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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Shot by Her Son. a Tragic Accident

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

A tragic shooting fatality occurred at Inglewood on Wednesday afternoon, when Mrs. Puckey, aged 73, the widow of a wellknown mining manager, was accidentally…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

On Friday afternoon, whilst proceeding round for order, a lad natued McDonald, employed by Mr. G. Phipps, butcher, met with an accident which was fortunately…

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Accident on a Steamer. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 5

A serious accident occurred on board the steamer Myra Fell, which is lying at Flood's Wharl, Circular Quay, this mornig, when a steel mast, 60 feet long, and…

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Drowning Fatality at Corowa. Wednesday, March 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 28

A sad drowning fatality, involving the death of a well-known resident of South Corowa, in the person of Mr. "Charley" Sharman, occurred last evening at about…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. South Corowa Resident the Victim. a Woman's Narrow Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

News of a sad drowning fatality, which occurred at South Corowa the previous night, was circulated round Corowa on Wednesday morning. It seems that at…

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Drowning Tragedy. Mother and Baby

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 30

A tragedy is reported from Coramba, near Colls Harbour, on the North Coast, Mrs. MacNamara, a young married woman, having been found drowned with her baby,…

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Railway Accidents Methodist Cleryman Killed Jumped Off a Moving Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 3

The corpse of a man clad in clerical attire and with his head badly smashed in, was found on the railway line at Sandgate, near Brisbane, this morning. The…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

On Sunday last a lad named Spencer, who was riding in the rear seat of a boggy, was thrown out near the corner of High and Douglas-streets Rutherglen…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

On Wednesday morning last Master Gibb Mors[?], son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mors[?], of Corowa, met with an accident while engaged at Messrs. Henderson…

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5000 Drowned in Mexico

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

The flood at Monterrey, in which 5000 people were drowned on the 27th of August last, was caused by the rising of the Santa Cararina, usually a…

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To Restore the Nearly Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 4

The following method of resuscitating the apparently drowned has been adopted by several life-saving societies. Promptly loosen clothing and…

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Railway Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 3

The holiday traffic was at its height. Platforms were piled with passengers, portmanteaux and packages; porters were pocketing…

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Sad Mining Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

A sad double fatality occurred at the Tasmania mine, Beaconsfield, about five o'clock on Wednesday morning, when William T. Walters and Arrold Yeates, both…

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Collision with Pilot Steamer. Queenscliff

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

A shipping mishap which might have been attended with more serious results happened this morning. The Norwegian ship Songvaar from Delagoa Bay, Capt…

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Collision in the Harbor. Collier Currajong Sinks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

A collision occurred in Sydney Harbor on Tuesday night, between the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Wyreema, outward bound for Queensland ports, and the…

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Harbor Collision. Collier Sinks in Four Minutes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 45

One of the most serious harbour collisions for some years past occurred at about a quarter-past 9 on Tuesday night, immediately abreast of the lighthouse at…

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Accident at Munich

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

An accident, which might easily have had much more serious results, occurred at Bornstadt Erfurt, in Prussia, on Saturday. At a height of 50 feet from the ground…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

A young man named Quinton, employed by Mr. G. Hillas, of Collendina, was the victim of a painful accident, on Tuesday afternoon. He was driving a…

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A Nasty Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 3

When the coach from Cobram was about fire miles from Berrigan on Friday afternoon, at about 5.30 o’clock, a driverless team of four horses was…

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Serious Railway Accident. Guard's Van Projecting Over the Points. Carried Off by a Mail Train. Bathurst

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

The mail train for Sydney figured in a serious accident at Wambool last night. A goods train was standing on the siding at Wambool, its brake van projecting over…

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