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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Death of Mr Walter Parker The Result of an Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 4

The Bendigo Advertiser of Monday states:—"The numerous friends of Mr. Walter Parker, of Cherry Tree, will greatly regret to hear that a fatal…

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Fatal Cycling Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

Mr. Eraest Keep, formerly of Sydney. representative of the firm of Keep Bros, wholesale fronmongers, has been killed while eyeing at Birmingham…

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Accident or Suicide

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

At the Inqueat on the body of Walter Lindsay Thompson." who had losured his life for £24,000, and died of a pistol wound, the coroner. In sunning up,…

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CABLEGRAMS. Sunken Japanese Steamer. Astonishing Russian Clemency. the Crew Not Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

The crew of the Japanese trading steamer Gnyonm[?] which was sunk by some Russian cruisern at Wo[?] on the cast coast of Koren were ordered to…

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Accidents to Jockeys

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 2

At the Wodonga races yesterday two [?] occurred, one to Jack Power, a jockey hailing, from Rutherglen, who was riding Patty in the Trial…

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Mining Accident in South Africa. Forty-three Natives Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

A dreadful accident has occurred in the Robinson Deep main in the Transval. While a cage filled with miners was being lowered in one of the deepost shafts…

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Two Fishermen Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 3

Three fishermen who were outside the Heads in thier boat fishier. had it cap[?] by the roughnes of the weather. Two of the occupants were drowned but…

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Accident at Wodonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 20

A rather sensational incident occurred in connection with the run of the express from Albury to Wodonga yesterday morning. When the train was approaching the…

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Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 20

Mrs. Lovett, of Kiewa-street, met with a serious accident yesterday. Slipping on a piece of banana skin in Kiewa-street, she fell and sustained a fracture of the thigh…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 29

When the 9.24 up train from Sandringham came into the Flinders-street station, Melbourne, on Saturday night the driver reported to the station master at…

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Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 29

A serious shooting accident occurred at Benalla racecourse on Saturday morning to Mr. W. Headland, who is employed in the loco[?] department at the local railway…

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The Wodonga Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

Mr. William Marriott, who met with an accident at the Wodonga station on Thursday morning, passed a very good night last evening (Thursday), and is…

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Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 3

A few days ago a German named William Moore, while engaged in getting the water trucks of the Jeparit train, mounted the buffer of one truck and then gave…

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Machinery Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

A lad named John Hain, aged 13, met with a serious accidents at Wagra yesterday. the lad was driving two horses attached to a horseworks…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

On Thursday evening last a miner named Ha[?]tiste Sore[?]ne, aged about 42 years, was admitted to the Corowa Hospital having received a comminuted…

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Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

In consequence of the derailing of a train at Kimniswick in the State of Missouri, fifty persons were killed and injured…

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Railway Accident in France

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

The Paris to Basle express collided with a motor car on a level crossing at La Ferriermiere. Six persons word killed…

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The Railway—motor Car Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

The express which collided with a motor car on the level corssing at La Ferriere, carried the car on the buffers for half a mile, owing to the driver…

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A Painful Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 2

A young boy, son of Mr Ephraim Osborne, of Howlong[?], met with an accident a little before dusk last evening. His horse bolted…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Two Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 34

A boating fatality involving the loss of two lives occurred off Bondi on Thursday afternoon. Tim victims are John King and Samual John Carey. A third man, Henry…

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