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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Found Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 2

The body of a man named Andrew Parker, a resident of Wahgunyah, was found yesterday floating in Sunday creek. As far as can be ascertained, deceased…

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Drowning. Fatality at Wahgunyah. Magisterial Enquiry

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 2

A magisterial enquiry was held at the Wahgunynh Hotel on Monday evening last, by Mr. W. C. Bayliss, J.P., concerning the death of Andrew…

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Drowned in a Creek. Wahgunyah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 3

Today Mr. W. C. Bayliss, J.P., hold an inquiry regarding the death of Edwin Parker, whose body was found floating in Sunday Creek…

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Well-known Oarsman Drowned. Verdict of the Coroner. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 2

The District Coroner (Dr. Cole) to-day, at the Morgue,resumed the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Albert Edward Hoof…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2

A fatal terminatioon occurred yesterday morning to the accident to the infant son of Cr. and Mrs Wells, of Wagga-road, who as reported in…

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Found Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5

On Monday evening last Mr. W. C. Bayliss, J.P., conducted a magisterial inquiry at Wahgunyah into the circumstances surrounding the death of Andrew…

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Two Fishermen Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 33

News of a double drowning accident has been brought to Launceston from Straits Island. The fishing boats Lady Brassey, Victoria, and Enid, which trade in fish…

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Found Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

To-day. at the Morgue, the City Coroner (Mr. Candler) held an inquiry regarding the death of Mrs Annie Smart Bruton whose body was found…

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Railway Accident in France. an Extraordinary Mishap. Railway Engineer and His Wife Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 3

All extraordinary railway accident is reported from France. An iron bar protruding from a goods train struck the peninsular…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 2

A little girl, aged 14, a daughter of Air Ephrain Osborne, of Howlong-road, on Saturday evening, met with a most serious accident. She had…

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Cablegrams. Squall at Shanghai. Sixty Japanese Bluejackets Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

News is to Land of a disastrous-squall at Shanghai in China which is situated on an affluent of the Yangtsze-Kiang River, about 12 mile from…

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The Recent Burning Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 2

The little daughter of Mr Ephraim Osborne, who was badly burnt on Sunday through for hair, on which she had put-kerosene, catching fire, is…

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Eskdale. the Drowning Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 4

The body of the boy Norman Edward Downs, who was drowned in the Mitta Mitta on Friday afternoon last, was found at Tallandoon to-day by…

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A Mine Flooded. Over Fifty Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 3

A remarkable disaster has occurred at Gwanda, in Rhodesia. There was a terrific downpour of rain, which culminated in a waterspout at one point. This completely…

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Terrible Floods. Fifty People Drowned. London, December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 42

Extensive floods, which have resulted in considerable loss of life and the destruction of much valuable property, are reported from Arizona. Great damage was…

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Caught in a Squall. Sixty Sailors Drowned. London, December 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 42

Shinagawa roadstead, off a southern suburb of Tokio, the Japanese capital, was the scene of a tragic occurrence during a heavy squall. While 95 Japanese…

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Dangers of the line. Shocking Railway Accident. London, December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 42

A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday in France in connection with the express train which run's to Marseilles with passengers for the P. and O. liners. The…

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Accidents

The Independent · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

A young man named Charles Simpson bad the misfortune to badly cut his ankle while using an adze at the Freezing Works the other day. He…

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Accident to a Child

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 5

A serious and painful accident happened at Great Southern on Monday morning to a girl named Lily Madden, aged 12 years (says…

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Little Boy Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 3

A child named William Drinnan, seven years of age, was drowned at Rushworth last evening. The little fellow left home about five o'clock in…

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