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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Sad Fatality. Whole Family Destroyed. a Mother's Heroism

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 2

A terrible calamity is reported from Stratford, Essex. A small tenement in the town occupied by a family of six, which…

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The Recent Harbour Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 3

The recent collision between the Howard Smith liner "Buninyong" and the ship "Grefield" which occurred in the Harbour and resulted in the…

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The Buninyong-criffeld Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 May 1906 · page 3

Some further evidence was taken before the Marine Court to-day in the inquiry into the cause of the collision between the steamer Buninyong and…

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Torpedo-Boat Disaster. Seven Persons Drowned. London, May 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 27

News has been received of a serious mishap to a British torpedo-boat in Egypt, with accompanying loss of life. The disaster occurred at Damietta, near the mouth…

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Shocking Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 29

An accident occurred at the cement works, Portland, on Saturday morning, by which a young man named George Campbell had both legs crushed. He was…

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Fatal Accident. at a Rochdale Mill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

An accident occurred on 11th March, writes the London "Times," at the mill of Messrs John Bright Brothers, Rochdale, by which Mr Leonard Bright Roth,…

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The Buninyong Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 3

The Buninyoug-Crifiel collision was further inquired into to-day and adjourned for the procuring of further evidence…

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New South Wales. Faial Street Accident. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 3

In Crystal-lane, Broken Hill this morning John Pengelly (60) was run over by a slop-cart, of which he was in charge. Pengelly was walking along…

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Motoring Accidents the Pace That Kills

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 2

Reports from Puris state that Mr. Groff, a wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, has been killed while motoring outride Paris…

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Riding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 2

Mr Edward Cummins, who is employed at Tabletop Station, has met with a serious riding accident. He was riding a horse across a creek,…

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The Casey—-Coad Fight. Coad Injured

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 3

The boxing contest for the lightweight championship of Riverina, between Bill Casey, of Sydney, and Ed Coad, of Corowa, at Albury, on…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Terrible Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 3

John Johns foreman in charge at the British Mine, Broken Hill, while replacing a belt driving a slime elevator became caught in the shafting. The…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 28

An accident which resulted in the death of Mr. Edwin Thurston, commercial traveller for the firm of Paterson, Laing, and Bruce, occurred at Nhill. The express…

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The Injured Boxer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

A private telegram received in Corowa yesterday (Thursday) stated that Coad, who was injured in a recent light at Albury, was doing as…

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Collision at Sydney Heads. a Tug Sinks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

Early this morning a collision occur red off North Head, between the North Coast steamship Electra and the tug Energy. The tug sunk within 10…

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Collision on the "District." Lines Blocked for Four Hours

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 7

Serious, delay (writes the "Westminster Gazette" of 22nd March), was caused to passengers on the District Railway this morning at the busiest…

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Latest by Telegraph Latest News From Sydney. Collision Between Steamer and Tug. Vessel Sinks in a Few Minutes. All Hands Safe. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

The steamer Electra. which left Sydney last night for Mag[?]g. when off No[?] Head, near Newcastle, this morning, at about 2 o'clock, coll[?]…

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Motor Accidents. Three Persons Killed. London, May 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 27

Two cases of fatal results from motor accidents are reported to-day. One occurred outside Paris. Mr. Graff, a wealthy resident of Philadelphia, in the United…

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Accident to C. B. Fry

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

C. B. Fry, the famous Sussex batsman, has met with an unfortunate accident. He badly injured his ankle and will…

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Suicide by Drowning. a Mathoura Resident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

At Mathoura on Saturday last the Coroner, Mr. F. W. Garstang, P.M., held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr John Birrell, an old resident of the Mathoura district,…

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