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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Fatal Railway Collision. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

Two passenger trains collided at Tennessee, America, 6½ people being killed and 150 injured…

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Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

Two passenger trains going to and from Knoxville collided at Newmarket, in Tennesse, owing to the drivers having mistaken the place at which it was…

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Local and District News. an Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 2

A boy named William Simpson whilst out gathering quandon[?] in the bush on Sunday last fell from a tree on to a log, shattering the elbow bone badly. He was brought into…

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Suicide by Drowning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 29

A peculiar case of deliberate suicide occurred at Wangaratta on Friday evening. A young man, described as being about 26 years of age, and with fair hair and moustache, was seen by…

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Terrible Railway Collision. Seventy-five Lives Lost. London, September 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 27

A terrible railway accident lias occurred in the state of Tennessee. Two passenger trains —one going to and the other coming from Knoxville—collided at Newmarket, 25 miles…

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Shocking Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 29

Sydney Ham, aged 30 years, a married man living in Cavlton, on Friday morning sustained an accident which resulted in the loss of his left leg. Ham was one of 60 or 70 men employed…

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Accidentally Shot Dead

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 3

Mr Richard Ralston, son of a well-known barrister, was accidentally shot dead at Woy Woy yesterday afternoon…

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The Baltic Fleet. Accident to the Oleg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

Two of the steam cylinders in the engines of the Russian cruiser Oleg, belonging to the Baltic fleet, burst while the vessel was stationed at…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Boy Drowned in the Yarra

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

A boy named Sadi Kafri was drowned to-day in the Yarra near Burnley. He was throwing stones into the water for a dog to retrieve, when he…

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The Viceroy in a Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 3

While the train bearing Admiral Alexleff was escaping from Linoyang to Harbin after the battle at the former place it collided with an…

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Railway Accident in Glanmorganshire. Six Carriages Derailed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 2

The locomotive engine attached to the New Milford express, bound for Paddington, jumped the metals when approaching the bridge over the…

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The Railway Accident in Wales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 3

A brave act has been chronicled in connection with the accident to the Now Milford express which occurred at the Loughor bridge near Swansea…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 29

James Martin, a resident of Carlingford, was killed at the Clyde railway station on Saturday evening. He with his wife and infant was on board the train for Parramatta. The…

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Accident to Dr. Lang

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

On Saturday night last, when returning home from a professional visit. Dr. Lang met with an accident which has necessity rated rest for a day or so, but…

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General Cables. London, Tuesday. Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 3

A terrible collision has occurred between a holiday excursion train crowded with passengers and a freight train at Wavensburg, in Missouri,…

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Explosion in a Bank. Several Persons Injured. London, October 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 24

An extraordinary accident has occurred in the Bank of Ireland, Dublin. A porter was showing a visitor the arms room. Taking up an old flintlock firearm, he pulled the trigger,…

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Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 24

An accident of rather a serious nature happened yesterday when Joseph Spalding an employe of Messrs M'Culloch and Co. and a very old resident of Albury had his…

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Serious Runaway Accident. Man's Leg Broken

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 3

A very serious accident befell a man named Joseph Spalding, who is employed as a driver by Messrs M' Culloch and Co., of Albury, yesterday…

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A Street Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 2

This afternoon a tram motor car ran off the line, and crashed into a building. No one was injured by this freak, and there was only one…

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General Cables. London, Friday. Royalty in a Motor Car. Duke of Connaught Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2

H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, brother of the King, while driving in the country in a hired motor car, collided with a car travelling towards…

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