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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Magisterial Enquiry. the Quat Quatta Fatal Riding Accident. (Before the Coroner, Dr. Shortt)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 3

A magisterial enquiry was held at the Court House on Friday last, November 20, into circumstances surrounding the death of James Laffan…

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Unknown Man Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 5

The body of the man found in Hobson's Bay on October 1S, on one of whose arms was tattooed the figure of a woman : ended on an eagle and…

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Wharf Laborer's Serious Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 5

A wharf laborer, named Henry Bell, 33 years of age, met with a serious accident this afternoon. Bell was lifting a batch covering on board the…

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Cycling Fatality in Centennial Park. Inquest Opened and Adjourned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 November 1908 · page 3

An inquest was opened to-day to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Neil, who was [?]alled by bring cup into by a bicycle…

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"Found Drowned,"

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 3

Mr. Conen held an inquest at the Morgue to-day into the death of Herbert Bish, aged 28, a sufferer from consumption, whose body was washed ashore yesterday…

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Boating Disaster. Three Persons Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 21

A disastrous boating accident, by which three people lost their lives, occurred at Port Macquarie on Wednesday afternoon. Thomas Porteus, of the Royal Hotel,…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Three Lives Lost. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 4

A creastrous boating accident, by which three people lost their lives, as curred at Port Macquarie this afternoon, Thomas Parteus, of the Royal…

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Sensational Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 41

A Brisbane (Q.) telegram states:—Travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour on Thursday afternoon, the engine of a goods tram ran on to a bridge near Willmere,…

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Accident at Walla Walla. a Cab Capstzes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 3

At about 11 a.m. yesterday a party of gentlemen who had gone out by special train to the Walla Walla stock gale cheld by Dalgety and [?] met…

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Lighthouse-keepers Injured

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

The second keeper at Althorpe’s lighthouse, in South Australia accidentally shot himself with a gun last night. The first keeper fired a…

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Leveret-airlie Collision. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 5

At a sitting of the Marine Board to-day the certificate of the master of the steamer [?], which some little time back collided with the steamer…

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Two Accidents at a Light-house. Its Dangerous Isolation. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 5

The extremery dangerous and isolated nature of the location of Althorpe's Lighthouse in Investigator Straits, was unpleasantly examplified…

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Motor Car Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

While motoring between Bulli and Sydney on Wednesday, the steering gear of a car broke in which Mr W. Kilpat rick (Cornalla), Mr R. W. McLaurin…

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Drowned in the Murray an Old Fishermans Fate. His Boat Capsizes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 November 1908 · page 2

An elderly goherman, whose name is sopposed to br georgo Howard was drowned in the Murray river shorlly after 2.30 o'clock yesterday…

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Collision Between Steamers, in the English Channel.tongariro and Drumlanrig London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 November 1908 · page 3

The R.M.S. Toagarice, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company, has met with a serious neeklent in the English Channel…

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The Drowning Case the Victim Still Unidentified

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3

The case of drowning in the Murray as reported in the "Border Morning Mail" of yesterday, engaged the attention of the Albury police all day…

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Fatality at Wangarattta. the Inquest. Verdict: No One To; Blame. [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

The inquest on the body on [?] Sydney Care, who was spend near the Overs railway bridge, on Saturday, [?] inst., was resumed at the…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3

Carl Dick, a young man in the employ of Mr. [?]. A. Clark, butcher of Corawa, met with a painful accident yesterday morning. He was cutting [?]…

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The Murray River Drowning Case. the Body Recovered. Still Unidentified

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 5

The body of the man who was drowned in the Murrya [?] on Sunday afternoon was recovered near the boiling down works at duck…

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Murray River Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry. Adjourned Till December 10

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

At the Court House, Albury, at 11 a.m. [?] Mr. Arthur Phillips, J.P., Deputy Coroner, conducted a magisterial inquiry [?] the circumstances surrounding…

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