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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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The Royal Wedding. a Wicked Attempt. Bomb in a Bouquet. Wedded Pair in Peril. Dramatic Scenes. People Killed and Injured. Later

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

The royal wedding took place this morning and ended in a terrible tragedy. The ceremony was performed in the Church of San Jeronimo by the…

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The Recent Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

Cross actions for damages have been commenced in the local Vice-Admiralty Court in the Buninyong-Criffel collision…

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Tram Car Accident. 11 Killed, 20 Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 3

A fatal accident is reported from East Providence in Rhode Island, U.S.A. An electric tram-car crowded with excursionists was derailed with…

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Victoria. Young Yachtsman Drowned. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

An inquest on the body of Alan Wilson, aged 16, who was drowned at Bellerive on Sunday evening, was held in Hobart yesterday. The evidence…

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Accidents to Players

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 4

During the progress of the football match between the Geelong Juniors and the representatives of the Bellarine Football Association on the…

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Coal Lumpers Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Darling Harbour to-day through the collapse of a coal staging. Three coal lumpers full with the staging, and were…

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Motor Fatality. a Marchesa Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

The Rome correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 9th March:-- Full details are now available of the [?]ragic motor-car accident yesterday…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

Master George Oswald, son of Mr. John Oswald, junr., received painful injury to his right hand on Monday night last through the Unexpected…

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Hotel Collapse. Sixty Killed, Eighty Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 7

A terrible disaster occurred at the "housewarming" of a new hotel in the little town of Nagold, in the Black Forest, at midday to-day…

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Racing in England. Spearment Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 4

After winning the Grand Prix de Paris on Sunday last, Spearmint was entrained for Amiens, 70 miles north of Paris. On the journey an accident…

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Accident to a Child

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

An eight month's old son of Mr. J. Billnay, Bungowannah, on Wednesday afternoon pulled over a teapot of boiling water, which was standing beside…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 4

Mr. Geo. McLeod, of Burryjaa, met with a very painful accident on Wednesday afternoon last. He was taking a land of shall to Ringwood, and…

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Recent Harbour Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

The Marine Court to-day declared that the recent collision between the Mosman's Bay lerry steamer Wabroomga and a water-police skiff by which 2…

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The Late Accidents

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

Mr. F. W. Spence, the victim of s explosion at the Henty Hotel, is about again, with his hands swathed in bandages, and the skin…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Five men charged With Murder. FIFIELD

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 4

The reopened inquiry concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of James Cameron at Fifield, on February 16, was started at Fifield…

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Floating Submarine Mine Sinks a Japanese Steamer. Fifty Persons Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

A shipping disaster, caused by one of the numerous floating mines used in the Russo-Japanese War, has occurred off the Korean coast…

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A Painful Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

Robert Stewart, a benchman at Messrs. T. H. Mate nad Co.'s timberyard, Townsend-street met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon,…

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Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last Mr. Arthur Ernest Smith, a lorryman in the employ of Mr. J. Chicken, of the Nelberby Flour Mills, Corowa. met…

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Sensational Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred at the Executive buildings this morning. During repairs to the lift the d[?]ad weight balance for the cable fell from…

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The Electra—energy Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 3

The Marine Court—Judge Murray, who had with him Captains D. Dakin and F. Bracegirdle as ancessors—continued the inquiry in the Sydney…

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