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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Three Marine Disasters. Collision in the Channel Barque Sinks a Steamer. Twenty-two Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 2

A disastrous collision occurred last night in the English Chanel. While bound from Hamburg to Mexico the German barque Vinnen collided with the steamer…

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Wyreema Currajong Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

The Maxine Court inquired into the recent collision between the Wyreema and Currajong to-day when the evidence which had already been taken was discussed…

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Russian Sailor Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 21

A sailing boat belonging to the Russian cruiser Gromoboi capsized at Kronstadt yesterday, and six men were drowned…

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English Channel Collision. Only One Survivor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 21

The other disaster took place in the English Channel, off Hastings. The German barque Vinnen, which had left Hamburg for Mexico, came into collision with the…

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Acetylene Gas Accident at Henty. Why the Generator Exploded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 3

A correspondent, commenting upon the recent acetylen[?] gas explosion at henty, writes as follows:— "As there must be thousands of…

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Found Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

A boy named William Ritchie, brother of the late Mr R. A. Ritchie, M.L.A., was found drowned to-day in the Freshwater river, Parramatta Park. He…

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Wyreema-currajong Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

The Marine Court (Judge Backhouse, president. and Captains F. Bracegirdle and J. Mackenzie, assessors) continued its sitting this morning to inquire into the…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

The death of a child, named Perey Reynolds, aged 3 1/2 years, who lived with his parents at Glen Waverley, near Oakleigh, has been reported to the Coroner (Dr…

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Accident at Henty Railway Crossing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

An accident occurred at the Henty station railway crossing on Thursday evening by which Mr. F. Hickman, of Wattle Grove Farm, was injured, and Mr. G. H…

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Acetylene Gas Accident at Henty. Why the Generator Exploded

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 3

A Correspondent, commenting upon the recent acetylene gas explosion at Henty, writes as follows: -- "As there must be thousands of…

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Coach Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

The usual quietness of the midnight hour was rudely disturbed on the arrival or the Corowa coach at the Urana post office on Tuesday night. The team was…

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Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 3

On Saturday morning last a man named Joseph Williams, about 30 years of age, met with an accident at Kentucky which terminated fatally. He was a rabbiter…

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Collision at a Picnic. Twenty Five Persons Injured. Mostly Women and Children. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 2

A dreadful picnic adventure occurred yesterday at Oakland, in California. Two trolley cars filled with women and children, collided, with the result that 25 of the…

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Seven Children Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

An unusual and somewhat sensational accident has occurred, involving seven school children belonging to the Kingsdale school (N.S.W.). Three were daughters of…

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Wiresma-currajong Collision Captain Meaburn Held Blamable. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

The Marine Court of inquiry Into the Wyreema Currajong collision brought in its finding to-day. The verdict was that the [?]lision was brought about by the…

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Street Fight at Pyrmont Constable Badly Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

Four men created a scene in Experiment-street, Pyrmont, this morning by fighting all round. Constable M'Nevin attempted to arrest one of them when he was…

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A Picnic Fatality Inquest on Arthur Gullick. Sydney

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

The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Arthur Ransome Gullick was resumed in the Coroner's Court this morning, Mr. Stephen Murphy…

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A Strange Duel. Police Chief Injured

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 8

Captain Queipo, a cavalry officer, has just spent a month's imprisonment in a fortress owing to the role he played in connection with the manifestations…

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Car Dashes Off Rails. Many Picnickers Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 28

A car containing a party of picnickers left the rails of tho Long Tunnel Extended Gold mining Company tramway, Walhalla, on Saturday evening at 5 o'clock,…

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Ring Collapses. Many Injured. London, May 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 43

Another bull-fight disaster is reported from Spain to-day. It occurred at Alhaurin-el-Grande. Part of the ring collapsed whilst the bulls were being penned,…

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