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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Items of News. ACCIDENTS

The Independent · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 2

On Monday evening last Mr Frank Trist had the misfortune to fracture two of his ribs through falling down the cellar which had been left open…

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Terrible Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 3

Mr. Hull, of Ferney Estate, met with a terrible accident yesterday. He was crossing the railway line at Toongabble and was driving a horse and…

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Cablegrams. a Submarine Sinks. Eleven People Drowned. a Collision the Cause . Sunk by a Liner. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 2

The Union Castle Mail Steamship Company's liner Berwick Castle has collided with and sunk the British sabmarine beat Aong…

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Dynamite Bomb in Belgium. Seven Persons Injured. a Major's Legs Blown Off, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 2

A dynamite outrage has occurred at Liege, a city in Bolglum. A bomb had been placed at the door of the residence of M. Laurent, the…

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The Accident to a War Correspondent

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 2

It has now been ascertained that Mr. F. H. M'Kunzie, the representative of the "Daily Mail" at the seat of war, who was reported to have broken both…

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Another Marine Collision in the English Channel. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

The American liner New York has collided in the English Channel with the British transport Assaye, with 500 troops aboard bound for Bombay…

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Fatal Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 3

On Saturday morning shortly after 6 o'clock, Mr. J. M. Hervey, engaged at the "Argus" office was on his way home after his night's work, when he…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

Miss Elliott Anderson, daughter of Mr. C. Enierton, a well-known district farmer, met with painful injuries on Thursday last. With two of her sisters she…

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Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

A painful accident happened to Mr. G. Hintze, proprietor of the Union Foundry, Rutherglen, one day last week. He was casting a design when a splash of…

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Collision in Dublin Bay. Twenty-two Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

The German barque Mona collided with the sailing ship Lady Cairns during a fog off kingstown. The latter sank and her whole crow,…

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Naval Collision Off Kings Town

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 3

The Lady Cairns, which co[?]ded with the German vessel Mona, was bound for Thnaru with a cargo of salt. She was struck on the starboard side…

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Fatal Accident to an Aeronaut

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 3

An [?] yesterday, while expertmenting near [?] fell into the son from an al[?]itide of 5000 foot and was drowned…

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Collision at Sea. Liner and Transport. London, March 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 27

The steamer New York, 4643 tons, of the International Mercantile Marine Company (American line), collided in the English Channel with the P. and O. Co.'s steamer…

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Serious Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 3

Ernest Grattidge, 23 years of age, a resident of Dean's reserve, Cobug, met with a serious accident to-day. It appears that while Grattidge, who…

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Accidental Shooting Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 3

The inquest concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of a lad (who was accidentally shot by a commade) with a revolver, were…

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Accident at Corowa Deep Lead

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

On Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, a miner named White was injured by a fall of earth, and was conveyed to the hospital where it was found that no bones…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. F. Cullen, proprietor, of The Tuileries Vineyard at Wahgunyah, recently met with a severe injury to one of his legs while handling a cask, with the…

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Accident at Brocklesby

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

On Sunday last Dr. Walch was visited by Mr. Rutzon, of Brocklesby, who brought in a two-year-old child who had been wounded in the breast in a peculiar…

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Two Boy's Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

The bodies of two boys, brothers, named William and Sydney Nicholson, who were drowned in a water-hole at Alexandra yesterday morning, were…

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Injured Jockey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

Up to a late hour this afternoon Alfred Vinning, 18 years of ago, a jockey who was thrown while riding in a pony race at Ascot Races yesterday…

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