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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

516 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 26

The Murrurundi Railway Accident. Thirty-three Passengers Injured. Eight Cases Serious. Report of the Private Inquiry. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 3

The injuries sustained by passengers in the astounding railway collision at Murrurundi carly on Good Friday morning, when the Glen Innes and…

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Another Sad Burning Fatality. a Young Girl's Clothes Burned off Her

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 2

Another young life was sacrificed in Hay yesterday, as the result of a burning accident, when a girl named Eliza Mary Anderson, eighteen years of age, was fatally…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Braybkook Junction, Victoria. The Bendigo Express Collides with a Stationary Ballarat Train. The Wrecked Carriages Catch Fire. Fearful Loss of Life. Over Forty Persons Killed, and Sixty Injured. How the Accident Happened—Various Accounts. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 2

A terrible railway collision has occurred at Braybrook Junction, near Melbourne. The Bendigo Express crashed into a stationary Ballarat train, and several carriage…

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Disastrous Building Accident. Fifteen Masons Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 3

A terrible accident has occurred at Milan, Italy. The now wing which has just been added to the co-operative stores in…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Fatal Wharf Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 3

A wharf laborer named Henry Blackman, while working on board the mail steamer [?] at Circular Quay, at noon to-day, was struck by R. Bundle…

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The Murrurundi Railway Collision

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

A meeting at the Cabinet was hold to-day at which the appointment of a special board of inquiry in connection with the Murrurundi railway collision…

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Serious Tramway Accident. Nine Persons Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 5

During the tamporary absence of a driver from an [?] tramear at Bondl last night a number of people boarded the our, and awaited is…

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Appalling Railway Catastrophe Disaster Near Melbourne. Collision of Bendigo and Ballarat Trains Forty-Three Persons Killed Eighty-Eight Injured Lists of the Victims

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

The most appalling railway disaster in t he history of Australia occurred at Sunshine (formerly known as Braybrook Junction), seven miles from Melbourne, on…

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List of the Injured. Eighty-eight Persons

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

The following is a list of the injured at present in the hospitals and elsewhere:— JOHN ALVIN, Seddon…

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Braybrook Railway Catastrophe the Scene Described Collision of Bendigo and Ballarat Trains Forty-Three Persons Killed One Hundred and Fifty Injured Several More Likely to Die

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 2

The dreadful horror of the railway catastrophe which occurred through the collision between the Bendigo and Ballurat trains in[?] on…

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The Injured at the Hospitals. List of Those in a Critical Condition

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 2

There whose condition is de[?]bed as critical among the sufferers being treated at the Melbourne, Alfred and St. Vincent's Hospitals, arel—…

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A Moonlighters' Raid. Tragedy on an Irish Farm. Farmer Accidentally Kills His Wife. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 3

An outrage by a gang of moonlighters has been responsible for a shocking tragedy in Ireland. The scene of the occurrence was Round…

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Another Train Collision. Carriages Telescoped. Many Passengers Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 31

The mail train which left Sydney for Glen Innes at 34 minutes past 7 o'clook on Thursday, night, collided at half-past 2 next morning at Murr?rundi, with the second division…

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Tram-oar Runs Away. Several Passengers Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 47

A tramway accident, in which several people were injured, occurred at Bondi on Monday night, shortly before 11 o'clock. An electric tram was drawn up opposite…

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Victorian Railway Disaster. 43 Passengers Killed. 222 INJURED. 5 in a Critical Condition

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

A dreadful railway accident occurred between 11 and 12 o'clock on Monday night at Braybrook Junction about 7 miles from Melbourne, where…

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Braybrook Railway Catastrophe Total Injured Numbers 200. No Further Deaths. Six Officials Suspended

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

There are fortunately no further deaths to report in connection with the railway disaster at Sunshine on Easter Monday night. The list of…

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Terrible Railway Smash. Ballarat and Bendigo Trains. Collision at Braybrook Junction. Appalling Loss Oe Life. About a Hundred Casualties

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 30

News of an appalling railway accident which occurred at Braybrook was received late on. Monday night. The particulars. which slowly filtered through the…

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Terrible Railway Collision The Bendigo Express Runs into a Stationary Train from Ballarat. Serious Loss of Life Many Casualties. MELBOURNE

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 7

A terrible railway collision occurred at Bray brook Junction, near Melbourne. The Bendigo Express, full…

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Horses Electrocuted. Result of Street Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 28

Two horses wore electrocuted by an electric wire in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon. Tho incident took place in front of the now building in course of…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

A most appalling railway accident occurred Monday night at Bray brook, Victoria. Two heavily laden passenger trains collided, with the…

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