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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Driving Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a driving accident happened to Mrs Winklemann of Walla Walla, and Mrs Lee. The ladies were in a sulky, the former…

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The Windsor Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 3

William Cale, the young booking clerk, who received very dangerous injuries in a railway accident at Windsor station yesterday, is progressing…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Fatal Burning Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 3

A child, 6 years of age, named Mary Smith, who resided at Richmond, metwith a fatal burning accident to-day. Her clothing caught fire inflicting…

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Two Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 29

Two men named John Abrahams and H. S. Thompson were drowned in the Swan River, at Crawley (W.A.), on Sunday afternoon. With three others they were…

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The Zanita Collision. Coimbatore Posted As Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

In consequence of the report from Captain F. W. Macdonald, master of the barque Zanita, in which he described the collision in Algoa Bay with…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

It is with regret that I have to report the death of Mr. Harry Bauemeister, which tad event took place at Neal's Creek on last Sunday week. Deceased…

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Two Girls Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 4

Two girls, named Edna Kingsbury, aged 9 years, and Dorothy Gale, aged 10 years, lost theis lives while bathing at Marrickville on Friday…

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Serious Outbreak of Bush Fires. Great Destruction. Fire-fighters Injured. Hundreds of Stock Lost. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Large areas of the central and southern districts have been devastated by fires. Many farmers were burnt out. The fires in some localities wrought more…

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Appalling Naval Disaster Brazilian Ironclad Blown Up. Founders in Three Minutes. Three Hundred Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 3

The Brazilian ironclad Aquidaban while escorting a Ministerial party on board the cruiser Barroso. sank with terrific suddenness at midnight on…

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Collapse of a Scaffold. at a Railway Bridge. Three Men Seriously Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

A serious, accident occurred at the Guinea-street railway bridge, about a quarter to four yesterday afternoon, to three -members of the railway…

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Accident on Howlong Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

Miss Eva Moore of Splitter's Creek, while in Albury yesterday afternoon heard the rumor current regarding the bush fire which was supposed to have…

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Railway Accident in Belgium. English Mails Destroyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 3

An enormous loss has been, sustained through the derailment of an express in Ghent, Belgium. The train contained 43 English mail…

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The Scaffolding Accident. Second Day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

The three mem, John Longhurst, Udal, and George Murray, who were seriously injured through the collapse of a scaffold at Guinea-street bridge…

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In Oth R Districts. Heartrending Spectacle at Forbes. Fire Fighters Injured. Cootamundra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 39

A fire started at Mr. R. D. Moore's property on Saturday afternoon, five miles from town, during a gale, and rapidly spread, burning all the grass on Morgan's…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 28

An accident of a sensational character occurred at Pyrmont-bridge on Saturday morning. A gang of men was at work painting the ironwork of the swing portion…

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Accident and Liquor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 29

The new Liquor Act of New South Wales has been the object of much and varied criticism. Here is a sample from a Sydney paper :—It certainly does seem…

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Pea Rifle Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 15

A little girl named Jane Tuesdaye, whose parents live at Lockwood, (Vic.) was accidentally shot by a youth who was practising with a pea-rifle on Friday evening…

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Accident at a Flour Mill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

A painful accident happened to Mr. Henry Martin, second son of Mrs. J. Martin, on Wednesday afternoon, at about 1 o'clock. He was employed…

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Accident to Mr. George Weidner

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. George Weidner, of Corowa, labourer. in the [?] of Mr. D. B. Fowler, contractor, met with a painful accident at Rutherglen on…

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Accident at Germanton. Telephone Lineman Injured. Germanton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

An accident of a very serious nature happened to a young man named Hogan at the 11-mile peg to-day. He was employed on the construction of…

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