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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

204 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 11

Sensational Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 29

Mr. John Furphy, the senior partner o£ Messrs. Furphy and Sons, ironfounders, and an old resident of Shepparton, was driving on the railway line at the Hayes-street level…

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Accident at Culcairn Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 25

An accident occurred to a railway porter, named John Hall, employed on the Culcairn Corowa railway line. In appears that Hall was engaged in shunting trucks about 6…

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Accident at Boulder Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 28

A Bombala telegram runs as follows:—"Some excitement was caused at Club Terrace recently by the arrival of a messenger on horseback with the information…

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Peculiar Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 17

Mr. John Frecklinton, sen., one of the oldest residents of the Cudal district, met his death on Wednesday in a singular manner. He was driving home when his cart collided…

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Railway Collision. Twenty-two Persons Injured. London, November 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 21

A terrible railway accident has occurred in France. The northern express, when near Paris, dashed into a workmen's train, with the result that two of the carriages of the…

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Railway Accident in Canada Montreal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday, by which 18 persons were killed…

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Shocking Accident to a Girl

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 28

A terrible accident happened on Wednesday afternoon to Edith Felloes, seven years of age, the daughter of Mr. W. H. Felloes, of Felloes' Weir, near Kerang. The child was…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 15

Poor Alick Gardiner met his doom on Tuesday night while coming into Albury from the Sydney-road on the top of a load of chaff. From information to hand it appears Alick…

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The Kerang Accident. a Pathetic Sequel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 24

The little girl Edith Felloes, despite the terrible injury she sustained in the machinery accident at Kerang, is now on a fair way to recovery…

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Sad Accident in the River. a Boy Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry was conducted yesterday, by Mr. G. G. Claughton, J.P., respecting the death of a boy named Frederick Walter Thurgood, who lost his…

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Railway Collision. Twelve Persons Killed. London, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 27

A disastrous railway accident has occurred on the Grand Trunk railway, which connects Montreal, Canada, on the one hand, with Chicago, and on the other with…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 29

A shocking fatality is reported from Caddigat, near Adaminaby. George Power, sen., was driving to the creamery in a wagonette, when the horses bolted,…

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A Horrible Accident. Caught in a Sausage-machine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 15

A frightful accident occurred on Tuesday at Mr. Adam Ronaldson's butchering establishment in Skipton-street, Ballarat. The victim was a single man named Henry Webb,…

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A Singular Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 15

An accident of a very peculiar character happened on Saturday afternoon to Thomas Studman, who was riding on horseback from Eldorado to Rutherglen with a companion…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 26

A sad shooting accident occurred at Coolangatta on Tuesday. A young man named Harvey W. Hay, brother of Dr. and Mr. Alex Hay, was out shooting on horseback…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Eleven Platelayers Killed. London, November 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 27

A shocking railway accident has occurred in the United States. During a dense fog tho Philadelphia express dashed through a gang of platelayers before they knew that…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

On wednesday afternoon between four and five o'clock a number of small boys were bathing in the river near the Government pumping engine, when one…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 28

Early on Thursday morning a shocking fatality occurred in Block 12 (Jamieson's section) of the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, when John Edward Maddern was…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 29

Richard Percival Peard, 15 years of age, was brought into Albury on Sunday in an unconscious condition. Buffering from injuries to the head, which he received at his father's…

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Prince Louis of Battenberg. Accident on H.M.S. Majestic. London, November 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 27

A somewhat serious accident has befallen H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, captain of the Majestic, the flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson…

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