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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

226 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 12

A Plucky Chinese. Endeavours to Rescue a Child From Drowning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 4

A plucky attempt to rescue a child from drowning was made on Tuesday at Parramatta by a Chinese named Ah Poo. The Chinese was working near Hunt's Creek when he was told…

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Tempestuous Weather. Two Disasters. Sixteen Persens Drowned. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 20

Very tempestuous weather has been experienced in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay, as well as in the Atlantic. The P. and O. Company's Royal Mail…

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Landslip in the Alps. Several Houses Destroyed. Three Persons Fatally Injured. London, December 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 27

A landslip has occurred at Airolo, an Italian-Swiss village, in the upper valley of the Ticino, and 150 yards from the southern mouth of the great St. Gothard tunnel…

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Terrible Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 37

A horrible accident, involving the death of 15 men, occurred on November 18, on the railway tracks crossing the Hackenrack Meadows, outside Jersey City (says a New…

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Sensational Bolt. Collision with a Coach

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 25

A buggy and pair, owned by Crawford and Co. Proprietary Limited, and driven by three mining speculators, bolted from Maddison's Hotel, Wandiligong, on Friday…

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Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 4

A son of Mr. J. D. Lankester was out rabbit shooting on Wednesday with a companion, whoso gun went off accidentally. Portion of the charge went into Mr…

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Terrible Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 29

A terrible accident occurred on Thursday morning aft the farm of Mr. S. Brown, at North Muckleford, the victim being a young man named James Bogie, 19 years of age…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Sad Death Op a Young Man

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 37

A magisterial enquiry, presided over by Messrs. H. Harkin and W. H. Moulder, J.P. was held at the court—house, Wodonga, yesterday, into the cause of the death of George…

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Sensational Dray Accident. Fall Over a 300 Feet Embankment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 27

A young man named William Luxford, a wood carter in the employ of George Morgan, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning at the Little Joe nutting, Walhalla…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 29

An inquest was held at Rutherglen into the death of John Celestino Baptist Gronchi, aged 35 years, killed on Saturday by falling down the shaft of the Great Southern and…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Miraculous Escape of Children. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

A woman named Bourke, with two children were thrown from a buggy at Tingha to-day. The children who escaped unhurt, proceeded some distance…

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Drowning Case at Swan Hill

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

A sad case of drowning occurred at Swan Hill on Sunday, 15th inst., when the 11 year-old son of Mr. C. E. Barry, of the Federal Hotel, was accidently…

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Naval Collision. Collingwood and Curacoa. London, January 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 37

A collision has taken place near Devonport, on the Tamar, off the coast of Devonshire, between the battleship Collingwood, of 9500 tons burthen, and the 3rd class cruiser…

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Fatality at a Funeral

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 29

A painful shock was experienced on Saturday by the mourners at the funeral of Wm. Passenger, an old resident of Ballarat East. While the coffin was being borne to the…

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Terrible Boiler Explosion. a Lad Killed. Several Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 25

About a quarter to 9 o'clock Monday morning a terrible explosion occurred at Hayes mill. Several persons who were indoors were of opinion that an earthquake had…

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Terrible Coach Accident. Crushed Under a Gigantic Tree. Driver and a Passenger Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 4

A remarkable accident happened early this morning to the mail coach running between Taree and Port Macquarie, by which two men met their deaths. About 2.30 a.m…

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Fatal Boating Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 29

A sad boating accident occurred in Gladstone Harbor on Sunday. The harbor-master, Mr. E. Curtis, John Braddock, and Brooke Smith, were returning to town in…

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Fatal Coach Accident. the Driver and a Passenger Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 26

About 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, as the mail coach from Taree was about five miles from Kew proceeding to Port Macquarie, a tree blew across it, killing the driver. Robert…

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Shocked Bathing Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 28

There was a shocking double drowning fatality at Newcastle on Saturday afternoon at the ladies' bathing place. About 3 o'olook two girls, Rose Sutclifle (14) and Ida…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 2

At the Redfern railway yards this morning a man named James Reddan, a permanent-way employee, was crowing the lines near the Mortuary while some…

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