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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Accident to M. Bleriot Aeroplane Collides with a Roof. the Aviator Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

M. Bleriot, the famous aeronaut who covered himself with fame by flying across the Channel recently, was the victim of a serious accident yesterday…

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Storm on Lake Erie Sixty Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

A tremendous storm has swept Lake E.[?] North America, doing damage to shipping and wharves which is estimated at 8,000,000 dollars (£1,000,000). Fifty-nine…

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Fourteen Workmen Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 5

A tragic accident occurred in Naples yesterday in connection with the construction of a bridge. The chains holding up a large airbell snapped without warning, with the…

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M. Bleriot Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 42

M. Bleriot, the intrepid French aviator, who crossed the Channel on a monoplane, has come to grief in Constantinople. His aeroplane collided with a roof, and…

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Storm Swept Lake. 59 Persons Drowned. London, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 43

A terrible storm swept over Lake Erie yesterday Fifty-nine people were drowned, and the damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000)…

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Remarkable Accident. Miner's Face Shattered

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 21

A serious blasting accident, which resulted in a miner named Alfred Hard sustaining very serious injuries, occurred at the Tower Hill mine, Leonora (W.A.) on…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 1

Mr. Murray, of Oakland, met with a serious accident during the week. He was in the net of feeding some horses. when he was knocked down by one of…

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Cablegrams. Railway Disaster Fall Over an Embankment. 14 KILLED, 35 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5

A fearful railway disaster is reported from America. The four rear cars of the North Chrolina express became derailed when the train…

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Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

At about half-past twelve on Friday morning last the townspeople were disturbed by the ringing of the fire bell, and the scene of the fire was easily located by…

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How Railway Accidents Are Averted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 8

What would have been a terrible calamity was recently prevented by a most curious coincidence. A French passenger train was running rapidly along…

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Appalling Accident. Three Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 25

All appalling accident has happened at the Hampton Hotel, 60 miles from Clon-curry whereby Luke M'Cormack, Walter Bentley, and Michael Cullen lost their…

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Shocking Accident at Green Swamp Road. Percy Brett Killed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 4

A frightful accident happened yesterday out at Green Swamp Siding, to a young man named. Percy Brett, a resident of this town. He was…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning Youth's Sunday Adventure

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

A narrow escape from drowning occurred at a spot known as the Willews on the Murray at Albury on Sunday afternoon. Four young follows were out is a boat…

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Mark Twain's Twain's Daughter Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 3

The death in reported of Miss Jean Clements, a daughter of Mark Twain, under pathetic circumstances. While taking a bath at her father's house at Redding,…

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Sad Accident in the Murrumbidgee. a Public Servant Drowned at Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

Yesterday was observed as the Boxing Day holiday in consequence of the 26th falling on Sunday, and in spite of the heat of the day there were a large…

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Collision at Sea P. AND O. Liner Damaged London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

A shipping collision occurred off the Nore at the month of the Thames on Saturday night. The Peniusular and Oriental S.N…

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General Cable News London, Monday. Accident to the Vienna Express

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 3

The Vienua express last night collided with a goods train for Bal[?]mia. Six carrings of the express were thro[?] off the rails, and the accident was…

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Double Burning Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 2

A fire occurred in a four-roomed brick cottage at Ermington (N.S.W.) early on Christmas morning, by which the two…

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Singular Gun Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 5

A peculiar accident occurred in a young man named Thomas Alkins, aged 20 years, of Foolscray (Molb.), on Sunday afternoon. With two companions he was…

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Terrible Fatality at Benalla Two Children Burned to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 2

About 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a terrible burning acoident, whereby two children last their lives and a third member of the family was rather seriously…

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