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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Series of Accidents at Randwick. Sydney

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

A series of accidents occurred at the A.J.C. races at Randwick to-day. Blue Streak at a hurdle in the Hare threw Hoysted his rider,…

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Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the City Coroner Mr Candler to-day in the case of Herbert George O'Brien. 15 years, who died in the…

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Accident to a Barrister

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

Mr. Dethridge, the well-known barrister was thrown off the dummy of a tramcar in Toorak-road, while proceeding to the Law Courts to-day. Mr. Dethridge…

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Shocking Lift Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 32

A man named Michael Cotter, a recent arrival from Ireland, was the victim of a lift accident at the Oxford Chambers, Bourke-street, Melbourne, on Friday night…

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An Extraordinary Fatality. Boy Shot Dead in a Paddock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 31

A boy named George Houting, 16 years of age was shot dead on Monday at Glen Iris (Vic), in a way that is at present very mysterious. Houghting was…

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Accident to a Rabbiter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

An unpleasant accident happened yesterday on Mr. James Mitchell's Tabletop Estate to a rabbiter named W. J. Kavlock, who had previously…

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Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 3

An inquest was held to-day on the body of Mary Sheard, who died from burns received owing to her clothes catching fire at Erskineville on Monday…

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Peculiar Railway Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 6

On Tuesday, May 28, and on Wednesday last the tender of the train front Springhurst, timed to arrive at Wahgunyah at 2'p.m. with the…

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Accident at Henty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 28

Miss Jolly, of Henty, met with an accident a few days since. She was, with another lady and gentleman, driving from Henty to Yerong Creek to a social. The night was very dark…

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Accident to Mail Coach. Driver's Ear Torn Off

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 30

The horses attached to the Kiandra mail coach bolted when about seven miles' from Adaminaby, and the driver, James Larking, who was thrown on to the front of the…

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Motor Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 3

The Rev. J. M. Gillett, of St. Matthia [?] Church, Paddington, Sydney, was killed in St. kilda. this afternoon through being run over by a motor-car…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. HUGG v. SLOGGETT. £3000 for Injured Feelings

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

A Supreme Court writ has been issued on behalf of Mary Elizabeth Hugg late of Maryborough, but now of Prahran, directed against Dr. Harry Paynter…

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Another Sea Tragedy. 28 Passengers Drowned. Women and Children Victims

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 2

Another tragic story of the sea has just been, cabled from the other side of the world. The French schooner, La Juleuse,…

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Fatal Gun Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

Oliver Berry, son of Mr. George Berry, of Yarrowyck. near Armidale, N.S.W., who has been in a critical condition for the last few days, died at the hospital…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 2

A painful accident happened to an elderly man, named C. H. Davis., a Rushworth Vic), mail driver. He was driving a horse in a gig-when it fell and…

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Fatal Tram Accident. a Guard Succumbs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 3

The death occurred to-day of Joseph Joseph Gardner, tramway guard. who was fatally injured in an accident on Saturday night…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 4

A well-known resident in George Forbes, a driver in the employ of Messrs. T. Parkin and Co., met with an accident of a painful nature on…

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Fatal Accident to a Cross-country Horseman. Thomas Hogan Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 22

The Oakland's Hounds race meeting held at Moonee Valley on Saturday, whilst a highly successful fixture in every other way, was (says the "Argus") associated, unfortunately…

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From Drowning by an Albatross

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 3

An albatross is generally reckoned by sailors to be a bird of ill-omen : therefore such a remarkable occurence as a rescue from drowning of a…

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Earthquakes at Kingston Another Severe Shock. Frightened Soldiers Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

Another severe earthquake has been experienced at Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. The shock came from the south-east,…

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