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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Re the Momalong Accident. to the Editor Berrigan Advocate

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 3

SIR,—We wi[?]h, through the medium of your valuable journal, to correct a mistaken impression that has got abroad that we, the employees of Momalong Station, showed a…

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Accident at Ballarat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 29

Mr. J. Goujou, a well-known mining clerk, was severely injured on Friday through the capsizing of a cab in Ballarat North. The vehicle was in charge of…

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Drowning Fatality at Nap Nap

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

On Sunday morning last, Miss Janet Walker, housemaid employed at Nap, Nap, and Miss Clara Sylvester, the lanndress, went to a spot on the Murrumbidgee, about…

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Case of Accidental Drowning. At Toganmain

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

The coroner, Mr. F. H. Galbraith held at magisterial inquiry at Toganmain on Friday, respecting the death of Henry Moore, who was drowned on the 27th ult. The following…

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Death of a Boundary Rider on Benerembah. Found Drowned in a Rabbit Tank

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr. F. Galbraith, conducted a magisterial inquiry on Saturday, at Benerembah station, with respect to the death of Robert Percy Staig, a boundary…

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Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

ON Saturday night at South Corowa a young man named Neil Brown was seen, or heard, to full from a dray by Miss Morley, who called her father, Mr…

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Drowned in a Rabbit Tank

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. Galbraith, the corner held an inquiry at Benersmbah into the cause of the death of a man named, Robert Percy Staig…

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Collision at Sea. the Steamer Lepanto Sunk. London, January 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 27

A collision has occurred of the Isle of Wight between the Atlantic liner Lepanto, owned by T. Wilson, Sons, and Company Limited, of Hall, and the steamer Knight of…

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The Mentone Racing Accident. Death of J. Laverty

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 4
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

The accident at the Mentone races on Saturday has had a fatal termination, the unfortunate jockey, John Laverty, succumbing to his injuries in the Alfred…

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Fatal Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 29

Two fatal accidents occurred in the mines at Broken Hill on Saturday. Jas. Sinclair, engaged at the Junction North mine, who was quarrying stone from the…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 28

A shocking railway fatality occurred on the line near Winchelss about 1 p.m. on Thursday, she victim being Mr. John Upward foreman carpenter of the…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 28

Mr. Robert Don, mining manager, was brought in to the Ballarat Hospital on Thursday, very seriously injured, his right arm and left leg being broken, and having…

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Strange Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 29

An accident of a peculiar but painful nature befel John Boyton, son of Peter Boyton, of Illabo. The young man was sewing a water bag, making his trousers…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 28

An extraordinary accident, resulting in the instantaneous and shocking death of a man named James Atkinson, happened on Friday afternoon on the North Melbourne…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 29

On Thursday, at the Dunolly Alluvial mine, which is close to the railway station, Mr. John Winton (Jumper, the mining manager, was killed. The mine is at…

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The Wahgunyah Accident Why an Inquiry Was Not Held

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

IN connection with the above case, the following evidence was submitted by Constable Code, of Wahgunyah, to Mr. H. Rosenbloom, J.P., in accordance with a…

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Murderous Assault at Wahgunyah. Three Men Arrested. the Victim in the Hospital. Result of a Drunken Brawl Injured Man Recovering

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 3

AT this particular season of the year, when farm hands are "knocking down" their cheques, it is not infrequently that disturbances occur in farming…

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Colliery Accident. Fifteen Victims. London, January 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 27

A serious colliery accident has happened at Wasmes, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The cable by which the cages are hauled up from the mine broke when a…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 29

A report from Deniliquan runs as follows:— " A serious accident happened to Mr. Peter Millar, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Moama. About…

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