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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Bathing Fatality in New Zealand. Three Women and a Girl, Drowned

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

A most shocking bathing fatality occurred in New Zealand yesterday. Owing to the great heat several women were bathing in one of the…

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Sad Bathing Accident. a Boy's Spine Dislocated

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a sad bathing accident occurred at Doctor's Point, near Albury, to a young lad 15 years of age, named George…

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A Collier Founders. Twelve Hands Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 3

Owing to the cargo of coal, with which the steamer Commercial was laden, shifting during heavy weather, the vessel foundered…

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Fatal Diving Accident

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

An inquest was hold yesterday at the Albury Hospital touching the death of the boy Cleorga Kappler, who met his death while diving into the river on…

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Serious Buggy Accident

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

On Saturday evening a party of four ladies left Albury for Wodonga. The party consisted of Mrs Livesy and her daughter, Miss Livesy of…

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Another Lift Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 3

This afternoon a lad named Allen Saunders, employed at a printing works in Lonsdale-street, met with a painful injury. By Home means his,…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 3

The little [?]s daughter of Mr. Weaver, Spencer-street, had a wonderful c[?]pe from a most serious accident in Spencer-street on Saturday after,…

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Accident at Springhurst

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

James Dunne, [?], met with a serious accident on Saturday while stripping. He was clearing the comb, when the horses moved, and he was thrown…

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Underground Railway Accident. Passengers Injured in France

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 3

A dreadful accident has occurred in the Paris underground railway on that section of the line between the Combat and Belleville stations…

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Injured Officer Recovering

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

The second officer of the George, Mr. Arthur Durant, who was badly injured in the collision betweeen that vessel and the Fortunato Figari in Bass…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

Last night a ship's apprentice named Richard Henry Howard, belonging to the barque Pourhyn Castle, was drowned in the bay. The vessel had been…

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Circular Saw Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

A resident of Yering named William Bridegroom met with a painful accident to-day. He was working at a sawmill at Yering when his left hand…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. Melbourne, Wednesday. Another Marine Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

When the steamer Courier was awinging in the basin this morning proparing for her journey to Geelong something went wrong with a steam winch,…

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Saved From Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

Considerable excitement was aused at Brighton beach yesterday afternoon when a led named North, about 10 years old, who was standing on the…

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Miner Shockingly Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 37

A miner named Walter Bettles, employed at the Pioneer mine, Bright, men with a dreadful accident on Wednesday morning. With several others he was engaged in…

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Bloemfontein Flood. Sixty Persons Drowned. London, January 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 24

The loss of life caused by the disastrous flood at Bloemfontein, which resulted from the bursting of a reservoir after heavy rains, is much greater than was at first supposed…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 29

The young man, W. Haby, who met with a serious gun accident at Lochiel, and who is likely to lose the sight of one eye, is now an inmate of the Horsham…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 29

At the Junction Reefs mine, Carcoar a charge of dynamite exploded, injuring four men. It appears that the charge was fired, but failed to explode. After…

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Telegrams. Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Cyclist Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

This morning Mr. Thomas Gray, a resident of Nelson-street, South Melbourne, was found sitting on the fotopath in Spencer-street in a dated…

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Two Cases of Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

The body of a man evidently of the working class, whose identity is unknown, was taken from the waters of the harbour this morning…

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