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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

242 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 13

Shocking Accident

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

A shocking accident happened at Mooralim, resulting in the death of a drover named Malcolm M'Dougall. Deceased bad apparently been in the act of mounting bis horse, and fell…

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Mining Fatality at Chiltern

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 2

A FATAL mining accident occurred at the Chiltern Valley Gold Mining Company's No. 2 shaft on Monday morning. It appears that the regular pitman, Harry…

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Shocking Mine Fatality. Peculiar Clairvoyant Warning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 25

A fatal ruining accident occurred at the Chiltern Valley Gold Mining Company's No. 2 shaft on Monday morning. It appears that the regular pitman, Harry Cooper, was off duty, owing…

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Accident

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

The Corryong Courier reports that Mr. Joseph Hanns., jun., met with a rather serious accident while out riding near Mount Alfred. He was working some sheep around a steep…

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Terrible Accident

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

An accident of a harrowing nature occurred at the Arcadia Batter Factory, Mooroopna, on 10th inst, when a workman named Robert William Knowles, aged 23, whose parents live…

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Fatal Burning Accident

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

A sad burning accident occurred at Glllenbab, near Narandera. A young married woman, named Monton, was sweeping soot out of the chimney, when her clothing caught fire…

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Found Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1901 · page 28
Also in The Independent

A shearer named John Hayes, aged 29, was found drowned in a lagoon at Collendina last weak. It appears that deceased, who is one of nine men who struck at Collendina on…

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Sad Fatality at Granya

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 19

A terrible fatality happened on the 24th ult. at Granya, resulting in the death of Mrs. Ellen Rollings, whose husband, Thomas Rollings, was absent…

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Another Drowning Case at Oxley. Oxley

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 2

Another man has been drowned in the Lachlan, seven miles above Oxley. He was one of three rabbiters travelling, and they camped at a place on Oxley station called…

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Strange Accident

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

A peculiar and serious accident happened to Mr. James Oliver's 18 months' old boy at Maharatta. The child was playing at a gate in the yard with other children. The gate is…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 28

A shooting accident, attended with fatal results, occurred at Kotupna, about 10 miles south of Nathalia, on Saturday afternoon. Two young men, named Donald M'Leonan, a…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 4

A collision occurred in the harbour at Sydney on Wednesday between the steamer Boverie, belonging to the Howard Smith Co. Ltd., and the…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Independent · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 2
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

On the railway between Wait-a-while and Berrigan on Saturday a man named Ronald M'Millan met with such serious injuries that he died shortly…

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Shunting Accident

The Independent · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 2

A young man named Alfred Simmons, engaged as a shunter at the Shunter railway station, met with a bad accident on Wednesday. He was…

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Strange Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 28

A sensational occurrence happened on Saturday at Messrs Elliott and M'Gill's malthouse, in Wendouree-parade, Ballarat While several workmen wore engaged in the…

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Shocking Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 15

A terrible gun accident occurred at Swan-water, near St. Arnaud, on Monday morning, a young man named Patrick Feeney, eldest son of Mr. John Feeney, losing his…

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Fatal Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 3
Also in The Berrigan Advocate

An accident, which was attended with fatal results, happened to a man named Ronald M'Millan, an employee on the railway line at Wait-a-While Siding, between Finley…

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