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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

505 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 26

An Accident[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 2

‘ Why, Johnnie, you [?] on your head. Have you[?] again, you disgraceful [?] ‘Fighting?. Not me!…

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Peculiar Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 August 1904 · page 2

At the workshop of Messrs. Frew and Logan, builders and contractors, Albury, on Friday, Mr. Stewart Logan was feeding a circular saw, which is driven by…

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More Accidents to the Baltic Fleet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 2

The Battle fleet, which has been man[?]ouvring of the port of Revel, in the Gulf of Finland, has met with some further accidents, Some of the…

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The Barham Drowning Fatality. I

The Independent · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 4

In our last issue we [?] that Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M., had a [?] a Magisterial inquiry at Barham on 25th Agust, touching the death of the young…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 29

Sydney Connell, 28 years of age, who has been residing for some days with his relative, Mr. Swainston, at Greenhill, met with a serious accident on 25th ult. His attention…

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Accident on the Grand Trunk Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 3

A terrible collision has occurred on the Grand Trunk railway at Richmond. Fifteen passengers were killed and 25 injured…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Master Leslle Jones who was riding a horse for Mr. J Downey, was thrown and sustained such injuries as necessitated his…

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Barham Drowning Case. Coronial Inquiry

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr F. W. Garatang, P.M.) on Monday at Moama re-opened the inquiry which was commenced at Barham last week into the circumstances surrounding the death of Frederick Martin,…

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Collision in the Thames

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 September 1904 · page 2

A collision has occurred between the Waimate and the German steamer Munchen in the Thames river. The latter was extensively damaged…

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Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A passenger train running at the the rate of 30 miles an hour dashed into a tram car yesterday at a street crossing in St. Louis, Missouri…

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Accident to a Boy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

The youngest son of Mr. H. O'Halloran' licensee of the Empire Hotel, Wahganyah fell down a celiar one day last week end, and received a serious wound on the head…

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Peculiar Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A serious accident happened on Friday afternoon during the jumping contests all the Melbourne Agricultural Show, when G. Warde, of Sale, the rider of Mahonga,…

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Mine Manages Killed. Workman Dangerously Injured

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning at the Diamond Gully dredge, Castlemaine (Vic.) by which the manager (Patrick Gilmore)…

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An Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 2

We are sorry to say that Mr. J. Tyson, of Hay, bad the misfortune to break his left leg just above the ankle on Monday last through his horse rearing while he was…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Accident to the State Governor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 3

This afternoon a horse attached to the carriage of the State Governor, Sir Reginald Talbot, white proceeding along the streets of the city shied and ran into a…

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Fatality at Lilydale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 28

A dreadful accident occurred at Mr David Mitchell's Cave Hill lime quarries, at Lilydale, on Saturday afternoon, when a large quantity of rock broke away from the quarry…

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Drowned in the Lachlan. a Peculiar Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 4

Some excitement was caused in Hillston about noon on Wednesday by the news that a horse and cart, known to have been driven by Mr James Bevan, of Wangaroa, had been…

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Railway Collision. Fifteen Lives Lost. London, September

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 27

A collision, with disastrous results, has occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway at Richmond, in Canada. Fifteen persons were killed and 25 injured. Among those who…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 29

The funeral of Mr. Patrick Gilmore, who was killed by the explosion at the Diamond Gully dredge, took place on Thursday afternoon, and was very largely attended. Charles…

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Pea-rifle Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 29

Mr John Reid, an old resident of Milawa district, Who for some time has been living alone on his farm at Oxley, was found lying in bed suffering severely from the effects of a…

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