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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Sons of Gwalia Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 4

On hearing of the disaster at the Sons of Gwalia mine. the West-ern Australian Minister of Mines issued instructions for a mining inspector and an inspector…

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Aviation Sensation. French Premier Injured. a Colleague Killed. Struck by Falling Aeroplane. Paris, May. 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 43

While the start of an aviation race from Paris to Madrid was being made this morning, the spectators, of whom there was a large assemblage, including most of the…

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Riding Accident Ix Rotten Row

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

Miss florence D[?]veen, daughter of the late Sir Joseph D[?]veen, who was the donor of the Turner Wing to the Tate Gallery, met with a riding accident…

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Scalded by Molten Metal Six Men Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred yesterday at the Middlesbrough Steel Works. While a ladle of molten metal was being moved, the axle broke. Six men who…

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Railway Collision Fourteen People Killed. Denver City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

A disastrous accident has occurred near here on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad. Two passenger trains met in a head-on…

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Accident to Papanui Boilers Leaking. Perim

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

The Australian Shipping Company's steamer Papanui, 6582 tons, has put in at Perim in the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, at the entrance to the Red Sea. for…

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Sensational Motor Accident Lady Dudley in a Collision. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Lady Dudley, wife of the Governor-General, had a miraculous escape from death this morning while driving in a motor car to Bondi…

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Rifle Range Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 32

A remarkable shooting accident on the North Williamstown range has led to the appointment of Major C. F. Merritt, C.O., with A.L.H. regiment; Captain T. A…

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Cablegrams. Great Aerial Race Conneau Reaches Home. Accident to Garros. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 2

The aerial race from Paris to Rome and thence to Turin is proving an exciting contest. M. Garros, who had so far put up a…

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Williamstown Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

John Hunter, who lost both his legs through being run over by a railway engine at the Williamstown Station, still lies in the local hospital in a critical condition…

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Serious Riding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 4

A serious riding accident befell Mr. F. B. Morgan on Saturday. He was riding a horse over the jumps on the show grounds when it struck heavily and fell…

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Motor Car Accident One Killed-twenty Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Sunday night at St. Denis, a few miles from Paris. An automobile proceeding along The…

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Six Young People Drowned. I Sa[?]t Lake City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

A very sad drowning accident occurred at Salt Lake City on Sunday. Six young people lost their lives through the capsize of a boat in which they were…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). Tramcar Jumps Metals Forty Persons Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 5

Stalybridge, near Manchester, was the scene of a sensational accident yesterday. A tramcar crowded with workmen was descanding a h[?] when, in rounding a…

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A[?]rman's Marvellous Escape Accident to Latham's Monoplane. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

M. Latham, the well known aviator, had a marvellous escape. A chain on his monoplane snapped while the machine was turning a sharp angle,…

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Bonegilla. Sensational Driving Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 5

whilst driving to Wodonga on Tuesday, Mr. Len Mitchell, of Springdale, together with his sister, had a marvellous escape from serious injury. The pair of horses,…

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Mr. John Dillon Serious Motor Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 5

Mr. John Dillon. one of the best known members of the Commons, in which he has represented East Mayo in the Irish Nationalist interest since 1885,…

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Extraordinary Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 33

A young man named Edgar Charles Smith died suddenly, at Bathurst under, extraordinary circumstances. Deceased and his sisters were having dinner, when a…

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Steamer and Ferry Boat in Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 3

Before daylight this morning the ferry last Lady Napier, unheeding warning shouts, crossed the bows of the steamer Innaminks. The latter struck the ferry…

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Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 25

A burning accident occurred at Tallangatta Valley on Tuesday, by which a daughter of Mr. James Polmear, aged seven, sustained fatal injuries. The child's…

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