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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

226 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 12

Singular Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 31

List week a most singular accident occurred on Mr. James Moltine, jun.'s, selection, North Deniliquin, to a foal that was running with its mother on the farm. It…

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Fatal Balloon Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 31

Captain Lorraine, aeronaut of the First Northamptonshire Volunteers, made an ascent from Lancaster-park, Christchurch, (N.Z.), on Thursday. As the balloon shot…

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Awful Tram Fatality. a Man Cut to Pieces

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 20

A shocking train accident occurred in Newtown road, Sydney, shortly before 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, by which a man named Richard Jennings, a commercial traveller…

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Sad Case of Drowning. The Inquiry

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 November 1899 · page 2

On Friday evening, Leslie Armitage, the the second son of Mr Mathew Armitage, of McGregor-street, was missed from his home, and as he had been seen in the neighborhood…

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Supposed Boating Fatality. Two Men Missing. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 November 1899 · page 2

Two young men left Balmain on Saturday afternoon on a fishing excursion down the Harbour, since which nothing has been heard of them or their craft…

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Sad Case of Drowning

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 2

A very sad case of drowning occurred on Friday afternoon in the river at tie loot of McGregor street, when Leslie Aru[?]tage, son of Mr. M. Armitage, lost…

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Shootins Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 16

A young man named Albert Leslie Talbot was admitted to tho Castlemaine hospital on Sunday evening suffering from gunshot wounds. With another man named Richado…

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Peculiar Drowning Case. Two Bodies Lashed Together

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 29

A startling discovery was made on Saturday, when the dead bodies of a young man and a woman were discovered in Kedron Brook, a few miles from Brisbane. The…

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Serious Accident to Bishop Moorhouse. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 3

Right Rev. Dr. Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester, formerly Bishop of Melbourne, who is mountaineering in the Austrian Tyrol, had a serious fell while…

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Bishop Moorhouse. Accident in the Tyrol. London, November 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 21

The Right Rev. Dr. Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester, and formerly Bishop of Melbourne, met with a serious accident while mountaineering in the Austrian Tyrol. His…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 21

A and fatal accident happened in the King ranges on Tuesday afternoon, A boy named Edson, aged 14, son of Mr. James Edson overseer on the Kim[?] station, Gundagai…

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A Remarkable Accident. a Disaster in the Dark

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 35

A remarkable accident occurred about a mile from Chiltern, near thn Kincardineshire Gap, about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. Two men, named J. Dedini and J. J. Smith…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

While three ladies were out driving in a buggy at Curranbong yesterday the horse backed into some water, and Miss Gates, one of the occupants, was drowned…

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Another Fatality in the River. a Boy Drowned whilst Bathing

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Henry Peter James Stanmore, who was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, on Saturday last, was held by Mr Coroner…

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Peculiar Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 2

Early this morning a boy was found lying on the footpath in Barrack Street, with a portion of the flesh torn from his thigh and being otherwise injured. The…

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Another Drowning Case

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 2

On Saturday aborily after noon, a boy named Henry James Peter Stanmore was drowned in the river at the rear of the Woolpack Hotel while bathing with some…

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A Terrible Catastrophe. Four Young Men Drowned. Sad Ending to a Picnic

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 25

The Murrumbidgee River at Yass was the scene of a terrible occurrence early on Friday evening, four persona being drowned there. At 7 o'clock a party of volunteers from Yass…

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A Fatal Buggy Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 2

A well-known resident of the district, Mr. C. N. Tierney, met with a fatal accident on Wednesday. When returning to Corrong Station in a single buggy the horse…

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Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 24

A son of Mr. Henderson, the wood carter, while driving home with his empty dray on Wednesday met with a serious accident-a fracture of the leg. It appears the reins…

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Science. Nursery Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 December 1899 · page 2

‘Who would-not give a trifle to prevent What he would give a thousand worlds to cure?’ —Young’s ‘Night Thoughts.’…

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