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Accidents, 1905

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Fatal Accident at Talgarno

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 24

A sad accident happened at Talgarno on Tuesday last resulting in the death of Mr. Kenneth Lobban. It appears that the deceased went out to burn down a tree on…

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Cablegrams. a Railway Holocaust. Dynamite Consignment Explodes. Twenty Persons Incinerated. Over Seventy Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

News of a tearful railway accident comes from Harrisburg, the capital of pennsylvania, on the left bank of the susquchamna River. A driver of a heavily laden freight…

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Mining Accident at Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 May 1905 · page 2

A shocking [?]accident, involving the loan of two lives, occurred in the Broken Hill [?]mine on Friday night. James Ferguson and Thomas…

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Fearful Railway Disaster. Dynamite Car Collision. 20 Persons Incinerated. LONDON, 12th May

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 4

A terrible railway catastrophe occurred yesterday in America, in the State of Pennsylvania. Near Harrisburg, an important…

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Drifting Submarine Mines. Unrest in Russia Red and Black Flags at Ufa. Collision with Police, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

Another Japanese transport has been sunk by an escaped submarine mine in the Gulf of Pechill. It has been ascertained that the On the occasion of the demonstration against the methods of bureaucracy held on the anniversary of the crowning of the Czar, the workmen of…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 29

A frightful accident occurred underground at the South Mine, Broken Hill, on Friday night, by which two miners, James Ferguson and Thomas Pollock, were…

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Accident

The Independent · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last, a young man named John Pitman, mi employee on Wanganelis Estate, was admitted to the hospital suffering from…

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General Cables. Accident to the German Empress. More Serious Than Was Expected. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 2

The accident which happened to H.I.M. Augusta Victoria, Empress of Germany, who fell downstairs in the palace at Berlin and injured her…

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Fatal Accident at Chiltern

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred to-day at the Chiltern Valley No. 2 mine when a miner named William Webb lost his life, He was working in the blocking…

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Shocking Lift Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 28

There was a distressing scene at the morgue of the Melbourne Hospital on Friday evening. When the mangled corpse of a little boy in knickerbockers, who had…

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A Famous Coach Driver Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 29

Mr. Edward Devine better known as "Cabbage Tree Nod," a once famous coach driver between Geelong and Ballarat in the early gold digging days, met with a severe…

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Accident to the Empress. London, May 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 26

An accident, fortunately not attended with very serious consequences, has happened to the German Empress. The Empress fell downstairs and injured her…

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Railway Accident in Russia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 2

A fatal railway disaster is reported from Russia. A goods train with a passenger carriage attached when near Kharkoff, south of Moscow, yesterday,…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 2

Whilst practising with the Fire British on Tuesday evening Fireman Syd. Edsell was unfortunate enough to receive a severe blow on the arm…

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Fatal Accident at Tumut Mr. C. Harrison Killed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

A telegram was received by MT J. A. HARRISON on Wednesday evening, announcing that his brother Mr C. Harrison, had been Seriously injured through a fall from a horse at Tumut. The following morning…

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Death of William H. Bigley. Coronial Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Heffernan Bigl[?]y, who died in the Albury Hospital on Saturday evening as the…

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Four Thousand Russians Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

It is announced that the crows of the Russian warships which were sunk, numbered 4000 souls, who were drowned…

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Cablegrams. War! Japanese Naval Victory. Overwhelming and complete. 4000 Russians Drowned. 3000 Taken Prisoners. Twenty Vessels Captured or Sunk. Great Naval Victory. How the Fight Commenced. Togo's Simple Plan. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

Fuller and more reliable details are now to hand of the great naval victory by the Japanese over the Baltic fleet in the Korean Straits on…

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Cablegrams. War! Japanese Naval Victory. Defeat Caused by Panic. Six Admirals Captured. Gromoboi Founders With 300 Twenty-two Warsisops Lost. Russians Lose 22 Ships. Only Four Escape. No Japanese Vessels Seriously Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1905 · page 2

Admiral Togo has sent an official report that 22 Russian warships in the naval engagement in the Korean Straits were either sunk or captured…

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Railway Collision. at Spencer Street Station. Several Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 3

A serious collision occurred at Spencer-street Railway Station this evening between the Williamstown and Geelong trains…

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