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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

341 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 18

Torpedo Fatality in Korea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

A number of Korean natives were handling a derelict torpedo which had become stranded on the rocks, when it exploded and killed thirty-five…

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Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

On Saturday last Enid, youngest daughter of Mr. C. Emerton, was severely burnt about the body owing to her clothes coming in contact with…

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General Cables. London, Tuesday. Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 2

A shocking railway accident, resulting in a serious loss of life, has occurred at Wednesday, an important summer resort in. Maryland, U.S.A…

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Collision at Brindisi. Fourteen Lives Lost. London, June 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 27

A fatal collision has occurred at Brindisi between the P. and O. Company's' express mail steamer 1sis., 1728 tons, and the Turkish steamer Lconch. The latter was…

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Recent Harbor Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 3

The Court of Marino Inquiry to-day made known their finding in connection with the collision which occurred just inside the heads on the 16th ult.,…

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Railway Smash in America. Express Strikes a Switch. 18 KILLED; 20 Injured London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

Another [?]casastrous railway accident is reported from U.S.A. An express train from Chicago to New York, traveling at the high rate…

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Acquired by Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 3

A certain journalist, who has a remarkable gift of versification, attributes his faculty in this direction to a fall from a considerable height,in…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 2

An accident of a very serious nature occurred at Wahgunyah on Saturday afternoon to Tottie Morley, aged about 16 years, and a daughter…

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Danish Training Ship Rammed. Twenty-two Cadets Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 3

The British steamer Ancona yesterday rammed the Danish training ship Georgstage, off Kastrup. The Georgstage was seriously…

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Cablegrams. War. Japanese Naval Disaster Sinking of the Takasago. Nearly 400 Men Drowned London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 3

An account has now been published of the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Takasago on December 12 last. The cruiser struck a submarine mine…

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General Gables. London, Wednesday. Serious Boating Disaster. Thirty Children Drowned. at a Picnic Party

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 2

A shocking boating accident is reported from Como (?). During a sudden storm, one of the boats belonging to a picnic party,…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Line-repairer Mangled

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 16

William Frawley, aged about 29 years, railway line-repairer, on the section between Sutherlands and Swanwater (Vic.) met his death in a tragic way on Saturday…

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Accidents with Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 3

Burns and scalds should be treated with glycerine and flour, the latter well heaped over the affected part. Then tie round a linen bandage to exclude the air;…

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Fatality at Rosederry Park. One Jockey Killed. Another Seriously Injured. by Special Wire. Sydney

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

During the running of one of the events at Rose[?]rry Park this afternoon two horses collided and fell with the residt that one of the jockeys was…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

A little girl, daughter of Mr. R. Alston, watchmaker, met with a riding accident one day lust 'week. She was mounted on a pony, and by some…

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Railway Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 July 1905 · page 2

A man was out to pieces near Ryde on the railway line last night. The engine and train passed over the unfortunate man who was mangled…

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Remarkable Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 29

A boy named John William Price Green was killed, in the presence of his father, mother and two brothers, at Kundabank. near Taree on Saturday. His father was…

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A Boy Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 29

On Saturday a lad named Alfred Elliott, a cripple, fell into the river at Benalla, anw was drowned. He was with two other children at the time. They tried to get…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 29

About 6.30 on Friday morning, while Mr. Wilson, road contractor, was proceeding along the Mummell-road (Goulburn) he saw the body of a man. He reported the…

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Accidentally Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 29

At Port Lincoln (S.A.) on Tuesday, Ernest Bennett, kangaroo hunter, aged 2[?] , years, was found suffering from a severe gun-shot wound in the left thigh. On…

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