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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 7
Also in The Riverine Grazier

Brussels, 10th November.— Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other,…

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An Accident Incidental to the Profession

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

Another Socialist grimly shricked—"King Carles met with an accident incidental to his profession." This grim humor was received with…

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Drowning the Drum. City Man's "Counterblast" to Salvation Army

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

Mr James Stacey, a liveryman or the City of London and a member of the National Liberal Club, residing at Crescent Grove, Clapham Common was…

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Accident. the Culcairn Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 8

While on the way from Yarra wonga to Corowa on Tuesday morning last to attend the District Court, Mr. J. A. Hargraves Further particulars of the Culcairn fire show, that a man sleeping in an office at the rear of one of the destroyed buildings was the…

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Accident to a Manly Steamer. a Thousand Persons on Board

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 3

The steamer Brighton, plying between Manly and Circular Quay, broke down off the heads at a quarter past nine last evening. The Brighton had over 1000…

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Fatality in a Well Death of an Old Resident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

Something akin to a sensation was caused in Hay about noon yesterday when word was brought in that Mr. George Haines, the well-known wheelwright and grazing…

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A Boy's Legs Smashed Accident Near Culcairn. Trampled on by an Eight-horse Team

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 5

A serious accident happened in somewhat sensational circumstances yesterday afternoon about a mile from Culcairn by which a boy of 10 years had both his legs broken,…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3

A youth, whose name is unknown, had a very narrow escape from drowning in the surf at [?] beach to-day. Two young men named…

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Humphries Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 23

J.Humphries, the English wicketkeeper, injured himself in Adelaide, and it was only because of the importance of the rubber, and by the help of surgical appliances, that he…

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W.a. Ex-premier Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

A message from West Australia states that Mr. George Throssell, M.L.C., ex-Premier of Western Australia, met with an accident on Friday…

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Wreck of the Emily Reed. Eleven Sailors Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5

The ship "Emily Reed," bound for Portland, Oregon, United States, from Newcastle, has been completely wrecked on the Pacific Coast, when nearing…

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In Collision. French Submarines Men at Heir Posts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Shuffleur and…

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In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souf[?]eur and…

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A Telephone Danger. Strange Fatality in the States

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 3

Miss Ann Greenwood, the young daughter of a wealthy citizen of Maryborough, Massachusetts, was killed at the telephone in her own…

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Invalid and Accident Pensions. to Benefit the Metropolis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

Nearly 10,000 applications for pensions under the provisions of the Invalid and Accident Pensions Act passed last session, and which came into…

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Accident to a Railway Man

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 3

To-day William Graham, 40 years of age, residing at Station-street, Carlton, and who is employed as a [?]asual hand on the Victorian Railways was…

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The Injured Aeronaut

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

Alphonse Stewart, the aeronaut, who sustained a fractured firth leg when he fell in the Melbourne General Cemetery on Saturday afternoon, is…

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Octogenarian's Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Chesterfield, who is now 82 years of ago, and resides at Palmer-street, South Melbourne, slipped and fell last year, and fractured her…

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