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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 29

A fatal accident happened on 11th inst. in the Great British mice, Bendigo. William Lethlean, underground " boss," was connecting some new rods at the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. 13 New Zealanders Killed London, April 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 26

A disastrous railway accident has occurred at Machavie, 18 miles from Klerksdorp and 12 miles from Potchefstroom, on the south-western line in the Transvaal…

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Singular Fatality

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

An extraordinary accident occurred last Saturday near Perth, W.A. A man named Hugh Joseph Moore was driving a wedge into a tree which he…

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Singular Fatality. Killed by a Chip of Metal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 16

An extraordinary accident occurred on. Saturday in the forest, near the Wellington mills (W.A.). A man named Hugh Joseph Moore was driving a wedge into a'tree which…

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Strange Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 29

A report from Young runs as follows:—A little girl named Maud E. Pawsey, 11 years of age, met with a strange accident, which terminated fatally. While…

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FATAl Blasting Accident. a Man Horribly Mutilated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 35

A man named Thomas Davis, employed as a ganger on the Lyell Comstock railway construction works, met with a fatal accident on Monday. Four holes were charged, and…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 28

A fatal case of shooting, which for a time was surrounded with a good deal of mystery, occurred on Thursday at Miller's Point. Two boys—George Booth…

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The Railway Accident. How It Happened. London, April 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 26

Details have been published of the disastrous railway accident on Saturday last at Machavie, between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom, on the south-western line…

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Peculiar Burning Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 15

A singular fatality took place in an open paddock about two miles from Charlton (Vic.) last week. Stephen John Sellick, a married man, 42 years of age, who resided in…

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Drowned in the Harbour

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 29

A single woman named Delia Malone, 31 years of age, was drowned near Milson's Point at about half-past 8 o'clock on Thursday evening. In company with…

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Accident on a War-ship. Three Men Killed. London, April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 21

A serious accident has occurred which resulted fatally to three of the crew of the first-class battleship Formidable, 15,000 tons, 16 guns, one of the vessels of the…

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Railway Accident. Several Persons Killed. London, April 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 34

A disastrous accident has occurred at Hackney Downs, a station on the Great Eastern Railway, three miles from St. Paul's station, London. The axle of an…

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Fatal Accident at Carisbrook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 28

An accident which resulted in the death of a lad named Willie Rowe, 15 years of age, the son of Mr. W. Rowe, living on the Majorca to…

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Shocking Accident. a Young Wife Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 24

A shocking fatality occurred in Neill-street, Beaufort (Vic), on Wednesday evening. A young married woman, Mrs Isabella Bonding, the wife of Henry Bending, a miner at…

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Accident to a Mail Coach

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 2

On Thursday night White the Berrigan-Cohram mail coach was standing outside Gleeson's Nangunnia Hotel, and the coachman was…

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Tram Accidents. Shocking Fatality at Botany

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 25

Two serious tram accidents occurred in Sydney, early on Saturday afternoon, one of which resulted in a child being shookingly mangled afc Botany; while in the other a…

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Railway Accident. Lourdes Pilgrims Killed. London, May 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 20

A train carrying Belgian Catholics, who were on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, has been derailed near Amiens, in the north of France. Nine persona were killed and…

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A Fatal Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 3

On Thursday, 1st inst., a sad accident occurred at Nangunia, which we regret to say has since had a fatal termination. M’Innes’ coach was…

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Shipping Disaster. Colliers in Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 24

During the early hours of Tuesday morning it was reported in Sydney that two steamers had been in collision somewhere off Botany, and that one of the vessels had gone down…

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Scalding Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 35

A painful accident happened to Mr. Geo. Weissel, of Thurgoona, a few days ago. Mr. Weissel was engaged at Hawksview burning off, aud was in the act of cooking some mean…

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