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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Coach Accident in New Zealand

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

News has been received of a fatal coach accident in New Zealand. While crossing the Wairan Raiver near Blenhaim, the coach capsized and four of…

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Collision at Sea

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 3

Two steamers belonging to the German and royal lines collided off Cherbonrg. Four passengers on board the German boat were, killed, and several drowned…

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Accident at a Distillery Flow of Whisky in the Streets. Narrow Escapes From Drowning. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 2

An extraordinary accident occurred at Gray & Co.'s distillery, Glasgow, to-day when the pillars supporting a number of large storage vats…

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Fatal Collision in the Channel. Kaiser Wilhelm Per Grosse and a British Ship. Several Passengers Killed and Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 2

The North German Lloyd's steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse when leaving Cherbourg came into collision with the British steamer Orinoco,…

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LONDON. Thursday. Accident at a Distillery

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 3

Owing to An acceident at Gray's distillery Glasgow, 200,000 gallons of whiskey [?]scaped into the street. Fourteen persons were nearly drowned, and One subsequently died. The…

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Great Storm in America. Thirty Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 3

Another of the great storms which has swept over North America during the last few months has occurred. The scene of th latest disaster is…

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Case of Attempted Murder. at Sensational Outcome. the Injured Doctor to Be Arrested. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 2

A sensational development has occurred in the attempted murder case in which a man named Cesbron shot a Dr. Herbert in the head while the…

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Hiding Accident at Walla Walla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 2

A young man named Thomas Gaynor employed at Walla Walla Station, met with a painful accident on Saturday. He was…

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A Startling Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 3

A sensational accident occurred yesterday to two men why were crossing the railway bridge over Cockles Crock. They were run down by a train with…

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Cablegrams. General Cables. a Railway Collision. Driver and Fireman Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 3

A railway accident is reported from Ulleskefi. A passenger train and an empty goods train came into collision during…

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Training Ship Burnt. Many of the Trainees Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 2

News has been received of a disaster to the training ship Algeeiras at Toulon in France. The vessel caught fire was burnt…

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A Dock Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 3

Word has ten received that the Shaw Seville steamer Mauari slipped on the stocks at the Calliope Dock. Auckland, with the result that two…

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A Whisky Flood. Persons Nearly Drowned. London, November

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 42

Gray's Distillery, in Glasgow, has been the scene of a disastrous mishap, which resulted in the death of one person, and the narrow escape of a number of others…

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Liners In Collision. Number of Lives Lost. London, November 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 42

A serious collision has occurred at the French port of Cherbourg between two ocean liners, resulting in the loss of several lives. The Kaiser Wilhelm der…

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The Huddersfield Election. the Labour Candidate Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 2

The Huddersfield election is still causing great excitement. Mr Russell Williams, the Socialist Labour Candidate has met with an…

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A Terrible Extension. Fifty Killed and Hundreds' Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 2

A terrible catastrophe is reported from the town of Willen in Westphalia. An explosion occurred in a…

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Railway Accident Sequel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 33

In the Perth Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice M'Millan and a jury, the hearing was continued of a case in which Robt. Kurtz, of Kalgoorlie, his wife,…

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A Riding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 2

A man named William Church yesterday met with a painful accident. He was riding one horse and leading another, a young animal, in…

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Accident to a Warship

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 3

The warship Pegasus while cruising in Farm Cove to-day struck a reel near Lady Macquarrie's chair and lost two blades of her propeller. She…

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Railway Collision in Virginia. President and Director of the Company Killed. Three Other Passengers Killed, and 20 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 2

A railway disaster, attended with fatal consequences is reported from the United States of America. An express train was wrecked in a…

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