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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Drowned at Bondi Beach

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

Another drowning fatality has occurred at Bondi, a man being washed off the rocks yesterday. He is supposed to be William Sutton, a resident of Bathurst…

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The Collision Off Eureka Sixty-nine Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 3

later derails have been received of the disastrous. collision between the steamers Columbia and San Pedro, off Eureka, in California, at midnight on Saturday. when…

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Another Fall of Earth. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 3

Which working in the excavations at the site of Mark Foy's new buildings in Elizabeth and Liverpool streets to-day. two men named respectively John Boyle…

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Rescued From Drowning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 33

Mr. Long, of Wendouree-parade, and his son and daughter are not likely to speedily forget their experience while boating on Lake Wendouree late on Friday afternoon (says a…

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Awful Disaster. a Midnight Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 21

A terrible marine disaster is reported from the coast of California. There are differing accounts of it, but all agree that dreadful loss of life has resulted from a…

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"Kidnapped" Baby's Fate. Found Drowned

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 8

The correspondent of the "Dully Mail" wrote from New York; on May 4th: Horace Marvin, the four-year-old boy…

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Shooting Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 31

A sad shooting accident happened at Lowesdale on Sunday, by which a boy, aged five years, met his death. The sad occurrence took place on the farm of Mr…

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Collision in Mid Ocean

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 July 1907 · page 3

The American liner. Micettonka, on July 15, collided in the Atlantic with the steamer Sterling. The Sterling lost her jib-boom, and her bow was also seriously…

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Serious Accidents. Mr. D. Grimmond Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon last Mr. David Grimmond, senr, of Wahgunyah, was conveying a load of chairs on one of Messrs. Summons…

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Quarryman Injured. by a Bursting Winch

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 3

John Douglas, a laborer, had his skull fractured while working in a quarry at Kogarah, a suburb of Sydney, this morning. A winch with which stone was…

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Drowned at a Crossing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 6

Herbert Gibb, 18 years of age, employed on the farm of Mr. Owen Francis, at Killawarra, was drowned in the Yellow Creek, a branch of the Ovens River, on Thursday…

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Steadier and Whare in Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 3

The strainer Vine Brandt, on her arrival to-day from Queensland ports, collied with the wharf at Woolloomooloo. She cut a large hole in the wharf besides…

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"Kidnapped" Baby's Fate. Found Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from New York, on May 4th: HOrace Marvin, the four-year-old boy…

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First Aid to the Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

Accidents are common to every household and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magietic Liniment and a roll of soft…

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Mid-Ocean Collision. a Liner Damaged. London, July 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 43

On her last voyage a sensational experience befell the steel twin-screw, four-masted steamer Minnetonka, 13,398 tons, one of the fine liners belonging to the Atlantic…

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Barham Drowning Case

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 4

An inquest was held by Mr F. W. [?]tang, P.M., at Meadow Park, near Ba[?]ham, on the 20th ultimo, and by adjournment at Barham, on the 23rd ult.,…

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The Eagle Crag-kakapo Collision. No Negligence Displayed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 5

The recent collision between the ship Eagle Crag and the steamer Kakapo. which occurred between Gabo Island and Wilson's Promontory last…

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CHILTERN. Friday. ACCIDENT

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 5

An accident occurred at the Chiltern. Valley Consols mine a little after 12 o'clock this morning, as the night shift were preparing to go below. It…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. the Woy Woy Fatality. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 August 1907 · page 3

At the inquest held yesterday afternoon at Woy Woy, to inquire into death of Walter Fox, 53 a visitor from Sydney, who was shot dead last Friday night by John…

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HOWLONG. Saturday. ACCIDENT

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 August 1907 · page 3

George Martin, a [?] in the employ of Mr Black of Howlong, met with a serious accident during the week, while attending to a damage…

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