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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Submarine Injured. Crew's Narrow Escape. London February 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 27

During naval manoeuvres in Plymouth Sound yesterday an accident, fortunately unattended by loss of life, occurred to a submarine. Five submarines were engaged in a mimic attack on…

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Sensational Developments of the Gembrook Railway Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 6

Developments quite breathlessly sensational have arisen out of the departmental enquiries regarding the recent Gembrook railway accident. A…

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Tram Collision

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

A serious tram, collision, occurred Pitt-street early this morning, which was caused by the points being improperly set. "Four persons were more…

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Great Tidal Wave. in the Colombian Republic. Two Thousand People Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

It was recently reported that a severe earthquake shock had been felt in the Colombian Republic, followed by a tidal wave, which considerably…

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Refrigerating Cars Cause Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

At least three of the accidents which have happened on the Victorian railways lately in the nature of breaks down have been due to the derailment…

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English Cricketer Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 2

A once-noted cricketer iu the person of Richard Humphrey has died. His body was yesterday recovered from the Thames, and was the…

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Thrashing-Machine Fatality. Man's Leg Mangled

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 14

A shocking accident, which terminated fatally happened at Polkemmet on Saturday morning shortly after 10 o'clock, the victim being James Swan, aged 22 years, who hails from Moyston…

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An Accident on the Way

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

A little girl had a pet kitten, which died suddenly, to the intense woe of its Email mistress. By way of comforting her in her…

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Accident to a Steamer. a Cylinder Destroyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 3

The New Zealand Shipping Company's s.s. Wakanui, which is on her voyage to London, has met with an accident causing the destruction of…

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Fishing Fleet Scattered by a Storm. Thirty-four Persons Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

A furious storm has scattered the Norwegian fishing fleet, which consisted of 400 boats, off the Gyaclingore Islands. A large number of the boats…

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Great Storm at Tahiti. Several Islands Disappear. Ten Thousand Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

On the night of Wednesday, February 7, a terrific hurricane passed over Tahiti, one of the Society Islands, situated about 2000 miles north-east of…

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Accident in the Harbour

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

During the prevalence of a heavy sea in the harbour yesterday afternoon the pleasure boats had a very rough time. In one case a boat, carrying a…

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Drowned in a Well

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

The circumstances of the death, of Frances Martha Jay Handley, 23 years of age, whose body was recovered from a well in the yard of the Home…

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Shooting Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 29

Early on Saturday morning Frederick Beach, a well-known resident of Garlick's Lead, was the victim of a shooting accident. About half-past 7 o'clock he went…

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The Kiel Disaster. German Torpedo-boat Sinks. Thirty-three Drowned

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

On 19th November the Kiel correspondent of the London "Daily News" . wrote:— Far out near the Buelk lighthouse at…

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Cable News. Terrific Storms. Hurricane in Oceana. Ten Thousand Persons Drowned. London, March 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 26

A terrific hurricane has swept some of the islands in the South Pacific Ocean, midway between Australia and South America. It was attended with awful…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

On Monday last Mr. James Whitaker was engaged in breaking in a young cow to the bail when some trouble ensued with the calf, and in…

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Painful Riding Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

A young man named Frank McQuades from the Black Dog, was admitted to the Corowa Hospital yesterday morning suffering from injuries received as…

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Collision with a Clothes Line

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

A serious accident happened to Mr Frank M''Quade at Lake Moodemer. He was rounding up horses, when the horse on which he was riding ran into…

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Injured While Riding

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

William Walsh, aged 14, residing near Henty, was admitted to the Albury Hospital yesterday afternoon by Dr. O'Shaughnessy suffering from…

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