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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Two Miners Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 25

The Adelaide mine, Daylesford (Vic.) was the scene of a double fatality on Tuesday night; at midnight. Henry Thompson and Robert Robertson relieved the afternoon shift. The…

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Boating Disaster. Three Women Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 41

A boating disaster, which resulted in three girls being drowned, occurred at Inverloch (Vic.) on Sunday. The disaster took place in full view of numbers of…

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The Circular Quay Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

The inquest of the body of John Foster, who was killed in the recent, tram accident at Circular Quay, was concluded to-day. A number of witnesses stated…

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A Mining Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

A miner named Philip Tracy, who was injured by a fall of earth in Block 11 Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill, yesterday, died this morning as a result of his…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Fatal Life Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

A fatal lift accident occurred at the Arcadia. Hotel, city, to-day, in which Mrs Rebecca Sherlock, bedroom waitress at the hotel, was killed and Alfred…

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A Motor-car Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 May 1907 · page 4

The six-year-old lad. Leo Dowling. who resides in Evans-street. Brunswick, and who was knocked down and run over by a motor car in that suburb yesterday…

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A Railway Passenger Killed. Accident or Suicide? an Extraordinary Occurrence

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

Upon the arrival of the Sydney to Melbourne express train at Albury yesterday morning it was reported to the stationmaster Mr. Chas. James by Mr…

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Fatality to a N.s.w. Immigrant

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

The City Coroner to-day inquired into the circumstances connected with the death of Ernest Lincoln, an immigrant on his way to M.S.W., whose body was…

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The Recent Fatal Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 2

The inquest on the body of the late Mr. Henry Batty who died as a result of injuries caused by falling from the Sydney express near Gerogery on…

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Accident to a Boy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

A boy aged 12 years, named Bert Payne, one of the travelling' company of bellringers, fell from a tree this afternoon, at Wangaratta, and broke both…

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A Man Badly Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 3

A man named Alexander Love met with a very painful accident at Camperdown to-day. He was engaged cutting wood, chen the axe suddenly slipped, making a…

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The Melbourne Express Fatality. Conclusion of the Inquest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 3

Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M. District Coroner yesterday concluded the adjourned inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Henry Batty,…

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Mysterious Railway Fatality. Found on the Line. English Visitor's Sad Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 25

When the Sydney-Melbourne express arrived in Albury on Monday morning, it was reported to the local stationmaster 1 (Mr. Chas. James) that a passenger in the…

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Cablegrams. Accident to the Queen of Norway. Her Carriage Horses Fall Into a Lake MILlLE Crossing a Bridge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

An accident attended by some canger to the Queen of Norway, H.R.H. the prmcess mand, daughter of king Ldward vII., occurred while her 31a…

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The Circular Quay Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 3

Francis Lloyd, driver, and Louis Wannick, conductor, who were in charge of the tram which caused the recent fatal accident at Circular Quay, appeared…

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CHYILTERN. Thursday. a Buggy Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 3

A buggy conveying some miners from the Chiltern Valley No. 2 this morning met with a serious mishap. The swingle bar broke and the horse…

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Brooklyn Tragedy. Appalling Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

Before the eyes of her husband, Mrs. Jacob Tunbridge was thrown from an automobile on Brooklyn Bridge [?] afternoon, Match 5th, and cut [?]…

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A Frightful Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 33

A shocking fatality occurred in Launceston (Tas.) at Messrs. C. Adams and Son's timber yard. A boy named Geo. Butterworth, fifteen years of age, was in the middle of the room…

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A Bicycle Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

A young man named Henry Pumpa met with a very painful accident yesterday whilst cycling from Gerogery to Jindera. Pumpa was ruling down…

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Accident to the Oroya a Crank Shaft Breaks. Vessel Helpless for Three Hours. Australian Passengers on Board. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

The Orient Steam Navigation Company's Oroya outward bound with Australian and Indian passengers on board, sustained a serious break-down…

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