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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

516 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 26

Motor Car Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

A serious motor accident occured on the Rosadale road near Tearalgon, Gippsland, last evening, Dr. H. R. Herne, in compay with Mrs Horne…

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Accident on a Streamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

A painful accident occurred to-day on board the inter-State steamer, Porth, while berthed at one of the river wharfe. A wharf laborer's…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. Jack M'Donald, in the employ of Mr. H. Clayton, baker met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon by which he broke his right…

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Death of Dr. Horne. in a Motor Car Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2

Dr. Horne, who as reported in yesterday's "Mall," was injured in a motor car accident on Sunday near [?] from his injuries this…

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Sensational Crane Accident. [?]Dropped on to a Where

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

A most sensational crane accident occurred at daring [?] this morning and several wharf laborers had exceedingly narrow escapes from…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Murrurundi Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

Mr. Lee, Acting Premier, on being interviewed on the subject of the Murrurundi railway collision to-day, stated that the report of the special…

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Another Crane Accident. Miraculous Escapes From Death. Six Workmen Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3

Another accident by a [?] carrying away, of which there have been several in Sydney recently, occurred this afternoon at Ultimo…

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The Murrurundi Railway Accident. Report of the Special [?]Oard. Night Officer and Signalman H[?]. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

The report of the special board of inquiry appointed to investigate the railway [?] at the Murrurundi railway station on Good Friday, when…

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207 of the Crew Drowned. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 42

The latest accounts of the foundering of the Japanese cruiser Matsushima show that the loss of life was even greater than was at first feared. In all 207 of the vessel's crew of 300…

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Collapse of a Crane. Six Men Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 21

Six men were injured—five of them somewhat seriously—at Lysaght's Galvanised Iron Works, Jones-street, Ultimo, on Wednesday afternoon…

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"Man of Misfortune." a Series of Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 46

Quayle Hudson, who is regarded in Germanton as "the man of misfortune," has met with further accidents. Whilst trimming a horse's tail the knife ho was using…

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Wharf Laborer Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

This afternoon Samuel Allen, a wharf laborer, residing at South Melbourne, was injured while helping to unload the [?] at Queen's Wharf, A sling…

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Train and Coach Collide. Two People Killed. Several Others Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 2

An accident, resulting in one man being killed and several persons injured, took place on Thursday, on the point…

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Braybrook Railway Accident Sufferer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

Mrs. [?], one of the passengers injured in the Sunshine railway accident was able to leave the Alfred Hospital for her home at Malvern this afternoon…

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The Murrurundi Railway Accident. Claims for Compensation. a Total of [?],500 Demanded. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

[?] for compensation on account of Injuries received in the railway [?] at Murrundi on Good Friday are now being lodged. It is…

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Items of News. Cross-country Rider Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

The well known Upper Murray cross-country rider, Thomas M'Donald, met with a serious accident on Saturday at the Albury…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

Mr. John Davis, of Ringwood, met with a peculiar accident on Sunday last by which he received concussion of the brain. He was…

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Train and Coach. a Terrible Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 19

A sensational accident, resulting in one man being killed and several persons injured, took place at Bellambi, on the South Coast, on 7th inst., at the point where the…

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A Tragic Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 5
Also in The Corowa Free Press

After facing death scores of times and thrilling vast audiences twice daily by looping the loop in a motor-car, Mrs. Mitzel Morok, a pretty woman of 19…

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