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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Four Persons Drowned. While Being Rescued in a Boat. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

While Mr. and Mrs. James Grace, Mrs Chapman, and her daughter, Gladys Chapman, were being rescued from a perilous position at Wee Waa to-day, the boat in…

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Pea-rifle Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

The pea-rifle has been responsible for yet another accident, this time at Pine Gully,. "Wagga Lily, the little daughter of Mr. and Sirs. D. D. M'Gregor, aged 9 years,…

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The Floods Enormous Damage Done Seven Persons Drowned at Wee Waa. Great Losses of Sheep and Fencing. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

The police are reported to be doing good work in the flood districts, and a member of the force was drowned while at rescue work near narrabri…

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Girl Drowned at Warialda. Warialda

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 18

On Sunday afternoon, Olive Gell, aged 13, was drowned in a creek near the recreation reserve. She was paddling about alone, and slipped into a deep hole. After…

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A Jockey Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

A rather serious, accident occurred during training operations at Flemington this morning. As the result the well known cross-country horseman Geroge Woodburn…

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To-Day's Telegrams Latest from the Flooded Regions. A Station Manager Drowned. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 2

The floods at Bingara are the most disastrous for fifty years. Immense damage was sustained. At Walgett the townspeople have…

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The District. Whitton. Fatal Accident in a Well

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Mr C. G. Telford's Pine Vale holding yesterday. A couple of well-sinkers named Charles and Edgar Tucker, well-known residents of…

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Accident to Ald. Thompson

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

What might cas[?]ly have proved a very serious accident happened to Mr.S.W. Thompson on Monday evening last. Those who were present think it was…

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Knocked Down by a Tram Two Little Girls Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 3

While two little girls named respectively Evelyn Cork 5 years of age, and Maisie Davey, 6 years of age. were crossing the team line at Oxford-street last night, they…

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Cablegrams. Horrible Railway Accident Carriages Plunge Into a Stream Covered with a Foot of Ice. During a Raging Blizzard. the Ruins Catch Fire. Escapes From Accident Drowning, Fire and Cold. Forty Persons Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 3

A shocking accident has happened to an express train near Sudbury, a village of Ontario, Canada. While crossing a bridge of the…

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Accident to a Bushman

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

A sensational experience befel a bush worker named James Daly whilst engaged in lopping a branch from a gum tree near Currawarna. Daly had taken a position…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

Miss Powell was fatally shot in the breast while out shooting with her father and brother near Lancefield (Vic.) yesterday…

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English Railway Accident Express Coupling Breaks. Seven Persons Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 2

The fast Brighton to London express, while travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour, broke a coupling when entering Stoorte West station…

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Dreadful Railway Accident Man Killed by the Albury Express. Another Dangerously Injured. Goulburn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at the railway station this morning. Two drovers alighted from a stock train which was waiting on another line of metals to allow the…

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Stoats Nest Accident How Was It Caused ? LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

An inquest has been opened in connection with the railway disaster at Stoat's Nest railway station, England, by which 7 plains lost their lives…

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Disaster to Express. a Mysterious Accident. London, January 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 43

The cause of the extraordinary accident which happened to the London to Brighton express as it was passing through the Stoat's Nest station, Croydon, on…

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A Tram Collision Four Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 5

A Co[?] between electric trams occurred at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth-strests this morning when a tram from Zetland crashed into the back of a…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Another Colliery Explosion 68 KILLED; 50 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

The third great mining disaster in America within a week was reported yesterday from Las Esperandas in Mexico. It appears that an explosion was caused in a…

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A Fruiterer Drowned. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 2

The dead body of Mr. James Garton Cameron, aged 44 years, was found today on the beach near the yacht club pier at Middle Brighton. There was nothing to…

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"What Caused the Accident ?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 2

What caused the brain to bolt is at present a mystery. The incline down, which it rushed is a steep one, and there have previously been accidents on it, but none…

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