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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

242 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 13

Terrible Burning Fatality

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 3

Once more has the danger attending the wearing of [?] clothing been exemplified and on this and occasion in this town. The innocent little…

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Imperial Visiting Troops. Serious Gun Accident

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 4

A shocking accident at the encampment of the Imperial troops at the Agricultural Grounds, which has occasioned…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 17

At Henty about a week ago a young woman Mary Pertzel was scrubbing, when a puff of wind blew a door towards her. She lifted her head to avoid being hit by the door…

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Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 29

A shooting accident occurred at Gundagai to a boy named Passlow, son of Mr. John Passlow, wheelwright. The boy, in company with several others, went out…

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FATAL DRIViNG Accident. a Boy Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 25

Shortly after 10 o'clock on Monday morning an accident, which in one instance ended fatally, occurred in Hargreaves-street, near the town-hall, Bendigo. A double-seated…

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Alarming Accident to a Picnic Party

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 25

An accident of an alarming nature happened on Saturday at Sailor's Falls, Daylesford, whereby one young lady received severe and painful injuries. A picnic party…

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Intercolonial Items. Serious Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 28

A shocking accident at the encampment of the Imperial troops at the Agricultural Grounds, Sydney, which has occasioned much general regret, occurred on Saturday…

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Drowned at North Yanko

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 24

A drowning accident occurred at North Yanko Station, the property of the Hon. S. M'Caughey, on Friday. An employe named Richard Keenan said he was going to the…

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Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 29

A Lismore telegram says:—A shocking gun accident occurred while Mr. Clayton and his two sons were out with several others paddymelon shooting. Mr. Clayton…

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Strange Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 29

A strange fatal accident happened to a little girl named Mary Trevaskis on Friday morning on the farm of Mr. James Stone, of Woodstock West, where the child was…

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Shocking Fatality at Ivanhoe. a Boy Accidentally Shot. IVANHOE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 2

A shocking gun accident happened here late yesterday evening. Two boys, Alfred Stead and Mark Smith, eleven and eight respectively, had been out…

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Benefit for Injured Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 34

A military and naval display was given at the agricultural grounds, Sydney, on Saturday, in aid of the fund for the Imperial soldiers who were injured by an explosion a…

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Shocking Mining Accident. Two Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 35

A deplorable fatality occurred on Monday morning, just before midday, in Baxter and Saddler's open cut at the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill. Two men named William…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 29

Whilst several men were engaged in carting mullock from the heap at the mine of the Victorian Gold Estate, Moolort, on Saturday, for the purpose of forming an…

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Serious Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 28

A serious accident took place on Friday evening at North wood, whereby several men were more or less severely injured. A bush fire broke out on Mr. Miller's…

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Shocking Fatality. Explosion in a Mine. One Man Killed and Two Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 39

A shocking mining fatality occurred early on Tuesday morning at the Spring Gully No. 1 mine, at Fryerscown, whereby one miner was killed outright, another was mortally…

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Disaster at a Bull Fight. 200 Killed and Injured by the Collapse of Stands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 36

At a bull fight held at Pedreguer, in the province of Alicante, the collapse of stand caused over 200 casualties. An audience of some 5000 people had assembled to witness the…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 29

Alice Maud Frost, aged 14, met with frightful injuries, which terminated in death, at Croydon railway station, on Monday afternoon. She had been visiting…

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The Late Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 29

Two of the men of No. 10 Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, who were injured by the gun accident in Moore Park on December 29, have been discharged from St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Terrible Buggy Accident

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

A shocking fatal accident occurred last Friday evening. A party of ladies were descending Buckland Gap, near Beechworth, Victoria, in a vehicle, the…

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