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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Lady Doctor Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 3

Shortly Before 11 o'clock this morning. while Dr. Mary Page Stcne was riding along Burwood road, Hawlborn on her bicycle, she had the misiortune to come…

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Cruiser's Tender Suns Five Sailors Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 2

A tender attached to H.M.S. second class cruiser Tharnes, with a number of sailors on board collided on Friday night with a submarine boat off Harwich, and…

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Little Boy Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 3

A sad drowning accident occurred this morning. A little boy of eight years, named Harold Redwood, was leaning over a ledge of rock endeavoring to regain a…

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Alleged Attempted Suicide by Drowning. In the River Murrumbidgee

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 3

At the Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr J. Johnston, J.P., Richard Macguire was charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself…

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Æroplane Accident Graiiam-white Falls Fifty Feet. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

Mr. Claude Graham-White the leading British airman, met with a serious accident at Dover yesterday. He was preparing to cross the Channel and had just…

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Nathan's Fire Magisterial Inquiry Held. Verdict: Accidental Origin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

An inquiry concerning the fire at Nathan's Corner was held at the court house, Ablury, yesterday, by Mr. H.F. Roberts, P.M…

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The Willesden Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 2

At the inquiry regarding the Willesden railway collision a verdict baa been returned that the smash was due to a signalman having pulled the wrong lever…

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Cablegrams. Awful Explosion Death and Disaster 125 People Injured. Appalling and Marvellous Incidents. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 2

A terrific explosion took place at the Central railroad station, New York, when a huge six-storeyed power station, was destroyed and 125 persons were injured…

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Shooting Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 5

A dreadful shooting fatality occurred at North Melbourne on Wednesday when Mr. Michael A. Hamilton shot his daughter Dorothy, aged 4 years through…

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Shipping Disaster Four Men Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 2

The sailing ship Hougomont from Sydney to Belfast has arrived at Queenstown. She encountered a violent hurricane on the 9th instant, and a heavy…

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Two Motors Converge. Four People Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 35

A disastrous motor-car accident occurred at Brighton Beach about 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, resulting in injury to four persons…

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Melee in a Hotel. Two Barmen Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 45

A serious fracas occurred in the public bar of the Grand Central Hotel, Brisbane, in which two barmen, Michael Hartigan and Fred C. Muir, were injured…

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Terrific Explosion in New York. Several Persons Killed and Many Injured. Great Damage Inflicted. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 1

Through a short circuit on the electric tram line which fired a gasoline tank in New York, windows twelve-blacks away were shattered. There was a panic in a…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 2

On Wednesday morning the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Croxford, of Corowa, aged 11 years, met with a very painful accident. Her younger brother…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Man Injured in Explosion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 2

An explosion in an excavation which was being made for road purposes near the Rose Bar Convent, this morning resulted in a man named Alexander Garson, aged taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. His face and head were peppered with shatterd stone, and he was otherwise badly cut and bruised. His eyes have been injured, but…

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The Price of a Lie. (All Eights Reserved.) Chapter Xvi. Azalea's Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 3

"Oh, yes, I've known the family ever so long. I should so like you to have a carriage, Miss Lal—like your sister. It's a shame that you haven't one, especially…

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A Boy Drowned. Goulburn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 2

A youth named Harry Chettle, aged 17 years, who was on a shooting excursion near allong, yesterday, was accidentally drowned His body has not yet been recovered…

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Tram Accident in Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

A heavy crashing sound, followed by shrieks and cries, created great consternation on Saturday night at 11.40, at the intersection of Chapel and High streets,…

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Drowned in a Billabong. Mildura

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 2

Cyril W. Bishop, agad 19 years, of 99 Buckley-strest, Footseray, was drowned whilst bathing with some friends at Cowra billabong. Noticing his absence, his…

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Fatal Street Car Collision. Kansas City (Missouri)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 2

Two persons were killed and fifty people injured in, a street car collision which occurred here yesterday. The cars met on a viaduct. The panic-stricken…

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