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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Railway Collision in America. Six Persons Killed

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

A terrible railway accident, attended with considerable loss of life, is reported from the United States. A goods train, escaping from a railway…

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Accident in a Coal Mine. Remaining Men Saved. London

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

The disaster in the coal mine at Clackmannan, Scotland, has fortunately not resulted in loss of life. The remaining two entombed miners have…

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Accident

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

A young man named Nugent Minogue was yesterday admitted to the Albury Hospital. The lad, who was, about 18 years of age, was carting…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 5

On Monday-a-team-of bornes belonging to Mr. Peter [?] took fright and bolted-down the main street. After going some little…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Wanted to Be Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

James Eve, a well-known tobacconist, carrying on business in Pittstreet, made an attempt to commit suicide to-day. Eve jumped…

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Accidents

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

Mr. C A. Rosier, J.P. of the Commonwealth Poultry Farm, Henty, received a nasty fall from his bicycle on Friday, which dislocated his collar…

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A Mine Shaft Flooded. Fifty-five Natives Drowned

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

Phenomenal rains have fallen in certain quarters of the Rand. The Rudd shaft of the South Rose Deep Company was Hooded out and 55…

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Thrown From a Buggy. Mr A. Heriot Seriously Injured

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

An accident, unfortunately attended by somewhat serious results, befel Mr Ancrum Herriot of "Rookwood," Wagga-road (about 8. miles from…

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The Driving Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

Mr Ancrum Heriot, the victim of the driving accident on Saturday afternoon (reported in yesterday's "Morning Mail") is in a very critical…

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Railway Fettler Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 2

A railway fettler named Robert Ogilvie met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon. He was removing some sleepers on a railway trolly…

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The Harbor Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

The Crown law officers have decided that the captain of the Monty shall be put on his trial for running down. Mr. Heming's motor launch and…

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Collision in Rotten Row. "On This Snaffle."

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

Miss Beatrice Hendriks, of 7 Viearage gate Kensington, her sister Ethel, and her sister, Mrs Pollard, were riding in Rotten Row one day in May…

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Railway Disaster. Sensational Collision. London February 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 27

A sensational railway accident has occurred at Helena, the capital of Montana, situated in Prickly Pear Valley, near the Rocky Mountains, about 14 miles west of…

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Mr Roosevelt's Adventure. a Steamer Collision During His Sleep

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" wrote on 27th November:—At the close of his visit to New…

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A Shaft Flooded. Fifty-five Natives Drowned. London, February 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 27

A shocking disaster is reported from the Rand goldfields. The mine concerned was the South Rose Deep, which is chiefly worked by native labour. A large party was…

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General Cables. London, Wednesday. Accident to a Submarine

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

During some naval manoeuvres in Plymouth Sound five submarines attacked the H.M.S. Theseus. A passing steamer struck and buckled the…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

While Mr. Walter Thomson was lifting bottles of lemonade out of an ice-chest at the Riverina Hotel yesterday, two of them clashed together…

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A Driving Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

A sail fatality occurred near Camperdown this morning to a well-known and highly-respected resident, named John Tonkin. 47 years of age…

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Fatality on Shipboard. a Carpenter Killed. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred on the White Star liner Tropic in Port Phillip Bay this morning. Owing to a derrick slipping, J. Williamson,…

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Blasting Accident. Two Men Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 14

The Great Southern mine, Bendigo, on Monday, was the scene of a shocking blasting accident, when two married men, Daniel Sheahey and George Boggan, were…

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