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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Dashed to Death. Shocking Accident in a Belgian Colliery: London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 3

A disaster has occurred in a colliery at Charleroi, one of the most important real mining districts in Belgium. Something went wrong with a cage; the…

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Chemistry Explosion. Girl Students Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 3

An explosion which occurred at the secondary school at Clay Cross near Chesterfield yesterday (reports the "Daily Mail" of the 8th…

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Shocking Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 7

On Tuesday morning lust Constable Glennon, of Howlong, brought into the Corowa Hospital a man named Frank Tully, a…

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V I C T 0 R I A. MELBOURNE, Saturday. a Dreadful, Fatality. Young Married Woman Roasted to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1908 · page 3

During the early hours of the morning a dreadful burning rapidly occurred at Yeringberg, a small larning centre, situated about five miles out…

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Fatal Accident at Hillston. a Young Man Killed in a Well. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred on Friday hat, the victim being William Morant, aged 25 years, the son of Mrs. Margaret Morant of the Racecourse Hotel. It appears that the…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 3

During the performance of a side show, owned by Professor Fenton, at the Yackandandah show on Wednesday last, Mr. Dick Ebony,…

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100 Sheep on a Raft. a Houseman Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

At Waa Waa, the local lagoon is as high as in the 1890 flood. Several residences on the serub side are surrounded by the water, which is almost…

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Fatal Ending of a Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

Mrs. Matilda Jatho, 03 years of age, who had resident at Hambleton-street. Albert Park, and who sustained dreadful injuries when run over by a train at the Port…

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The Northcote Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

Mrs. Frances Rao, who met with serious injuries in a railway at North[?] yesterday, is doing as well as [?] expected in the Melbourne Hospital…

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Accident at Henty. Wan Fell, 20 Feet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

At Henty yesterday afternoon a man named William M'Cormack, who was employed by Mr. Shelly creating a sea[?]olding at a brick Kilo, fell from a ladder when…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Two Children Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 3

Two little boys named Daniel and Frederick Capill, aged respectively 9 and 7 years, were accidentally drowned in a watering at West…

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The Discovery Accidental

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

The "Standard" declares that the disment's assent to the Government's assent to the re-enactment of the Orinauces was purely accidental. He…

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Cablegrams. New South Wales. Sydney. Thursday. Stunned and Drowned

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

A German saitor, who he name has not been eseertained, while climbing up the side of the steamer Sehwaten, missed his footing and fell. The head…

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A Shocking Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 32

A very regrettable and painful accident befell the well-known athlete Jack Harrison, in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, the result of which will mean the…

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Cycling Accident

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

A boy named Herbort Camler, 18 years of age, who resides with his parents in Albion-street. South Yerra…

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Father and Son Drowned

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

While John Pope, the caretaker of the Saol's Crook torry pant at Tare[?] was arousing the river yesterday afternoon, his son tell overheads Pope…

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Injured by a Gas Explosion

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

Edward Williams, gas employs, who was seriously injured by a gas explosion at Mr. Niohol's grocery shop, Balmain and Green-streets, South…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Seriously Injured Man Locked Up

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

About 11 o'clock last night. Const. Walls notified a man staggering in the street. He tell twice, and was then arrested by the constable on a…

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Accident to Mrs: Taft, of Ringwood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 6

While Mrs. Tait, of Ringwood, was driving home on Wednesday evening from her father's (Mr. T. Forge) place, she swooned and felt out of the…

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Little Accidents. What to Do in Emergencies. Serious Sprains

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 4

One of the commonest accidents is a sprain. Almost any man or woman who goes in for violent exercise may sprain a wrist or an ankle…

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