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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Car and Bicycle. Into Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

result of the collision between and motor car at the in[?] of Albert and Evelyn-sts.,[?] the city boundary, sam…

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Not the Result of Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 2

Mr. Schmiedt also expresses the firm opinion that the fire was not the result of accident; indeed, he is firmly convinced that the country was…

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A Grazier Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 29

A sad fatality occurred last Week at Barham, on the New South Wales side of the Murray, opposite Koondrook. Mr. R. Stephens, a grazier, holding land near the Wakool…

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Fatal Motor Car Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 3

At the inquest concerning the death of Samuel Payne, which occurred at the Melbourne Hospital yesterday from fracture of the skull in a…

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Sad Drowning Case. a Supposed Shark

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 3

On Sunday night Mr. Alfred Boldner, a furrier, who resided with his wife and two children at Antihope, Windsor, Melbourne, disappeared whilst bathing from the…

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Drowned in the Murray. Railway Surveyor’s Death

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

Mr P. J. McNamara, surveyor, connected with the Victorian railways, was drowned is the Murray River at Tocumwal on Monday of last week about 7 a.m. Deceased, in…

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Painful Accident to a Cricketer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 28

An unusual accident in cricket happened on the M.C.C. ground on Saturday, H. Stuckey, the well-known Victorian batsman, being the sufferer, He was fielding at third…

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Items of News. ACCIDENT

The Independent · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

Mr H. Lloyd's son, Willie, met with a nasty accident at Hill Plain on Monday. He was riding in a bicycle race, and had passed the post o winner when…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Hudson, met with an accident at his home, St. Berard's, on Monday last which might have had serious consequences. He was using a…

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Accident to a Fishing Party

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

An unhappy experience was the lot of the S[?]rrensen family, and one or two others who were occupants of a large vehicle returning from…

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[?] Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 3

[?] a well known [?]broker died yesterday [?] while bathing in [?] Wooloomooloo Bay…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. Victoria. Melbourne, sunday . Serious Accident at Beaumaris Woman Falls Sixty Feet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 3

Mrs. Woods wife of the licensee of the Golden Age Hotel, Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, met with a very serious accident this afternoon, she was…

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Riding Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon Mr. Frank Robinson. of Wahgunyah, was riding across the Murray bridge, when his mount, shied at, a perambulator and…

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Motor Car Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

This morning the City Coroner concluded the investigation concerning the death of Samuel Payne who was killed in a collision at East Melbourne…

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Shooting Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

A youth aged 16 years, named Doper, was admitted to the Albury Hospital yesterday, suffering from the effects of a bullet accidentally…

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Railway Accident in Tasmania. Blazing Bridge Collapses. Train Precipitated Into a River. Hobart

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

An exceptionally sensational mishap occurred to-day on the Fingall railway, Tasmania. As a heavily laden goods train was…

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Serious Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon a son of Mr. Mat. Brown, fireman on the Victorian Railways at Wahgunyah, fell from a fig tree, and came down with…

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Dreadful Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

A woman aged 20 (a widow) named Florrie Fromholtz, employed as domestic servant at Mr. Gibson's, at Walbundrie, while bending over a…

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Accident to a Racehorse

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature happened to the racehorse Jewel Case, owned by Mr. W. Hoysted, of Corowa, on Wednesday morning. Contradictory…

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Accident at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

Wm. Gallagher, of South Corowa had his foot severely crushed by the wheel of a waggon containing [?] bags of wheat at the Wahgunyah…

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