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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Serious Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 2

A wharf labourer named Charles Nichold, fell down the bold of the lighter Scout to-day, sustaining shocking injurer to the head and back. He is not…

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A Sad Drowning Fatality. a Double Bereavment

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3

A feeling of profound sorrow pervaded Hay last night, when it became known that, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Terry hud received telegraphic advice of a sudden and terrible…

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General Telegrams. Mr. Barton and Mr. Deakin Will Be Examined at the Bar of the House of Commons. the British Treasurer's Action Appreciated by France and Germany. Colliery Accident in America. London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 21

At the wool sales there was a poor selection and a large attendance. There was better competition than in January. Continentals operating freely. Merinos 7½ to…

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A Distressing Accident. All Night in a Drain with a Fractured Spine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 28

Mr. Jas. Pullinger, a well-known resident of Broadford, living about three quarters of a mile from the township, met with a dreadful accident on Friday night, when he…

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Terrible Drowning Accident

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 2

Word was received ia Hay by Mr. P. B. Terry on Thursday afternoon to the effect that a serious accident had happened to his two children who were at the Convent School…

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The Campbelltown Drowning Fatality. The Inquest on the Misses Terry

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 3

We take the following report of the inquest on Misses Lilian and Irene Terry from the Campbelltown Herald. An inquest touching the death of Lilian…

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A Mysterious Accident. Father and Son Smothered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 28

A fearful accident happened at Foster's chaff mills, at Eufield (S.A.) on Thursday. The proprietor of the mills, Charles Foster, and his son, Archibald, aged 5 years, were…

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It Was an Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 5

A good anecdote is told of an ambitious gentleman, who rather indiscreetly set himself up as a candidate for some office, and who, after the election was over…

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Fatality in Sawmill. a Young Man Crushed to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 29

A shocking accident occurred on Thursday at Messrs. Nixon Bros' saw mill, Orbost, resulting in the death of an employe named George Rancie. The unfortunate fellow was…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 24

Mrs. John Rial, of Cuddell Station, who a few days ago sustained serious burning injuries through her clothes catching fire while attending to her household duties, died suddenly on…

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Darlington Point. a Painful Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 16

Our good neighbor, Mr E. Davis, of "Silver-woods" (six miles from the Point), met with a serious mishap on Tuesday afternoon last, 13th inst., by falling from a boree tree, which he was…

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The Automobile in New York. Frenzied by a Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 4

An automobile ran amok in Fifth-avenue, Now York, a few days ago. It would have been running yet—in circles—had not indignant citizens, in…

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Wreck on Ninety-mile Beach the S.s. Glenelg Founders in a Heavy Sea. Captain and 12 of Crew Drowned Fourteen Passengers Missing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 24

There were unfortunately most calamitous grounds for the anxiety felt in Melbourne during the past two or three days as to the steamer Glenelg. In ordinary circumstances she should…

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Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 33

A shooting accident took place at Barnawartha on Saturday. Two brothers named Edmondson, aged respectively 16 and 14, and others were out shooting rabbits, when a gun…

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Mining Accident. Two Men Blown to Pieces

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 24

One of those unaccountable occurrences which render the occupation of a miner risky happened in the South Mine, Broken Hill, about 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning. An explosion, the…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 25

A serious accident happened to Mr. Jacob Dallinger, of Sydney-road, on Tuesday morning, from which he now suffers with a broken thigh. It appears he was assisting in driving…

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A Remarkable Case. Alleged Telephonic Tunnel Accident. Armour and Wife V. Parkes. the Summing Up

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

The hearing of the suit was continued before Mr Justice Cohen and a jury of four, in which the plaintiffs were William Amour, fruiterer, and his wife, Mary Ann Armour, and the…

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Injured in a Mine. Warden Grants Compensation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 4

Before Captain Burrows, in the warden's court, Chiltern, on Wednesday, W. D. Clifford proceeded against the Chiltern Scotchman's Gold Mining Company for £250…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 2

Two men were knocked down by an electric tram near the railway station this afternoon, and one of them, named Ellis, died subsequently at the hospital…

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Fatal Sawmill Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 29

A fatal accident happened at Messrs. Tuck Bros.' sawmill, Cobram, on Friday evening. Mr. Joseph Tuck, brother of the proprietor, was in charge of a bench…

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