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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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The Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

Eight men perished by the foundering of the Advance, including:— Captain Alexander Mackenzie, of Sydney, mas[?]…

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Drowned in the Murray

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

On Monday last Sergeant Smith, of Moama, telegraphed to the coroner at Deniliquin acquiring him of the death of the unknown man who was drowned…

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Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

A painful accident happened Mr. Robert Edwards on Wednesday morning last. Mr. Edwards, who was engaged breaking-in horses on B[?]abula Station,…

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Death by Drowning. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

The Coroner to-day inquired into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Crockett, a retired storekeeper, whose body was found on…

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Drowned in the Bay. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the Morgue to-day into the circumstances in which on December 28, Thomas Ralston was drowned in te Bay…

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Two Burglars Arrested. Constable Uses His Revolver. Both Men Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

Two most sensational arrests were made at Rediern yesterday morning. Constables Gilbert and Watkins were informed that somebody was in the…

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Tramcar Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

The woman who was knocked down by a tramear at Glifton Hill on Friday night and received a fracture of the skull, was to-day identified at the…

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"Tobacco Heart." Is Health Injured by Slow Smoking?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 4

Deaths from "tobacco heart" are stated by doctors to be increasing every year, and [?] are warned that it is not the quantity of tobacco they smoke, but the…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. Steamer and Pinnace. Fifteen Sailors Drowned. Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

The steamer Dunmore collided with a naval Pinnace containing about 75 men, in the harbour, this morning. Fifteen sailors are missing, and are…

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Shocking Harbour Tragedy. Pinnace Gut Down by a Collier. Fifteen Bluejaclets Drowned. Recovery of the Bodies. Names of the Men. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred in Sydney Harbor this morning, when the collier Dunmore ran down the pinnace of H.M. cruiser Encounter, causing the death by…

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Accident on Sports Day

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

An accident that threatened to be fraught with serious consequence occurred on the road between Balranald and Yauga Hotel on New Year's…

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Drowned in View of His Wife

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 33

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Shelly Beach, Warrnambool (Vic), about 5.30 p.m. on Friday. There was a large gathering of holiday makers. Harry Robert Ives…

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Aboard a Liner in Collision in a Fog

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 20

Thick, impenetrable fog, enwrapping our little world in a mantle of mystery. The great liner slowly churned her way blindly along the ocean highway, unseen…

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Sydney Harbour Catastrophe. War-ship's Cutter Sunk. Fifteen Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 21

Woolloomooloo Bay, in Sydney Harbour, was the scene of a terrible catastrophe on Tuesday morning, when, owing to a collision between a steamer and a cutter of…

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Rigorous Picketing. Thirteen Men Injured. Broken Hill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 45

The position remains acute. There have been incidents to-day, but nothing serious, though business in the city is paralysed. A large proportion of the population…

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Terrible Harbour Accident. a Steamer Collides With a Boat. Fifteen Men-of-Warsmen Lose Their Lives. Men Cut to Pieces by the Steamer's Propeller. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 1

A terrible accident took place in Sydney Harbour this morning, fifteen blue-jackets losing their lives as a result of a collision. A party of eighty…

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Legs Severed with a Rope the Ozone Fatality. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 3

The Coroner held an inquiry at the Morgue to-day regarding the shocking fatality which occurred on board the excursion steamer Ozene on December 30. at Moru-…

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Drowned in The, Yarra. a Curious Case Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

On saturday evening the body of Norman Gow, laborer, 44 years of age, who had resided with has wife in Browning-street. South Yarra, was…

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Electric Tram Fatality. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

The first fatal accident in connection with the now electric tramway system has council. Yesterday William Porter was engaged…

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Locomotive and Wheat Cart. a Curious Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

A starting accedent occurred shorlly after eleven o'clock to-day, at a [?]ing near Horaham railway station known as Nosken, James Flack,…

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