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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 29

The monthly excursion train for Sydney left. Melbourne at 10 p.m. on Thursday, 26th ult., with 150 passengers. Shortly before it was due at Longwood a goods…

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A Bicycle Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

On Thursday evening, when returning from the Black Range along the Albury Road about 10 p.m. Mr Hugh Kennedy met with a serious accident. It…

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Buggy Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

As Mr G. Rlackborn, Mrs Pearse and her daughter, were driving in to town on Wednesday from Ibelbong, Hartwood, the vehicle-struck a stump. Mr Blackburn was thrown from, his seat and his head struck…

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Accident to a Woman

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 3

The other night a domestic servant named Mary Lock, 53 years of age, was found lying unconscinous in Gisborne street East Melbourne it is…

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Latest by Telegraph. Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 2

A young woman named attempted to cross the the railway line at Mittagong last night by diving under a truck which was attached to a standing train…

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A Railway Accident. Woman Killed at Mittagong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 3

A shocking railway occurred at Mittagong last night. A girl named Oakey stepped between two trucks of a stationary goods…

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A Painful Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 2

Mr Giles of Reis wine cellars, Kiewa street, met with a painful accident last evening He was engaged in bottling off a lot of wine, and one of the…

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The Accident to the Thibet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 3

It was transpired that the accident which happened to the Thistle was [?] to all the man crowding to the [?] sale of the vessel…

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Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 2

Mrs [?] an old resident of North Deniliquin, has been admitted to the hospital and is being treated at the institution for an injury to the leg, which she sustained in a fall at her residence…

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Accident at Jindera

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 2

A young lad named Klein, 7 years of age residing with Mr. Fredericks, of Jindera, met with an accident yesterday evening whilst playing with horses…

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A Riding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 2

Mr. J. Meade, of Albury, met with an accident last night whilst returning from the Wodonga races. When crossing the Murray bridge the horse…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New State Wales. Sydney, Friday. Mysterious Drowning Accident. Horse and Cab in Sydney Harbour

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 3

An affair of a mysterious nature came to light early this morning, when the carcase of a horse, harnessed to a cab, was found in the harbour near…

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Another Account. Japanese Take to Rafts 1000 Japanese Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

The [?] and the Sadomarn were encountered by the Russians at a spot 70 miles from Moll, in the Straits of Korea…

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Accident to a Boy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

On Friday last a nine-year-old son of Mr. O. Robinson, of Wahgunyah, sustained severe injuries, supposed to have been caused by a horse. With his sister he…

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Fatal Accident at Bull Plain

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

Information was received in Corowa yesterday that Michael McCarthy, farmer, of Boomerang, aged 29, was killed at Bull Plain on Sunday night…

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Accident with a Fire Escape

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2

Last week Mr John Thomas, of Albury, and Wm. Stewart, a former resident of Albury, were giving a practical test of their patent fire…

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Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2

An employe of Permowan, Wright and Co, named Quinlan and with an accident at the Albury goods station yesterday morning through slipping…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 3

The Marquis d'Andiffret Pasguler, son of the Duke d'Andiffret pasgnler, a well-known French politician, has been killed in a motor car accident in…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Fatal Accident. Kimpton's Flour Mills

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 3

Work has been commenced to clear the site of Kimpton's flour Mill at Kensington which was Burnt to the ground in January last…

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Fearful Accident. Five-story Wall Falls. Two Men Killed and Two Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon a sensational accident, resulting in the death of two men and in serious injury to two others, occurred at Mr W. S. Kimpton and Sons' flour mills…

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