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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Building Accident. Twelve Persons Killed. London, February 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 15

A serious accident has happened in Cornwall. Operations were in progress for widening the Coldrevitch viaduct, and to assist the work extensive scaffolding had…

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Bicycle Fatality. an Oxford Professor Killed. London, February 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 24

Mr. W. Wallace, M.A., Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, has been killed when riding a bicycle…

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Sad Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 28

A very sad accident happened last week on the railway line near Trangie. Two boys, named James Curzon, aged 15 years, and James Montgomery, 16 years,…

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Lift Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 29

An accident occurred ia connection with the lift at the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt-street, Sydney. It appears that the night porter at the establishment had ascended…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 29

An accident, which resulted fatally, occurred last week to a well-known carrier Darned Geo. Hillier, near Morangarell. Hillier horses must have been…

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Drowning Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 29

Mr. John Allen, an old resident of Tilpa Tilpa, was drowned on Monday in the Little Lake. Mr. Alien, accompanied by his son, a lad of 14 years of age, went…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 27

A sad fatality occurred at the Horsham village settlement on Saturday. A six-year-old child of one of the settlers was watching her father in his work of burning off, when…

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Colliery Accident. Eight Men Drowned. London, March 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 26

Yesterday a coal mine at Dover was flooded while a number of miners were drowned…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Sad End of Mr. H. Westerdale

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 2

It is with prefound regret that we record the sudden death of our esteemed townsman Mr Harry [?] He attended the Savernake races on Saturday, and was…

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A Bicycle Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 21

A serious accident happened on Wednesday morning on the Sydney Cricket-ground to George Meadham and W. S. M'Combe. The two men were training on their bicycles, and…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Cootamundra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 25

To say the whole district of Cootamundra was profoundly moved by the tragic incident which was briefly referred to in our issue of last week—we speak of the death of Mr. Jas…

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The Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 25

The history of the accident is not generally known. The details, perhaps, never will be known. At the inquest one juryman—may be innocent of "heart"—used terms that seemed…

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Accident at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 29

Mr. P. W. Lorimer, secretary of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association met with a rather painful accident last week. He was mounting a young…

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Boating Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 29

A sad boating fatality, resulting in the loss of three lives, occurred on the Derwent, Tasmania, on Sunday. Four married men, namely, Hall, a prominent…

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A Shocking Fatality. Dangers of Level Crossings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 27

A train from Hamilton on Tuesday night ran into a waggon and two horses driven by Harold Cross at Kennedy's creasing, three quarters of a mile from Branxholme. The…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 24

William Taylor, a carriage examiner, was run over by an engine at the railway station at Junee, on Wednesday morning, and fearfully injured. He had attended the down express,…

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Naval Accident. a Gun Bursts on a Russian Warship. London, March 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 26

A serious accident, causing great loss of life, has occurred on board the Russian [?]ronclad Sissoi Veliky, 8800 tons, 28 guns, at Canea, Crete. A gun burst, destroying…

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Buggy Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1897 · page 29

A serious buggy accident happened recently at Temora. Harry Smith, a well known commission agent, and Mrs, Smith and daughter drove to the Catholic…

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Serious Accident at Hillston. Rounding up a Bullock. A Butcher Dangerously Hurt. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 2

Whilst helping to yard a beast for slaughter a serious accident occurred to Mr. James Wilson, butcher, yesterday afternoon. Through his coming into collision…

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Shocking Lift Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 27

Mr. David Dickson, manager for Mr. Andrew Rowan at the St. Hubert's Vineyard, near Lilydale, sustained terrible injuries on Monday by falling in the lift well…

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