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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 2

A serious buggy accident happened of Sunday morning last on the road from Narlga to Deniliquin, about five miles from the former place. Mr J. F. Carmichael, together with Mrs Carmichael, and…

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Fishing Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 29

A Whitton correspondent of the Grazier writes that a fishing fatality happened there on Wednesday, whereby an elderly man, name unknown, lost his life…

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Intercolonial Items. Terrible Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 28

A terrible accident occurred at Diehard Creek on the Grafton-road, at dusk on Friday evening, whereby a young man named John R. Manthey came to a most…

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Painful Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 28

A painful accident occurred to Mr. James M'Crudden, who is residing with his mother near Roping Poles, last week, Mr. M'Crudden came into Wagga to get…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 29

A magisterial inquiry was recently held at Gilgandra (says the Warren Herald) respecting the death of William Campbell, a young man well known on the…

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Sad Drowning Accident. Three Girls Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 27

A shocking calamity occurred at Casterton on Tuesday afternoon at about 6 o'clock, three young girls being drowned In a deep waterhole of the Glenelg River, about 12 miles from…

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Appalling Ferry-boat Accident. Forty Lives Lost. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 2

A ferry boat, with nearly a hundred passengers on board, capsized in the Brisbane River yesternight. It is estimated that forty persons are drowned…

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Telegrams. Sad Drowning Accident at Meilman. Euston

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 2

A sad drowning accident took place at Meilman yesterday afternoon, by which three young ladies lost their lives. It appears that the three…

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Bathing Accidents. Three Sisters Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 17

A sad drowing case is reported from Canally Station. Three daughters of an employe named Illsley were bathing in the Murray River, and it is presumed that one…

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Three Boys Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 17

A drowning accident of a distressing character occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Oberon, and resulted in the death of three boys named Fred Whitely, aged 11; Herbert…

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Railway Accident in Belgium. Twenty-eight Persons Injured. London, February 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 25

A disastrous railway accident has occurred near Brussels. Two trains came into collision when going at a high rate of speed, and very…

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The Queensland Floods. a Mob of 600 Cattle Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 17

Reports show that the flood in the Mackenzie country reached an unparalleled height. On the station belonging to Mr. Blackman fences, stock-yards, buildings, and stock were…

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Strange Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 29

A correspondent writes to the Tenterfield paper:—An accident which might have had very serious results happened last week to a man named Williams, in…

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Painful Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 29

A painful accident occurred to a man named Ryan, employed at Belubla Station in the Tooumwal district. Some tins of phosphorus, used for rabbit-poisoning,…

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Drowning Fatality at Bringagee. Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1896 · page 2

A man named Jas. Flanagan was drowned in the Murrumbidgee, at Bringagee, on Sunday. Deceased, who was evidently under the influence of drink, left Mattes…

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The Terrible Drowning Fatality at Meilman Station

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1896 · page 3

A correspondent has kindly supplied us with the following further particulars regarding the late lamentable drowning accident:—"A profound…

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Shocking Colliery Accident. a Cage Palls Down a Shaft. Eighty Men Killed. London, February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 26

A shocking accident has occurred in a coal-mine at the town of Leigh, near Manchester. A cage filled with miners was being…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 29

Mr. Russel M'Cabe, a son of Mr. P. P. M'Cabe, of Russel Vale, Bellambi, and a brother of Major M'Cabe, was found dead about 300 yards from his…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 29

A short time since James Henville, 15 years old, son of Mr. Charles Henville, of the Two Mile Creek, fell off a tree in which he had been "bird nesting," and…

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An Awkward Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 28

Just as the guests of Mr. Barr's Family Hotel, Coonamble, were sitting down to dinner on Tuesday a crash was hoard in the yard, and the cock was seen coming…

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