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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

341 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 18

Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 2

Master John Wilkinson, son of the manager of Rhino Vineyard, met with an accident on Wednesday morning while engaged in wine making…

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A Serious Accident. Youth's Two Legs Fractured an Unfortunate Family

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 2

The public of Albury will no doubt remember the case of the death of two young men named Porter, sons of Mr Porter of Tumburunbu, who within…

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Collision at Sea. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

Two Atlantic liners collided off- Halifax, Both vessels, however, were successful in reaching port safely, and no one was injured…

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Collision at Sea, No Loss of Life

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

Intelligence has benn received that a serious marine collision has occurred off Halifax, Nova Scotia, between the screw-steamer Parisian, 5508 tons,…

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Fire in Melbourne, Several Accidents. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 3

sA fire broke out this evening in premises occupied by khyatt, a silk importer, in Flinders-lane and quickly extended to the building occupied by…

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Drowning Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 29

Nicholas Shoetan, mate of the schooner Shan non, moored at Goodlet and Smith's Wharf, Johnston's Bay, was drowned last week. How it occurred is not clearly known. The cook,…

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Steamer Collision. Both Vessels Damaged. London, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 27

A serious disaster has occurred at sea, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Allan liner Parisian, 5395 tons, and the Hamburg Amerika liner Albano, 3747 tons, came into collision…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 29

The body of a man named Stephen Morison, a painter, 34 years of ago, who resided in Windsor, was found lying beside the Brighton railway line under the bridge at High-street…

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Accident at Little Billa-bong. Man Killed by a Waggon. Germanton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 2

A young man named Percy Horsley, aged 22, died here this morning from severe internal injuries, He was in charge of a waggon loaded with eighty,…

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Train Derailed in Paris. Carriages Catch Fire. Three Killed, Six Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

A railway train at Sceaun, one of the suburbs of Paris, about six miles south-west of Notre Dame, became derailed and several carriages caught…

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Accident to a Ferry Steamer

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

The forty steamer kuringai, belonging to the Port Jackson Company, on arriving from Mainly on Saturday morning crashed into the masonary wall of…

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General Cables, London, Monday. Collision at Gibraltar. German and British Cruisers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 3

During the Kaiser's recent visit to Gibraltar the German cruiser Prinz Friedrich Karl (8808 tons) collided with the British battleship Prince…

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Jockey Fatally Injured

The Independent · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

The jockey W. Sheck (who is well-known locally met with a fatal accident while riding Dolly Gray in the Farewell Handicap, at the Bendigo…

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War-Ships in Collision. H.M.S. Prince George Damaged. London, April 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 27

In connection with the visit to Tangier, the Emperor William called at Gibraltar. While there the German cruiser Prinz Friedrich Karl, 8868 tons, came into…

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Accidents

The Independent · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

Daring the progress of Saturday's cricket match Mr. B. A. Armstrong received a nasty knock. He was batting well, and had 40 runs up,…

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Drowning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

On Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock, word came into Rutherglen that a man about 50 years of age, named Kinsman, had been drowned in a drain…

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The Collision at Gibraltar

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

It has now been ascertained that the collision between the German cruiser Prinz Friedrich Karl, and the British battleship, Prince George, at…

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Fatal Chaff-cutter Accident. Serious Results From Lack of Medical Aid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

An accident occurred to a fourteen year old son of Mr. Pannock, farmer, Black Range, about nine days ago, which through lack of proper medical…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

Mr. John Ryan, employed on the relaying of the Springhurst to Wahgunyah railway, met with a painful accident on Friday morning. He was…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 2

Last Thursday a man named Dunn, in the employ of Mr. Hogan, met with a painful accident on the bridge. He was in charge of a…

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