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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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A Drowning Boy Saved

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 3

Mr. Jackson, chief officer of the British ship Arno had an exciting adventure this morning. While in Wollomooloo Bay a boy fell into…

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Early Morning Accident. Found Insensible on the Jindera Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

At 7.30 a.m. yesterday Mrs. Jenson, of Hadern, while driving on the Jindern road, found a man lying beside a broken up bioyole on the road…

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A Sad Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 33

A sad occurrence was reported from Narrabri (N.S.W.) on New Year's Day. A party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. D. Cody, their two little girls (Ida aged 7 and Marie aged…

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Little Girl Drowned at Wangaratta. Plucky Attempt at Rescue. a Man's Narrow Escape. Wangaratta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

A sad case pf drowning occurred on Wednesday evening in the Ovens river at Wangaratta. Two neighbors, Mrs. Jack and Mrs. Lillie, took their…

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Invalidity and Accident Pensions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 33

The Invalidity and Accident Tensions Act passed last session comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed, which will probably be during the present month…

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Another Horse Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 5

Mrs. Grace Clark, aged 79, one of the oldest residents of Bathurst, was thrown out of a buggy yesterday at Orange and killed. Her skull was…

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Wharf Laborer Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

This afternoon a man named George Colliater, a wharf laborer, 45 years of age, residing at Clifton Hill, was working at the Victorian Dock when…

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Fatal Accident to a Carter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

A carter named Andrew Bourke, 54 years of age, while driving along the Parramatta road yesterday afternoon, fell off his dray, the wheels of which…

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Cinematograph Accident Causes a Stampede. Sixty Children Trampled to Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

A terrible affair occurred during a children's matinee cinematograph performance on Saturday afternoon in Harvey Hall, Barnsley, a manufacturing town in the…

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A Fatal Motor Accident Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

The motor accident, by which a child named Doris May Hanson, aged 5½ years, was killed at Black Rock on New Year's Day, through a motor…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

A lamentable drowning fatality occurred in the Ovens River, at the rear of the Agricultural Society's show grounds, Wangaratta, on…

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Motor Car Fatality Inquest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

The Coroner resumed his inquiry to-day at the Morgue into the circumstances surrounding the death of Doris Mary Hanson, aged 5½ years, who was killed at…

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Victoria Melbourne, Monday. a Little Boy Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

A boy of five years and eight months, named John M'[?], was drowned at his grandmother's (Mr. Crook's) farm, Notting Hill, about four miles from…

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Electric Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

During a dense fog in London last October an electric train from Baker-street ran into another, which was standing at the West Hampstead station, killing three…

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Another Victim to the Pea Rifle. a Carrathool Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

A very sail accident, which terminated finally, happened to a lad named David Rocs, about 12 years of ago, on Friday morning. The boy shot at and wounded a…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

An accident occurred to Mr. ThosPerrin, assistant engine-drlver-at the Corowa Water Supply's pumping station, on last Friday morning, by…

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Accidents with Pea Rifles

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

Two pea-rifle accidents have occurred to Well-known residents, of the Wagga district, Mr. Campbell Jackson, manager of the Kilkee…

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The Euryalus—warrung Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

The Marina Court to-day concluded its inquiry into the cause of the collision between the steamer Euryalas and the [?] Warrung in Darling…

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A Railway Accident Nine People Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

The Lancashire and Yorkshire express last night collided with the London and North-Western express near Huddersfield. The accident was a most sensational one,…

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Young Lady Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 3

Miss Gertrude Ampt, 23 years of age, the daughter of Mr. Ampt, of View-street, Canterbury, was accidentally drowned yesterday afternoon at Warrandyte, Miss…

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