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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Two Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 19

A sad drowning case occurred at Denilquin on Monday afternoon, in the Edward River, near Simpson's Hole, 13 miles from that town. A party of four, consisting…

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Man and Wife Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 33

On Friday morning the bodies of a man and woman were found drowned in Cox's Pug-hole, near the police station at Norwood (says an Adelaide report)…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Two Men Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

Late on Sunday night the police received information of a sad drowning accident involving the death of two men named Thomas Percival Hall (21) and…

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Cablegrams. Accident While Shooting Lady Dorothy Cuthbert Killed. London

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

A distressing shooting accident has happened in the game preserves attached to Beaufort Castle, near Hexham, in Northumberland, the county…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Twelve Persons Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

The steamer Clavering, which had just commenced a voyage from Middlesborough to Japan, has been wrecked in the River Tees…

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Accidental Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

A finding of accidental drowning was returned in the inquiry at Liver pool to-day into the death of Herbert Quinn, 15 years of age who was…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

While out duck shooting, down Boorhaman way last week Mr, Kirkland, stationmaster at Wahgunyah, had a narrow escapes from drowning. While…

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North Queensland Fire & Marine Accident Insurance Company

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

It will be seen by advertisement that Mr. Bennett, of Bennett Bros, accountants, Globe Buildings, has accepted the management for…

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Accident at Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

Alexander Harrow, fitter, employed at the Benalla locomotive sheds, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was fitting a new spring to an…

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General Cables. the King of Belgium. a Street Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

King Leopold of Belgium met with a serious accident yesterday while driving along one of the streets of Brussels…

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Railway Accident at Wangaratta the Inquest. Wangaratta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

All inquest was held at the Wangaratta Hospital on Saturday afternoon by Mr. [?] Allan J.P., touching the death of the man Robert George Allen, whose…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

On Friday last Mrs. Green, of Shannonvale, had the misfortune to break her left leg at the ankle through failing from a step. She…

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CHILTERN. Tuesday. a Sad Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

A very sad fatality occured this afternoon near Springhurst. Just as the mid-day train came along the engine-driver noticed an upturned buggy and…

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Fearful Explosion. Dynamits Factory Wrecked. Eighty Persons Killed. Over Two Hundred Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

English flies to 80th November give particulars in telegrams from Berlin correspondents of the terrible disaster at Witte[?], Westphalia, on the 28th…

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Cablegrams. the British Navy. Battleships in Collision. Two Monsters of the British Navy. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

The first-class battleships Albemarie (14,000 tons, 16 guns), and Commonwealth (16,350 tons, 18 guns), came into collision on the Portuguese coast…

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A Fatal Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

A fatal accident happened at Termeil yesterday to a young man named Prosper Andrews, 23 years of age. While he was hauling logs the pole of…

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Accident

The Independent · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

Another instance of the danger of allowing canine pete to ran about the streets has been brought under notice. Whilst Mr Fred Taylor was driving…

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Shot Declared Accidental. Rutherglen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 43

No fresh developments are to be reported concerning the North Prentice shooting ease. Both Deane and his wife are improving, but are not yet out of danger…

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Cablegrams. the British Navy. Collision Between Warships. Damage to H.M.S. Commonwealth. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

Further particulars regarding the collision between the British warships Commonwealth and Albermarle show that the former has hundreds of tons…

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Fearful Railway Accident Carriages Overturned and Dragged on Their Sides. Passengers Crushed Beneath Cars. or Electrocuted by the "Live" Rail. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

A fearful railway catastrophe has occurred in New York. An electric train on the New York Central and Hudson River Railway…

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