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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

226 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 12

Accidentally Shot. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

At the inquest on the body of the boy Clibborn, accidentally shot by his father Constable Clibborn, the latter while giving evidence was almost frenzied with…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. a Married Lady Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 26

A shocking fatal accident occurred at Rhymnney on Tuesday afternoon. About 9 o'clock Mr. Herbert Slade, a well-known vigneron, accompanied by his wife, started to…

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Accident to an Acrobat. Fall of a Rope Walker. London, May 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 27

An accident which it is apprehended will be attended with fatal results has occurred at the Alexandra Palace, in London…

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The Accident to W. Martin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 19

At a meeting of the Victorian League of Wheelman executive on Monday night, Mr. J. Adams, L.R.C.P., referee of the cycling races run at the Eight Hours sports on the…

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Drowned From a Maly Steamer. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

John Wilkins, a member of the recently-formed National [?] at Manly, felt from the steamer Narrabeyn on Saturday night and was drowned…

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Shocking Fatality. the Earl of Strafford Killed. Decapitated by a Train. London, May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 20

A shocking fatality occurred yesterday at the Potter's Bar railway station, Middlesex. The Earl of Strafford was standing on the platform close to the edge, when he fell on…

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Railway Disaster in America. an Appalling Collision. Thirty-four Persons Killed. London, May 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 26

An appalling railway disaster has occurred in the United State. A train from Reading, in Pennsylvania, came into collision with an express train…

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Strange Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 29

A most unusual case has been under treatment in the Dunedin Hospital (writes a Dunedin correspondent). A small boy, on hearing the firebell ring, started to run…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 28

A fatal accident happened at Sofala (pays the Bathurst Advocate), when two men named Alfred Dawson and Thomas Carpenter, both well known residents of…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 29

Intelligence is to hand of a lamentable occurrence on Friday, when Frank M'William, son of Mr. Andrew M'William, of Kangarooby Station, was found dead, shot…

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Strange Accident To' a Child

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 29

A strange accident happened to the little daughter of Mr. Henry Parkman, residing on the New South Wales bank of the Murray, opposite Koondrook. The child, which [?]as…

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Shocking Mining Fatality. at the Prentice United Mine Two Men Suffocated by Foul Air

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 3

SHORTLY after eight o'clock on Sunday evening Rutherglen was started by intelligence of a mining disaster. The message from Mr. Alex, Prentice, J.P. was as…

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Horrible Railway Fatality. a Guard Cut to Pieces

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 25

A railway guard named Hickey lost his life at Camberwell on Monday. A dense fog prevailed, with the result that great difficulty was experienced in running the train…

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A Railway Smash. Made to Order. the "Show" Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 35

A railway collision as a public spectacle. The idea could have occurred to no human being but to an enterprising Yankee showman, with an eye to business of the most…

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A Fearful Coach Accident. Driver David Grant Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 2

A torrible coach accident took place on Wednesday night, to the Hay and Deniliquin mail coach, by which tho driver, Mr David Grant, lost his life. The accident occurred…

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Accident at Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 35

The Democrat says:—On Friday last, Mr. Joseph Walsh met with a couple of very painful-accidents which will compel him to be absent from his duties on the railway for…

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Shocking Machinery Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 28

Frederick Beeson, the well-known cyclist of the Victory Club. Melbourne, met with a shocking Occident on Thursday, his left arm being torn to pieces. Beeson has for some…

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Horrible Mining Accident. a Young Man Decapitated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 25

A shocking occurrence took place on Monday evening at the Great Northern mine, at Eaglehawk. The victim was a young miner named Robert Degreaves, whose head was…

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Accident to a Stationmaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 15

M. Canning, the stationmaster at Springhurst, when crossing the station yard on Tuesday had to pass behind a train which was slowly moving backwards. When near the…

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Fatal Coach Accident

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred on Wednesday evening about a charter to seven, when the driver of the Deniliquin coach, was killed. The coach was drawn by a…

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