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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1896 · page 29

Theodore Bradstreet, son of Mr. T. E. Bradstreet, of the River Murray Hotel, Tarrawonga, met (says the Mercury) with a nasty accident last Friday night through…

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Bucgy Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1896 · page 29

A Hay journal reports:—"An accident happened at Maude on Wednesday Dight, by means of which the buggy and horses which were being driven by…

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Accident on the Railway Line at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1896 · page 17

The train comprising a number of water tanks en route from Wagga to Jaaee on Tuesday night, at about 11 o'clock, struck portion of the gates at the gates Tarcatta-road traffic…

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Found Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 29

It has tran pired that the body taken from the water canal of the Sydney water supply was that of an orcha dist named Bolton, who resided in the vicioty…

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Collision with an Iceberg

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 10

The White Star liner Germanic, which arrived at Queenstown on September 9 from New York, had aboard a portion of the crew of the London steamer Moldava…

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Terrible Burning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 3

ONE of the most gruesome fates that it is possible to fall to the lot of man happened in a small hut situated along the Chiltern road, about a…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1896 · page 29

A serious accident occurred at the Blayney railway station to a young man named Edward Winter, who was employed shunting. He was running ahead of a…

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Drowning Fatility at Benerembah. Magisterial Inquiry

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 November 1896 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. Galbraith P.M., held a magisterial inquiry at the residence of Sir George Baillie, Benerembah, on Friday last, in view of the dead body of Thomas Wilson,…

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Sad Fatality

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1896 · page 2

William Ryan, a musician, was found drowned yesterday at Balmain. Being blind it is supposed he fell off the wharf into the harbour…

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Driving Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1896 · page 2

Whilst driving yesterday a young man named Ernest Hutchins was killed. The horse bolted and he was thrown out, and the wheel passed over…

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Collision at Brest. a Torpedo Boat Sunk. London, November 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 27

A serious disaster occurred yesterday at the great French naval port of Brest. Two French torpedo boats came into collision and one of them sunk immediately. The…

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A Bush Tragedy. Extraordinary Shooting Accident Terrible Sufferings of a Boy. Rescued by a Dog

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 4

Another instance has been added (says Tuesday's Argus) to the long list of painful tragedies which have taken, place in the heart of the silent bush, bringing…

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Painful Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 29

A most painful casualty occurred to a little girl, daughter of Mr. Sheen, a selector, near Warren. It appears the poor child, whose age is about six years…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 29

The Wellington Times states that Mr. W. Scheme, jun., of Mumbil, found an old man named Andrews lying at the bottom of a precipice mar Burrendong…

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A Bush Tragedy. Extraordinary Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 26

Another instance has been added to the long list of painful tragedies which have taken place in the heart of the silent bush, bringing excruciating agony to a human being…

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Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 20

A fatal mining accident occurred at Powell's mine, Gundagai, on Wednesday morning, when George Wilson, an old Victorian miner, and S[?]eve Webb, a recent arrival, were killed…

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Floods at Athens. Fifty Persons Drowned. London, November 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 27

Heavy rains at Athens have caused a great rise in the waters of the rivers Ilissos and Kephessos, and serious floods have occurred in the city. Much damage…

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Accident at Warren

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 29

A wire from Warren says that an accident happened on Sunday morning at Warren. The boys of the Novertire Public School arrived at Warren on…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 29

A telegram from Parkes says:—"An inquiry was held regarding the death of a youth named William Charles Tanks, who was killed by a fall from his horse…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 29

A terrible fall occurred in the shaft of the New Chum Consolidated, Bendigo, on Thursday morning, and caused the death of Alfred Higgs, aged 20 years,…

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