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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Forty-seven Believed to be Drowned. Magnificent Bravery

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 3

Full particulars are now available with regard to the disaster to the Maori. The Capetown correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that the vessel…

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Railway Accident in Cheshire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 2

A serious railway accident has occurred near Stalybridge, a cotton-manufacturing town in Cheshire. The heat had been very great, and owing to the great…

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Boy King and Cyclist. Help for an Injured Man

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 8

Praise is everywhere heard of King Manoel and his mother, Queen Amelic, for their playing of the good Samaritan on Sunday last, wired the Lisbon…

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An Extraordinary Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 32

The death of Anna Christina Nihill formed the subject of a coronial inquiry at the City Coroner's Court, Sydney. Mrs. Nihill said she was standing at the…

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Accident to Laver

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 21

Laver snapped the muscles of one of his thighs, an old injury, and is not likely to play again during the tour…

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General Cable News. London, Sunday. the Injured Territorials

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 August 1909 · page 2

One of the seventeen London Territorials who were injured through a big motor van dashing into them at Tilshead, in Wilt-shire, yesterday, while they were…

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Earthquake in Japan Many Killed and Injured. Most Serious Shock. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 2

A serious earthquake shock has been experienced in Japan. At Nagoya, kyete, and Osaka the upheavel was most pronounced, and resulted…

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Sad Fatality at Howlong. a Boy Drowned. Howlong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occured this evening at following. A man named Hay accompanied by a son of Mr. Newman was out in a heat getting rabbits. On…

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Waggaon Team Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 5

Owing to the heavy rains in the watershed of the river, the Murrumbidgee has been in flood for some days. At present it is at a height of 23ft. 6in above summer…

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A Shocking Fatality. Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 5

A boy named Leslie Lionel Marchmant, the 9 year old son of a farmer at Mole Creck yesterday met with a dreadful accident which proved fatal. He was…

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Damages for a Tramway Collision. SYdney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 3

Mrs. Elizabeth Salby brought an nation against the railway commissioners to-day claiming the sum of £200 as damages for injuries sustained in an eletric tram…

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Realistic Acting. Drowned Amid Onlookers' Cheers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 6
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press

An endeavor to obtain a realistic cinematograph film of a rescue from drowning resulted fatally in Paris on Monday, June 14 (says "Lloyd's…

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Motor Accident Military Party Cut Down

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 23

A serious casualty occurred to a detachment of tho London territorial forces who were returning from manoeuvres at the Roplestone camp. At Tilsden, in…

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The Roads in the Municipality. Cause Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 5

In more than one locality in the Corowa Municipal area the roods are in a shockingly bad state. There is no doubt that the winter season just passed through has…

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Railway Accident Near Clunes. Engine Falls Into a Gully. Driver and Fireman Nearly Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

A railway accident occurred at Clunes yesterday. A show goods train, with two passenger carriages, carrying 30 people, was travelling on the southward…

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Schoolboys' Fatal Joke Six Girls Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

A foolish practical joke caused the death of six young girls at Offenboh on the Main on Saturday. A girls' school was holding a river…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Women Drowned. Damage and Loss of Stock. Some Thrilling Experiences. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 4

During the past 36 hours heavy rain has fallen in almost every part of the State. The tributaries of the Murray are gradually rising…

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Motoring Tragedies Thirty-eight Fatal Accidents. Car Falls Over a Bridge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

A Sensational sequence of fatal motor accidents marked the close of last week in the United States. On Friday, during a race at Indianapolis,…

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Cablegrams. Awful Collision at Sea. Argentine Steamer Cut in Two Eighty Excursionists Drowned Shocking Disaster in the Harbor of Monte Video. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 2

While the Argentine steamer Colombia. which was fully laden with excursionists from Buenos Ayres, who were making the trip in order to be present at the national…

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