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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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A Regrettable Accident. London, July 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 27

A regrettable accident has been associated with the visit of King Edward to the Kaiser. The King's vacht was escorted by the second-class cruiser Juno, on board which a rocket…

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Buggy Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

An accident happened on Friday, afternoon, last week at “Kyalite” North Deniliquin, which resulted in Mrs A. H. Windeyer being thrown out of a buggy and injured. With her sister-in law, Mrs…

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Murder of a Child. Violated, Mutilated, and Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 3

The inquest touching the death of Eveline Mary Hayman, aged 11 years, whose body was found in an under ground tank at Murrabit, on Friday…

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Bicycle Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

Messrs J. Eraser (late of Corowa) and H. Frew of Wangaratte, met with a painful accident while riding in a bicycle road race on Wednesday. They were…

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Rescued From Drowning. Was It Accidental?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 3

This morning a woman fell overboard from a Manly ferry boat, but whether accidentally or otherwise is not known…

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Railway Accident. London, Tuesday. Seventeen Passengers Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 2

A passenger train yesterday ran into and telescoped two cars of an excursion train in New Jersey, containing 800 Germans…

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Workmen Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

The two men—Robert Gibbs and John Laing—who were injured in the explosion at M'Kenzie's mills yesterday, are reported to he progressing…

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Young Man Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

Stanley Thomas, a young man residing with his parent at Templestown, was the victim of a rather remarkable accident on Monday last…

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A Fisherman Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

Such indications as the uptursed boat of a fisherman named James Farrington Frooks, two loaves of bread and but presumably belonging to the above named…

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Collision in Darling Harbour

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 29

Shortly before sunrise on Thursday morning a collision occurred in Darling Harbour between the steamer Palmerston and the schooner Hannah Nicholson…

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A Sho[?]king Railway Fatality

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

One of the Junee railway shunters made a shocking discovery shortly after 7 o’clock on Saturday morning, 9th inst., when he found the dead body of a man lying across [?]…

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Explosion in a Sewerage Tunnel. One Man Killed, Another Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

An accident occurred in a sewerage tunnel on the Epsom road close to Flemington racecourse this morning, when Peter Voltz was killed…

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Fatal Railway Collision in America. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

Eighteen picnickers were killed yesterday and 68 injured in a railway collision near Chicago…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. a Sugar Schooner Wrecked. Four Men Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 3

At two o’clock this morning the steamer Tagliaferro collided with and sunk the schooner Western Star, which was from Cairns (Q.), and laden with…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred this morning on the railway near the station at St. Peter’s, a Sydney suburb, A schoolboy named Arthur…

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Painful Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 3

On Saturday morning Albert Caldwell, 19 years, while descending some steps at the house he lives in at Highstreet, Armadale, slipped and fell. A…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 3

Alfred Walkndyae, 10 years of age, residing in Korr-street, Fitzroy, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was very foolishly carrying a…

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Drowning Case

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

The [?] the fisherman, Brooks, whose disappearance was recorded in last issue, has been recovered, and the theory that he fell out of his boat whilst…

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An Axe Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

A man named Hopgood, a resident of Kiewa, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon, and was admitted for treatment at the local…

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Collision at Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

The cargo steamer Hirondello yesterday collided with the British destroyer Haughty off Harwich. The latter which sustained a huge…

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