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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

226 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 12

Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 27

An accident of a serious nature happened to Mr. F. W. True and his young son on Tuesday. Mr. True was on his usual round buying turkeys and poultry for the market, and was…

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A Mind Asleep for 53 Years. Curious Effect of an Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 4

Those who have made a study of the mysterious effect on the mind of accidents in race case will read with great interest the account sent by Dalziel's…

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Panic at a Bull Fight. Many Persons Seriously Injured. London, July 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 26

A remarkable scene occurred yesterday at Marseilles, which might have had serious consequences. A bull fight had been arranged to take…

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A Remarkable Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 29

Mr. George Gellan, clerk of works of the Cohuna Trust at the Deep Creek works, met with a singular accident while returning from the camp. He failed to find the key of his…

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Sulky Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 15

Mr. Andrew Fogarty, of Mountain Creek, aged about 28, and lately in the employ of Mr. C. L. Griffith, of Benambra Station, was brought in on a stretcher by the express train…

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Terrible Accident at Forbes. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

Whilst three men were to day engaged in the erection of a large wheel at the Lachlan mine, near Forbes, the supports collapsed and the wheal fell…

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Railway Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

A passenger car on an electric railway fell over the Skelter heights at Bridgeport Am[?] 46 persons being killed…

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Railway Collision. Ten Killed and Ten Injured. London, August 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 27

A terrible railway disaster occurred yesterday in France. Two trains came into collision near Paris through the proper signals not having been given. Ten persons were…

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Terrible Railway Accidents. Excursion Trains in Collision. Seventeen Persons Killed. Seventy-three Injured. London, August 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 26

A shocking railway accident occurred near Paris yesterday. Two express excursion trains, loaded with passengers, were despatched from the French…

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Serious Accident. Fall of a Tree. a Father and Son Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 16

On Sunday morning at Sandy Creek, near Kiewa, a father and son named Smith were preparing their breakfast in their tent when a tree fell over them, pinning them both to…

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Struck by Lightning. Soldiers on the March Injured. London, August 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 26

A remarkable case of injuries caused by lightning is reported from Ireland. A number of soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment, which is…

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Accident at Marandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 29

Our Narandera contemporary reports :—An accident of a very painful and serious nature happened to Mr. Ewan. Dufrayer, brother of Mr. A. H…

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Railway Accident. an Express Loses Its Driving Wheel London, August 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 27

An unusual accident has happened at the Greatland and North Dean railway station, in the Wesr Riding of Yorkshire, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway…

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A Strange Case of Accidental Death

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 1

A man went to bed excessively drank, and was found dead in the morning. The natural conclusion was, of course, that he had died from alcoholic poisoning, but the…

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A Collision in Lachlan-st And an Action for Damages

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

At the Small Debts Court, this morning, before the P.M., James Valentine sued James Horton to recover £10 damages. Mr. Kemp appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr…

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Accident at Morts Dock. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

While several of the employed at Mort's dock were fitting a propeller to the steamer Moaowai to-day, a chain snapped striking the men violently, and throwing…

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An Alpine Fatality. Stung by an Insect. a Lady Killed. London, August 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 35

Another fatal accident has occurred in the Alps, being caused in a very singular manner. Miss Christina Bridge, a sister of Vice-Admiral Cyprian A. G. Brige, late…

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Railway Accident. a Train Falls Into a River. Fifty Passengers Drowned. London, August 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 26

Heavy rains have lately fallen in the republic of Chili, South America, and many of the rivers are in flood. A terrible railway accident arising out of…

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Coach Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 29

A narrow escape from serious accident and loss of life occurred on the Shell-barbor-road. A three-horse coach, containing 15 passengers, who were being…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 29

A fatal occident occurred on Saturday on the Koroop-road. Mr. Collins, a saddler of Kerang, was driving his wife and family in a g[?]e, and mistook a stump in the road for a…

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