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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Hurdle Race Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 2

The first race of the day at the Spring meeting of the Albury Racing Club yesterday—the Hurdle Race—provided some excitement. During…

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Fail Off a Train. City Clerk Seriously Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

James Harper Wilkey, a clerk was proceeding to the city to-day, when he fell off a train at Burwood, and fractured his skull. He was admitted to the Cottage…

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Fearful Railway Accident. Two Sleeping Cars Telescoped. Many French Canadians Killed London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 2

The express train running from Quebee on the River St. Lawrence in Canada, and Boston, Massachusetts, met with a terrible accident last night…

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Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

The District Coroner to-day found that Robert Hancock, the old man who was burnt to death at Footscray on Saturday, met his death accidentally…

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Accident Results Fatally

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 2

An old resident of Bungowannah named John Ferguson, 80 years of age, was brought to the Albury Hospital a little over a week ago, suffering from a…

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Serious Driving Accident. Lorry Driver Terribly Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 3

A man named John Osborne, who resides at Wells-street. Annandale was the victim, of a serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was driving a lorry, to which…

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Train Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day at the inquest upon the body of Arthur Wilkey, a clerk, who fell off a train at Burwood on Monday. The…

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Express in Collision. Sleeping Passengers Killed. London, September 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 42

A terrible fate has overtaken the express train running between Quebec and Boston, near Canaan, in Now Hampshire, and serious loss of life resulted. When approaching…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

The City Coroner to-day recorded an open verdict in connection with the death of Mrs. Agnes Rebecca Goldsworthy, who was found…

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Killed in a Vehicular Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

A young to man named Alexander M'Donald, was killed in a vehicular accident on the road between Wallan and Darraweitguim last evening…

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A Peculiar Accident Horse Stung to Death by [?]Ees

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 2

An accident that happened under peculiar circumstances occurred at Mitta Mitta on Tuesday. Mr. John Conway had occasion to remove a number of hives of bees…

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Cablegrams. Great Railway Accident Thirty-two Passengers Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 2

A terribly railway accident is reported to-day from Mexico. A goods train collided with another full of passengers near Encarnacion, in Mexico, with the…

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Cudgewa. Serious Burning Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 3

Last Wednesday the youngest daughter of Mr. J. Bennetts, of Colac Golac, was very severely burnt. She was playing near a burning stump, poking some dry maize…

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Mexican Railway Smash. Over a Hundred Killed and Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 3

Further particulars have now been received of the disastrous railway accident at Encarnacion, in Mexico. The smash occurred through a goods train coiliding…

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At "Govett's Leap." Sensational Accident to Government Printer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 3

A sensational accident, which narrowly escaped resulting most tragically, happened yesterday to Mr. W. Appleton Gullick, Government Printer. He was touring on…

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New South Wales Sydney, Monday. Accidental Discovery by Workmen. a Remarkable Find

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 3

A valuable "find'" was made in a most unexpected manner to-day at the Lloyd Company's Smelting Works at lithgow. Operations were in progress at an…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 2

The Lighthouse crossing over the Murray, at Towong, where Mr. Mark Holden was recently drowned, making the ninth victim, was the scene…

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Terrible Aerial Disaster. Car Falls From Balloon. Eight Men Killed and Six Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 3

A terrible balloon disaster has occurred at Hajdu Boszormeny, near Debreczen, in Hungary. A dairy farmer named Fekcti was…

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A Sad Fatality. School Boy Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 3

A very sad accident occurred this afternoon. A boy named Donald Clarke, who resided with his parents in King-street, Balmain, after…

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A Disastrous Collision. Remarkable Rescue Work. San Francisco, 15th August

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 4

Racing through the dense fog at top speed, in defiance of the law, the steamers Columbia and San Pedro crashed together off the coast of…

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