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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

345 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 18

Accident

The Independent · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

A nasty accident happened on Wednesday morning to Mr Dave McLaren, putcher, in the employ of Mr Carew. A few minutes after nine o'clock he…

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The Wahgunyah Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

Mr. J. Burrows, who was caught between several trucks at the Wahgunyah railway station on Monday, is doing as well as can be expected…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

A young man named William Able, the sole support of his aged parents, has recently, between shifts at the Chiltern Valley mine prospected a…

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Sketcher. a Fatality and Its Sl[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

A FATAL accident in 18 [?] in [?] many year? later culmina[?] most curicu[?] sequel. T[?] is told at some length in [?]…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 3

Last Thursday evening, about dusk, a lorryman named David Grimmond, temporarily employed by Messrs M'Culloch and Co., to replace…

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Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 37

Last week Councillor A. C. Macknight had occasion to visit a shaft on his property from which water for irrigation purposes is supplied. Other men were engaged in the…

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Strange Accident at Harden

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 24

An unusual accident occurred to a little girl, the daughter of Mr. R. O'Keefe, which at first sight appeared to be of a serious character. The child was walking between her home and…

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Accident at Chiltern

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

Mr. A. E T. Bartley of children was returning from Darna-wartha on Sunday. accompanied by his young son, when sudden folt…

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Sensational Drowning Cases

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 35

A sensational incident occurred at Kangaroo Point (Q.) on Saturday. Four boys, aged seven to fourteen, were fishing near the Thorne-street storm-water sewer. They…

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Buried Alive. Shocking Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 4

William Braybrook, aged 33, a married man, was burled by a fall of earth in the stopes above the No. 2 level at the Guiding Star shaft of the Star of the East…

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A Fatal Bull-fight. 62 Persons Killed and Injured. London, May 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 20

An extraordinary disaster has occurred at a bull-fight at Algeciras, near Gibraltar. During the performance the amphitheatre collapsed over the pit in which the bulls…

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Football Accident

The Independent · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon Percy Lloyd, second son of Mr Harry Lloyd, had the misfortune to break his left arm just above the wrist…

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Accident at Granville

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

Robert Alexander Strachan, 17 years of age, son of Mr. James Strachan, of Sunnyside, was admitted to the Corowa Hospital…

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Motor-cycle Accident. Fatal Result of a Collision. London, May 25

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

An extroardinary accident occurred yesterday during a motor cycle race at a sports meeting at Bristol. Two motor cycles came into conclusion, and one of them, which was…

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Brutal Murder at Prahran. Woman and Her Daughter Butchered. Another Child Terribly Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 34

A brutal murder was perpetrated at Prahran, Melbourne, early on Tuesday morning, when Mrs. Stott, the wife of a labourer, and one of her two infant…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 35

A coroner's inquest was held by Mr. Evans on Wednesday last touching the death of Frank Bourke, at Culcairn, on the previous day…

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Sensational Street Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 26

Some excitement was created in Pitt-street, Sydney, on Tuesday, through the snapping of an oyerhead electric wire. A horse and cart were passing underneath at…

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Fearful Accident at Albury. Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 2

A boy named John Grad was admitted to the Albury Hospital to-day suffering from injuries the result of on explosion of nitro-…

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Fatal Accident at Culcairn. a Junee Guard the Victim

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 3

A very sad accident attended by fatal consequences, occurred at Culcairn on Tuesday morning, when Frank Bourke, a railway guard…

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Dynamite Cap in Firewood. a Young Wife Seriously Injured. KALGOORLIE

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

Yesterday Mrs. Ferguson, wife of Mr. James Ferguson, of the Boulder Telegraph department, was sitting with a lady friend in front of the fire, at her…

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