACCIDENTS

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 1

A vision seen by Plato the divine; Two shuddering souls came forward, waiting doom From Rhadamanthus in the nether…

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Poetry ACCIDENTS

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 5

A vision Been by Plato the divine; Two shuddering goals came forward, waiting doom From Rhadatamanthus in the nether…

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Disasters to French War Vessels. Narrow Escape of an Ironclad. a Torpedo Boat Capsized. Four Men Drowned. London, May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 18

The French ironclad Amiral Duperre, 11,070 tons, 21 guns, has had a narrow escape from a serious disaster. She struck on a rock in the Gulf of Genoa, but was…

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Dreadful Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 28

An accident of a dreadful nature took place on Thursday at the terra cotta works of Mr. G. R. Ferry, Brunswick, by which a young man named Wm. Edwards, an employe of the…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 29

The terrible event of last Friday at West Eod, Mudgee, should he a warning to mothers. A little boy named Willie Waterworth, six years of age, was sitting by the fire in his…

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Accident at a Bull-fight. Narrow Escape of the King and Queen of Portugal. London, May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 19

The King and Queen of Portugal have had a narrow escape from being killed or seriously injured. Their Majesties were witnessing a…

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The Redfern Railway Accident. [?] Compensation. Sydney

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

The Supreme Court to-day decided to hold special sittings. The Court is to be held [?] [?] early date to deal with claims brought against the Government in connection with…

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District Sews. Tocumwal. May 22. Fatal Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

A fatal accident by which Mr Currie, a well-known and respected farmer [?] his life happened on Friday afternoon. It appears he and another [?] were clearing and…

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Poetry ACCIDENTS

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 1

A vision seen by Plato the divine; Two shuddering souls came forward, waiting doom From Rhadamanthus in the nether…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Coroner’s Inquest

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 2

On Saturday last a report was furnished to Constable Reward, the lockup keeper at South Deniliquin, to the effect that the body of a m n had been seen fl[?] in a waterhole at the back of…

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Terrible Earthquake in Europe. a Town Destroyed. 50 Persons Killed and 150 Injured. London, May 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 18

A terrible earthquake has occurred in the Turkish province of Epirus. The town of Par[?]mythia has been entirely destroyed, 50 persons being killed…

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Literature. Fortunes Made by Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 9

There is at any time something particularly fascinating about the thought of fortunes made by “ flukes,” or unexpectedly. They are so amazingly hard to acquire…

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Awkward Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 28

The other day a fossicker at Warrambucca, a recent arrival, and not very well up in the business, had a rather startling misadventure, records the Braidwood Dispatch. He was…

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Sad Accident Near Whitton a Boy Fatally Burned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 3

The circumstances attending the death of a boy named Alexander Fitzalan, which took place on Tuesday last, were given on affidavit before Mr. Robertson, solicitor, of…

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Accident to the Deniliquin Coach

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 2

ON Monday evening an accident occurred to the coach which loft Hay for Deniliquin about seven o'clock. The coach was a light one with five horses, a strong team which…

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Shocking Disaster in Canada. a Timber Raft Swept Over the Ottawa Falls. 33 Lumbermen Drowned. London, May 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 24

A shocking disaster has occurred in Canada, which resulted in great loss of life. A timber raft which was being floated down the River Ottowa was found by the…

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Sad Accident at Dotswood. a Child Fatally Burned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 2

Mr. J. K. Pearce held a magisterial inquiry on Saturday respecting the death of Bridget. Ruby Elliott, a child two years and four months old, who was fatally burned at…

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