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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Fatal Tram Bolt 3 KILLED : 27 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

A disastrous accident occurred near Bristol yesterday. While a tram was conveying 62 colliers from Kingswood to Bristol, it got out of…

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Fatal Bat Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 November 1910 · page 2

The British steamer Greystone Castle rammed and sank a tugboat in the bay of San Erancisco, with fatal results, as four of the tug's crew were drowned. The captain…

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Legs Cut Off by Reaper Dreadful Accident to Farmer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 November 1910 · page 4

Thomas Adkin, farmer, of Waaia, met Kith a terrible accident on Friday. Adkin was assisting his father-in-law, Mr. H. Caldwell to cut hay. Charles Caldwell was…

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Doomed to Be Drowned. Picnicker's Strange Fate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 3

A strange fete befel a man named James Jordan on Sunday. He was one of a picnic party returning by motor boat from the river, when he the launch continued on its way. As the boat was nearing its destination at Sandringham Jordan was walking aft. The boat was rolling very much and Jordan…

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Accident at Coreen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 3

Mr. Careen, one of the Coreen now settlers met with an accident on Saturday last. On setting out on horseback to the scene of the bush fire he sought to take…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

The week before last Mr. G. McLeod was crushed by a sale of wool and received injuries to his cheat. He came into Corowa, and entered one of the…

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Railway Collision in Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

A serious collision occurred in the Spencer-street (Melb.) railway yards on Monday night. The 8 p.m. train from Whittlesea to Melbourne steamed into the yards…

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Clergyman Injured. Bairnsdale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

The Rev. Henry Bath, of Hawthorn, one of the best-known members of the Methodist ministry, met with a serious accident this afternoon. He was picking shells…

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No Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

The Railway authorities state that all the passengers concerned in the collision were examined by medical men on behalf of the department to-day, and it has been…

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Steamer and Barque in Collision. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

The steamer Strathyre, loaded with 4,000,000 feet of timber, being moved by the tide, was caught by the wind and carried on to the barque Pamelia, which…

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South Wales Coal Strike Five Hundred Persons Injured London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 2

The riots in Tonypany have recurred with great violence. and it is reported that yesterday in the conflicts with the police 500 persons were injured…

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Fatal Road Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 3

A serious accident happened last night on the road between Myrangee and Molong. Two men named Charles Johnston and Frank Brown were riding on top of a…

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Inquiry Regarding Harbor Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 3

The Marine Court to-day held an inquiry regarding the collison between the Duran bah and Give in Sydney Harbor on July 15. The court found that the master of…

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Another Alarming Train Accident. Ten Passengers Slightly Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 43

A serious collision occurred in the Spencer-street-railway yards on Monday night, adding yet another to the long list of recent alarming occurrences on the Victorian…

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Steamer Sinks Tug. Four Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 41

The British steamer Greystoke, 3828 tons, rammed and sank a tug in San Francisco Bay. Four men were drowned, but the captain was saved…

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Waterhole Tragedy. a Family Drowned. Mother and Four Children

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 28

News of a shocking tragedy reached Pingelly (W.A.) on Wednesday from Cornaring, where the bodies of Mrs. M'Mullen, the wife of a settlor at Yornanning…

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Tram Breaks Away. Three Miners Killed. Many Injured. London, November 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 43

The Kingswood coal mine, near Bristol, has been the scene of a distressing tramway disaster. The tram, laden with 62 of the colliers, was descending an incline…

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Riots in Wales. Another Serious Outbreak. 500 Persons Injured. London, November 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 45

The hope that with the cessation of rioting for a few days the coal-strikers in South Wales had abandoned their attempts to drive free laborers away by…

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Victoria, Injured by Motor Car. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 November 1910 · page 3

For some time in Swanston-street, about noon to-day, considerable excitement. A large car was being driven in a southerly…

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General Cable News London, Sunday. Sensational Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 November 1910 · page 2

The Scotch express for Liverpool, while travelling through Onnskirk on Friday night at a speed of 50 miles an hour, dashed into an engine which had been left…

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