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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Accident to a Telegraph Line Repairer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 2

While John Wilson, a telegraph line repairer, was attending to a connection on top of a pole at Kogorah, he got entangled in the wire. A tin of…

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A Lift Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 5

A terrible accident happened to-day to a lift wan named Arthur Anderson. He fell 40 feet from a building in Pitt-street and received severe…

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Riding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

A lad named Arthur Kline, of Gerogery, was thrown from a horse yesterday, morning, and sustained a fracture of the leg and arm. He was…

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Sensational Coach Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 2

As the Bathurst to Sunny Corner stage coach was rounding a difficult corner of the road at Yetholme a motor-car suddenly put in an appearance…

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"Looping the Loop" Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 3

Nicholas Cheialo, the cyclist who met with an accident whilst looping the loop at Dreamland on Thursday evening, is improving rapidly, and it…

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Bicycle Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 3

During the Newtown Bicycle Sports on Saturday, three riders came to grief and two of them—McGuire and Beet—were rather seriously injured…

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Victoria. a Cyclist Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 3

Mr. George Robertson, a railway porter, residing in Murray-street. Prahran, was riding a bicycle in Swanston-street to-day when he collided…

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Gun Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 3

A gun accident happened to-day at Port Hacking, a youth named Thornton being accidentally shot by a companion, while they were out shooting…

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Accident in a Colliery. Five Men Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 3

A fall in the workings of the Albion colliery at Poutypridd in Wales caused an explosion which killed five repairers…

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Tragic Building Accident. Twelve Men Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 3

A disastrous accident has occurred at Long Beach. California, where a large hotel was being erected. The building suddenly collapsed with…

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Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 2

A young man Edwin Bone 29 years of age, was the victim of a fatal accident at Dr. Harris's Great Eastern Mine, Rutherglen…

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Terrible Railway Accident. a Signalman's Blunder. Forty-five Passengers Cremated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 2

Through a signalman's blunder, a train conveying 167 Servians, Poles, and Russian Jews to Baltimore was wrecked…

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Drowning Case

The Independent · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 2

In our issue of October 26th, we reported that a man named Peter Hynes was missing, and that the circumstances surrounding his mysterious disappearance suggested that he…

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A Terrible Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 32

A terrible acident happened at Kogarah (Sydney). A number of men were employed repairing tho telephone connections on a pole just outside the…

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Blind Man Run Over. Suicide or Accident?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 2

At the Melbourne Morgue yesterday the District. Coroner (Dr. Cole) resumed the adjourned inquiry regarding tins death of the blind ten traveller…

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An Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 2

While a man named Fred Stewart, employed in building a woolshed at Dora Dora, was using an axe yesterday the are slipped and inflicted a…

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Victoria. a Shooting Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 3

A lad named Leslie Morgan, 16 years of age, who resides at Grattan-street, Carlton, met with an accident to-day at a place called Research…

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Items of News. Drowning Fatality

The Independent · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 2

On Wednesday Mr F. W. Garstang. P.M. (Coroner) proceeded to Hill Plain to hold an inquest on the body of a child named Albert Raymond Duggan, the two-year-old…

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Burning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 5

A sad burning accident happened at Howlong last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Tweedy, the schoolmaster, whilst reclining in his front room heard a…

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Accident on a Ship

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 3

A serious accident occurred on board the German ship Grosser Kurfurst to-day. These men fell through a skylight into the engine-room…

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