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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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The Newcastle Josefa Collision

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

The Marine Court held an inquiry this morning into the circumstances surrounding the Newcastle Josefa collision, which took place on November…

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Accident to a Wharf Laborer. Caused by a Sling Breaking. Sydney

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

While the cleamer Yeddo was being unloaded this morning a serious accident [?] a stevedore's laborer named Vincent Rotuney. The man was…

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Newcastle-josefa Collision. Court Takes No Action. Sydney

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

Donald M'Nicholl, chief engineer of the steamer Newcastle, which some time back collided with the bulk Josefa, appeared before the Marine Court…

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Clairvoyance Under Gas. Maybe Distant Mother's Cry Saved Drowning Boy

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 3

"I don't know whether you'll call [?] telepathy or clairvovance," said the dentist, "but I can tell you a Queer story of second sight from my…

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Explosion at Cartridge Factory. Eleven Bengalis Killed. 20 People Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 2

A serious explosion occurred at a cartridge factory in Bengal, which has been attended with a disastrous loss of life. During the manufacture of dum-dum…

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Murray Drowning Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 2

The adjourned magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man unknown, who was drowned in the River Murray on…

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The Zig Zag Collision. Serious Railway Accident. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 3

A serious railway collision happened on Tuesday at the top points, near Clarence, some distance from Lithgow. Goods train No. 32, in charge of Guard Corr, was…

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A Shocking Driving Fatality. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 3

At 11.30 o'clock this morning a shocking accident occurred in Ballair-street, Kensington. Daniel Flannigan, a partner in the firm of O'Keefe and Flannigan, of North…

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Impaled on a Piece of Timber. Accident to a Mill Hand. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 3

A mill hand named John Donovan was the victim of a serious accident at D. Hardy and Co's establishment at Redfern this morning. Donovan is…

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CHILTERN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Thursday. Burning Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 3

A very sad burning fatality occurred at the Chiltern Valley No. 2 yesterday about 6 p.m. A six-year-old daughter of Mr. Louis Gatt[?] went out with…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. a Woman Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 3

The body of an unknown woman was found floating in the water beneath Central Wharf, Miller's Point, this morning, Ch[?] point to the woman…

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Railway Accident at the Zigzag. Portion of a Goods Train Breaks Away. Four Persons Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 1

A serious railway raccident occurred on the Blue Mountains last night, when portion of a goods train broke away from the Clarence tunnel, and…

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Alfred Bobson a Popular Agent-general. Drowned in the Channel. London, December 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 42

The death of Mr. Alfred Dobson, Agent-General for Tasmania, under distressingly painful circumstances, was reported in London yesterday…

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A Boy Hanged by Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 33

A finding of accidental death was returned at an inquest into the death of a 13-year-old school boy, Claude Alexander Doyle, who lived with his parents at 134…

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Peculiar Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

A young girl named Flith Coleman, aged 16, was admitted to the Albury Hospital yesterday suffering from a fractured arm and dislocated wrist…

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Rugby Football. Two Injured "Wallabies." They Rejoin the Team. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 4

Splendid recoveries have been made by P.H. Burge and Flanagan, two members of the "Wallables" (Australian Amatem Rugby team). In the opening match of…

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Hero-suva Collision. the Verdict. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 3

Judge Street, in the Vico-Admiralty Courty to-day, delivered his reserved judgment in the Hero-Suva collision once. The collision took place on…

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Shocking Disaster in Panama. Forty Tons of Dynamite Explode. 100 Killed and Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

A shocking disaster has, occured at Bas Obispo, one of the construction stations on the Panama Canal route, By some unexplained means 40 tons of dynamite…

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Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

We regret to learn that Mr. Geo. W. Piggins, of the Riverina Cycle Works, met with a rather painful accident on Thursday evening last. Be…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

Fridays of Mr. George Strachan, of Corowa, will regret to learn that he is at present an inmate of St. Margaret's Private Hospital, suffering…

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