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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Another Vehicle Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 November 1903 · page 3

A man named James Blackmore was the victim of no accident at Kinro[?] Station, the property of Mr. John Ross, at Germanton, on the 11th inst…

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Railway Collision. Sixty-three Killed and Wounded. London, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 27

A terrible railway accident has happened in Illinois. Two trains came into collision at Kentwood with direful results. Thirty-nine negro and one white passengers were killed…

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Viscount Kitchener. Serious Accident. London, November 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 27

A serious accident has happened to Viscount Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief in India. He was riding along through the Mashobia highway tunnel, near Simla, when…

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Accident on the Cricket Field

The Independent · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 2

During the progress of the cricket match on Wednesday afternoon between the Imperials and Federals, Mr T. Burns had the misfortune to meet…

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A Remarkable Accident. Lord Kitchener Breaks a Leg

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 2

A sensation has been caused throughout India by a peculiar and serious accident to the Commander in Chief, Viscount Kitchener. Lord…

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Drowned Tripe

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 1

When tender, cut the tripe into neat slices, then lay them into some thick, rich brown gravy. Let all simmer slowly for half an hour, then dish, garnishing…

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Railway Collision in Switzerland. Five Persons Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 3

The Berua-Lausanne express collided with a derailed engine at Palerieux, when five persons were killed, including Miss Rickett, an English governess…

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Death of a Policeman's Child. Result of a Burning Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 2

A child, six years old belonging to Constable McQuaker, died to-day, as the result of a burning accident…

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Accident at Albury Gas Co's Works

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon at about 3 p.m. Mr. Henry Webb, manager of the Albury Gas Co, met with a serious accident. It appears that Mr. Webb…

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Accident to Viscount Kitchener

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 4

A sensation has been caused through India by a peculiar and serious accident to the Commander-in-Chief, Viscount Kitchener. Lord Kitchener was riding…

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Loss of a Norwegian Steamer. Eighteen Persons Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 3

The Norwegian steamer Victoria has been stranded at Stavanger in a severe storm. Sixteen of the crew and two passengers were drowned; five…

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Serious Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 3

This morning a serious accident betel a man named Charles Wood, 22 years of age, residing at North Carlton. He was engaged in putting in…

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A Seaman Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 3

An inquest concerning the death of a young German, named Otto Taizher, a seaman on the Hamburg steamer Apolda, was held to-day. It appears…

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Horrible Accident. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 4

Two of the craw of the Kasuga Maru were serious injured as the steamer was entering Pott Jackson on Wednesday morning. Derricks were being hoisted when the seaman…

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Railway Collision. Thirty-two Workmen Killed. London, November 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 26

A disastrous collision has occurred near Tremont, in Illinois, on the railway between Chicago and Sb. Louis. Thirty-two passengers, all of them workmen, were killed…

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Dynamite Outrage. Twenty-two Killed and Injured. London, November 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 24

A shocking dynamite outrage has been committed at Rottenmann, in Styria (Austria). A bomb was thrown at a railway contractor in revenue for his dismissal of…

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Accidentally Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 29

A man named Prank Culliver, who had been employed upon a farm in Flinders, was brought to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, on Saturday night…

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Serious Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 3

To-day, a man named Arthur Dillon, employed as a driver by Hansen and Co., wood merchants, of Spencer-st., was driving a spring dray loaded with…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

Percy Moore, 13 years of age, [?] of Mr. Thomas Moore, of Wa[?] drowned on Wednesday evening while bathing in the Ovens River…

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Drowned in the Yarra

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 3

There men who found the heat of the city somewhat expressive went for a bathe in the Yarra yesterday. One of them, Thomas Brodite, who resided…

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