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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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A Painful Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

Letter-carrier J. H. Berney, employed at the Alburr Post Office met with a very painful accident yesterday. Berney was engaged in the mail…

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A Street-accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 5

A youth named William M'Intyre 37 years of age, was knocked. down by a tram at the junction of George and Harris. streets. to-day and sustained…

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South Australia Adelaide. Tuesday. a Distressing Tragedy. Son Accident Ally Shoots His Mother

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 5

A distressing tragedy took place to-day at Aldgate. A youth named Harold Ashenden; 18 years of age was extricating a…

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Accident Cases at the Hospital. Complaint From Keri Keri

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

At Thursday's hospital meeting the following letter was read from Mr T. G. Keats, of Keri Keri station:—Mr C. Peach unfortunately met with an…

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Collision Off Sydney Heads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

Early this morning a collision occurred off Sydney Heads between the schooner Whangraroa and an unknown barque. The schooner's foretopmast…

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The Mexican Earthquake a City Partially Submerged Persons Killed and Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

Incomplete returns state that 3S people were killed and 93 injured in the recent Mexican eartliquake, when the towns of Chilpanzingo and Chilapal…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Shocking Burning Accident. Indian Hawker's Presence of Mind

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

A shocking burning accident occurred, at Conbinane near Kilmore yesterday. The [?] year-old daughter of George Russell, a miner employed at…

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America's Accidents. a Preacher's Statement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 8

A correspondent of the Washington "Evening Star" wrote from New York on 5th January :— "Fifty-seven thousand five hundred…

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The Dean Shooting Case. Jealousy or Accident. an Interesting Story

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 6

Readers of the "Free Press" will remember our mention, some little time back, of a man named Joseph Dean having shot his wife at…

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Serious Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

A very serious and lamentable accident occurred in High Street, opposite Mr Struck’s soap factory, about three-quarters of a mile from the [?] on Monday evening…

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Four Miners Killed. a Colliery Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 44

The roof of the new tunnel at the South Clifton Colliery at Searborough, in the South Coast district, collapsed on Saturday afternoon, killing four men who had…

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Shooking Accident. Mother Shot by Her Son

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 25

At about 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon Harriet Ashenden, wife of William Ashenden, carter, of Aldgate-park, Adelaide, was seated on the doorstep of her house, mending garments…

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Accident to a Jockey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 3

A jockey named Thomas Johnson, 40 years of age, a resident of Minyip, met with a serious accident at Mentone to-day. He was riding Pathrose…

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Shipwreck on the Neva. Vessel Strikes As Ice Floe. Sixty-five Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 3

A terrible shipwreck has occurred in the Neva, the great Russian river which flows westward through. St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland, and…

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Accident to Mr. G. A. Thompson

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

Mr G. Arthur Thompson, manager of Messrs T. H. Mate and Co.Ltd., met with a painful accident at his residence, at Wodonga Place, on Sunday…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 3

A serious accident happened to a man named William Weston. at Campsie Railway Station on Saturday night. Weston attempted to board a…

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Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

News comes from Mulwala of a fatal accident which occurred on Thursday night to a well-known farmer named Thomas Kildea, aged…

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Accident to Mr. Chivell

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

A painful accident happened to Mr. Bert Chivell yesterday (Monday) morning. He was leaving home for a ride on his pony, and stopped…

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A Sailor Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 5

A sailor named Carl Carlson, of the Norwegian barque jlala was drowned in the Yarra shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. He was crossing the…

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Sequel to a Machinery Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 5

In the Civil Court, to-day Arthur Faunce sought to recover from A. Cormack, cooper, £400 damages for an injury received, owing to the…

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