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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Modern Engine Danger. the Salisbury Accident. Theory As to Cause

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 4

Many serious questions have been raised by the terrible railway disaster at Salisbury, and although the exact cause has not yet been…

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Shocking Fire Disaster in Kansas City. Many People Killed and Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

A terrible fire disaster is reported from Kausas City in the United States. A fire started in residential…

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An Extraordinary Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a bullock-team, drawing a load of wool Melbournewards, met an empty dray, drawn by a single horse, coming into Albury…

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In Case of Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 1

Mistress: ‘Another soldier has called on you, Jane. I thought you had only one sweetheart’ Cook: ‘No, mum— two. I have one’ on…

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Accident at a Confectionery Works

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 October 1906 · page 3

Mr. John Crick, 60 years of age who resides in Grey-street, Alphunston, met with a very palaful accident to-day at MacRobertson's…

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Japanese Fishermen Drowned Effects of a Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

In connection with tho incident recently cabled in which 1210 Japanese-fishermen were caught in a storm it has now been ascertained that 822…

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Railway Accident in America. Cars Precipitated From a Drawbridge. Seventy Persons Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

A terrible railway accident is reported from Atlantic City, New Jersey (U.S.A.), a fashionable watering place on the Atlantic coast…

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Molong Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

Later information respecting the railway collision at the Molong railway station, as a result of which a number of people were injured, is to…

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Railway Accident in America. a Brave Mohan. Saves Her Husband's Life. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 2

Only six passengers escaped from the first two cars in the wrecked trin at Atlantic City. One of these was a woman who…

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A Scalding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 2

A painful accident happened yesterday to a youth named Herbert Huskie employed at the Albury Butter Factory. Some boiling water which was…

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Accident to a Ship

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 3

The steamer Australia while coming up the harbour to-day ran aground and was held fast for 20 minutes…

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Pearling Fleet Lost. 822 Japanese Drowned. London, October 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 42

The Japanese pearling fleet, which was reported some days ago to have .been caught in a great storm, was lying off Gobo Islands, a group belonging to the…

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Railway disaster. Train Falls Off a Bridge. Seventy People Drowned. London, October 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 42

A dreadful railway accident has occurred in the United States at Atlantic City, a popular seaside resort on Absecum Beach, New Jersey, 53 miles south-east of…

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Fatal Accident at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 33

A fatal accdent occurred in Kincaid-street between 3 and 4 o'clock oh Friday afternoon (reports the Wagga "Advertiser"). An elderly man named John…

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General Cables. Narrow Escape at Sea. a Dynamite Ship Has a Collision. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 2

The barque Este which, left Hamburg for Melbourne with a cargo of dynamite came into collision with a steamer in the English Channel and…

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"Wedded by Fate,' Chapter Xviii. Accident Disarranges Dr. Winthrop's Plans

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 7

While Mrs. Rochester and her daughter were absorbed in the contents of Dr. Winthrop's letter, the young physician and bis friend, Mr. Tillinghast,…

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Sensational Balloon Accident. Aeronauts Thrilling Experience. Carried One Thousand Feet Into the Air. He Escapes Without Injury. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 2

News is to hand of a Sensational ballooning accident in the United States. Doctor Thomas, a well-known…

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General Cables. French Naval Accident. a Torpedo Explodes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

A torpedo exploded on board the French battleship Charles Martel, while lying in Toulon Harbour. A quartermaster was killed and six…

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An Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 2

A painful accident happened yesterday to a man named George Dibley, employed as a line repairer between Tallangatta and Wodonga. While he…

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Fatal Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 November 1906 · page 3

Charles Smith, 24 years of age, an A.B. on the ship Lyderihon, accidentally fell from a plank, while painting the side of that vessel at the wharf…

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