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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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A Fireman Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

Thomas Orr, employed as a fireman on board the steamer Moravian, now in the harbor, was found drowned to-day. His body was discovered…

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A Youth Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

A youth named James Crow, 10 years of age, a bricklayer, who resides at Yarraville, met with a painful accident to-day, while assisting to…

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Injured Farmer Crawls a Mile

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

William Rilen, a farmer living at Muckelford, met with a serious accident this morning. He was seated on a land of wood driving to…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 45

A fatal accident occurred at Gibraltar mine on Tuesday. Daniel Wiles, Martin Donnellan, and Arthur Tillett, tributers, were running old stulls, when the rearing…

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Mrs. Melton Prior. Fatal Accident to an Artist's Wife

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

Mrs Melton Prior, the wife of the well known war artist, met with a sad death on 7th November. When crossing Lewisham High road she was knocked down…

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Railway Accident. a Doubtful Death

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

On Thursday (yesterday) morning, as the train on the Corowa Culcairn line, which is timed to arrive at Corowa at 10 o'clock,…

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Drowned at Dawes Point

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 5

The dead body of a man was found floating in the water at Dawns Points this morning. It was taken to the morgue, where it was shortly…

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Wreck of the Hartfield. All Hands Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Recent reports from Vancouver stated that wreckage indicating that the British ship Hartfield had foundered at sea, had been washed on the coast of…

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Latest by Telegraph. Latest News From Sydney. Disastrous Fire at Newcastle Civilians and Firemen Injured. [?]250,000 Estimated Damage. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Early this morning a disastrous fire broke out at Newcastle at Messrs. David Cohen and Co.'s five stoned warehouse, the flames…

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Serious Tram Collision. Thirty.seven Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

A Collision between two trans is reported from Paris. A large number of passengers were on board both cars at the time, and thirth-eight were injured…

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Railway Collision in a Fog. Twelve Persons Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

The dense fogs that have been prevailing in England for the past few days have been the cause of another serious accident…

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General Cable News. London, Sunday. Collision at Sea. Missing Boat Safe

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

It was reported yesterday in a previous message that one of the boats which made for the Hock of Holland after the collision between…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Determined Suicide by Drowning. Weight Tied Round the Neck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3

George Williamston, whose duty it has been to open the Cowper Wharf wool dumping shed at Woolloomooloo Bay, was missing yesterday [?],…

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Railway Accident. a Woman Killed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at the Stanwell Park railway station yesterday afternoon. It appears that the up train from Kiawa jumped the…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Infant Drowned in a Bath

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 3

An infant child named [?] Crowe, two years of age, who resided with her parents at Birchgrove Reserve, Balmain, was found in the bath…

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Lucky Escape From Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Chris Gale was driving over the bridge near the Bank of New South Wales towards Wahgunyah, when the…

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Fatal Sulky Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

An elderly man, named George Thornycroft, 65 years of age, was driving in a sulky at Petersham this morning. The horse suddenly…

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Gun Accident at Boundary Bend

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

George Simmons, a lad aged 14 years, met with on Occident that might have been attended with fatal results, at Boundary Bend, near…

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Rescued From Drowning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 39

At Little River, near Wellington. Milie Schmidt, a young girl of 14 years of age, was successful in saving the life of Miss L. Richards, who is 22, and nearly twice…

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Railway Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 29

A railway accident occurred near the Stanwell-park station, on the Illawarra line, on Saturday, afternoon, resulting in the death of a woman and injuries to three…

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