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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Perils of Ballooning. Terrible Accident at Buda-pesth

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 1

While the balloon Turul, the properly of the Hungarian Balloon Company was being inflated at Buda-Pesth recently, it suddenly…

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Sad Drowning Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

At following at 11. a.m yesterday a little boy of 9 years of age, named koohn, Hon of Mr. Fred. K[?],of the Experimental E[?] [?] death…

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Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

We publish hundred copy of a letter r[?]lved by the Manager of the Occan Accident and Quaruntan Corporation, Ltd.,Sydney,from…

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The Fatal Accident on the Albury Express

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

In reference to the telegram In yesterday's issue of the "Morning Mail"announcing the death by accident of Mr. John Anderson on the Albury…

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Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

An Inquest touching the death of John Anderson, who was killed last evening through being struck on the head by an open carriage attached to…

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Drowning Fatality at Howlong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday last, about 11 o'clock, three boys were paddling to the Murray near the Punt Hotel, when one boy named Richard Evelyn Kuehn, suddenly slipped…

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Drowning Accident

The Independent · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a boy named Henry Hackett, between 8 and 9 years of age, was accidentally drowned in the Edward River…

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Bathing Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 20

A sad bathing fatality occurred at Howlong on Wednesday. Three little boys, George Koehn, aged 10. Joe Clayton, aged 10, find Evelin Richard Koehn, aged 9, went to the…

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Railway Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

A dreadful train fatality occurred an the north-eastern railway line, between Moonee Ponds and Essendon on Tuesday last. Seated in the Sydney express…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Swinging Carriage Door

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 35

A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday evening on the express train to Sydney, while it was passing between the Moonee Ponds and Essendon railway station. A passenger…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 29

A shocking accident occurred at Prince's bridge railway station, Melbourne, at halfpast 11 on Monday morning, when Mr James Hayes, inspector of car cleaners…

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Accident to a Picnic Party

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 29

A boating accident on Lake Macquarie on Monday resulted in two lives being lost. A party of nine persons, consisting of Mrs. Potter, her three…

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A Terrible Accident

The Independent · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last a man named James Joseph Patterson, residing at Pretty Pine, accidentally shot himself, from the effects of which he died a few hours…

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Shooting Fatality at Pretty Pine an Inquest Held

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon James Joseph Patterson, husband of the lessee of the Government well at Pretty Pine, was admitted into the Deniliquin Hospital suffering from the effects of a rifle wound in…

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Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 December 1903 · page 2

We publish hereunder copy of a letter received by the Manager of the Oc[?] Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., Sydney, from [?]…

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Serious Bicycle Accident Two Youths Collide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 2

About a quarter to seven last evening a serious bicycle accident occurred in Olive-street, opposite the Wesleyan Church and just near Wyniah Torrance…

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Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 2

We publish hereunder copy of a letter received by the Manager of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., Sydney, form Dr…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Cause by Gales in America Eighteen Passengers Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 3

A heavy gale of wind extinguished the signal lights on the Marquette railway in the State of Michigan. This caused a terrible railway…

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Telegrams. Collision at Sea

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 2

On Christmas morning (Friday, at a quarter to 4 o'clock, the well-known steamer Coogee, bound from Launceston to Melbourne, and the iron four-masted…

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In a Fireworks Factory Premature Pyrotechnic Display Eight Peasants Dead, Five Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 3

A number of peasants employed making fireworks in a village near Naples were pursuing their vocation, when by some means the explosives caught fire…

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