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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

178 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 9

Strange Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 29

A Gundagai telegram runs as follows : —An amusing, and for the time being exciting, incident happened at Gundagai, when a Chinaman's horse in a spring-cart…

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Foundering of a Steamer. Ten Persons Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 4

The H.M.S. Valetta brings news of the loss of the steamer Sultan of Bombay, in the Arabian Sea. After leaving Aden, when off Socotra, on June 10, the Sultan…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 28

An accident occurred on Thursday afternoon to Mr. Adam C. Muller, selector, residing at Marrar, which terminated fatally on Friday morning. It appeared…

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Accident at Warren

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 28

The correspondent of the Warren Herald writes:—An unfortunate accident occurred here. Mrs. Wynue, the wife of Mr. R. Wynne, of the Quambene Hotel…

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Buggy Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 28

The Rutherglen Sun reports that whilst Misses Simpson and Farcey (grand-daughters of Mr. J. Keeble, of Gooramadda) were driving home from…

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[?] a Lucky Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 1

A singular story is recorded concerning the origin of blue-tinted paper, now so much in vogue for commercial uses. The wife of an English paper…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 29

A serious accident happened to a drover, named T. C Parker, on Fort Bourks station. A mob of cattle in his charge stampeded and whilst in pursuit of them…

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The Armidale Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 29

At the inquest on the body of Mr. Bradley, who was run over by the Brisbane mail train at Armidale, it was elicited, that the porter at the crossing warned him not…

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Accident at Bourke

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 28

Mr. Sydney Smith, the Minister for Agriculture, and a Parliamentary party arrived at Bourke on Saturday morning for the purpose of decla[?]ing open the…

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Found Drowned

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Easterly, until recently resident of Howlong, has been found drowned in the Murray River…

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Science. a Lucky Accident

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 1

A singular story is recorded concerning the origin of blue-tinted paper, now so much in vog[?] for commercial uses. The wife of an English paper…

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Sad Fatality at Howlong. Mr. W. H. Easterby Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 21

A painful sensation was created in Albury on Sunday night by the arrival of a telegram announcing the untimely death of Mr. W. H. Easterby, one of the oldest…

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Tramway Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 29

A serious tramway accident occurred on Sunday evening in Oxford-street, Paddington, at the bottom of Barrack Hill. Two steam trams, travelling in…

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Drowning Case at Howlong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 3

THE coroner, Mr. A. N. Burnett, P.M., held an inquiry at Howlong on Monday last. The evidence tendered showed that on Sunday Mr. Easterby left his home…

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Drowned in a Well

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 27

A Bethanga correspondent writes:—"Mrs. Lawlor reported to the police on Saturday afternoon her husband missing. During the evening Constable Weathered found his body…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. Forty Killed and Sixty Injured. London, July 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 26

A fearful railway accident has occurred in Denmark. The express train from Helsinger (Elsinore), on the Sound came into collision with a passenger train from…

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A Train Derailed. Alarming Accident at Tungamah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 24

A railway accident occurred at Tungamah on Wednesday, which, though fortunately unattended by any loss of life, seriously endangered the passengers aboard, and resulted…

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Latest by Telegraph Serious Accident to Lady Brassey. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 2

A serious accident happened in Melbourne to-day. Lady Brassey and the Hon. Dorothy Brand were out driving, when a runaway horse attached to a cart…

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The Late Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 29

"With reference to the scene of the late railway accident at Tungamah, a correspondent writes:—"On going over the ground it seems marvellous that the…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 28

List Saturday night a fatal accident happened ia Hunter-street, Newcastle. Fully ten thousand persons were in that thoroughfare, when a young horse…

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