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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Accidents to Servants. Some of the Claims Put Forward

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 3

"When a few years ago employers became liable at law for injuries suffered by employees in the course of their work cartoonists got busy de-…

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Modest Boy Hero. Saves Man From Drowning. Winnipeg, June 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 42

The resourcefulness of a boy scout name Rossiter yesterday saved Mr. Cockeley, an aeronaut, from drowning, Cokeley who had made an ascent at the Medicine Hat…

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Railway Disaster. Train Crashes Into Dead-end Nine Passengers Injured. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 42

A Great Western train met with disaster last night, but fortunately, though a carriage was wrecked and several passengers and the enginemen were injured, there…

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Extraordinary Shooting Case Wounded Man Unable to Speak Writes Story of the Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

A peculiar accident happened at Brung Brungle Estate, Coleraine (V.), on Tuesday, the victim being Mr. Edward Morris, an employe on the estate. Early in the…

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Disastrous Collision at Sea. Montreal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

The steamer Aranmore collided with and sank the steamer General Wolfe near Quebec during a fog. Both vessels launched their lifeboats and the…

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Six Killed and Thirty Injured. Buffalo (New York)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 2

A serious disaster has occurred at a local pumping station. The building collapsed without warning. Six persons were killed outright and 30…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

A young man employed by Mr. J. C. O'Brien of Victoria Park Ball Plain, a recent arrival from England, sustained injuries as the result of an accident last…

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Another Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

Yesterday morning Chas. Pratt, horse trainer, was engaged with his horses on the race course, and was thrown from his mount, bitting one of the hurdles on the…

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Fatal Accident at Balldale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 3

The death took place on Sydney afternoon last, the result of an accident, of Ivis Wilfred Harris, son of Mr. Stephen Harris, of "Clear View," Balldale…

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Automobilist Fatally Injured. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 2

An automobolist named Frey, when practising speed at Brighton Beach, crashed into a fence. The car overturned, and Frey was pinned beneath. His injuries…

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Accident in History

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 3

In his wonderful sketch of the Battle of Waterloo, drawn with touches as told and masterful as the crayon strokes in one of Michael Angelo's…

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Fatal Shipping Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 3

A steamer collided with a sailing boat at Bournemouth resuming in the drowning of four persons…

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Drowned in Prying Pan Creek Accidental Death of Well Known Resident Barnawartha

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 2

The residents received quite a shock yesterday when word was brought into the town that the body of Mr. Robert Gray had been found drowned in Mr…

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Railway Clerk Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 3

There were some peculiar features in the circumstances surrounding the death of Arthur Roach, a railway clerk, whose body was discovered near the Port Melbourne…

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Train Derailed in France Six Persons Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Friday at Nantes, the express train from Havre to Paris being derailed. The guard of the train, two postal…

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Young Blacksmith Seriously Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 5

A blacksmith's apprentice named Henry Chadbolt was riding a horse towards a smithy in Zetland street, when the animal stumbled, causing Chadbolt to tumble on…

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News From America Sensational Midnight Collision. Sault St. Marie (Ontario), Tues

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 2

A sensational collision, occurred on Lake Superior at midnight on Sunday between the steamer John Mitchell and another vessel, as the result of which the John…

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Pea Rifle Tragedy at Henty a Young Max Accidentally Shoots Himself. Henty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 2

An inquiry was held yesterday (Monday) concerning the death of a young mail named Johann Alfred Schmitke, who accidentally shot himself last Sunday…

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Railway Tragedies 12 Killed and 44 Injured. Bridgeport (Connecticut), Wed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 2

A terrible railway disaster occurred near this town yesterday morning. The "Colonial" express on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad…

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Aviator Injured. Toronto, July 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 43

During a flight here yesterday the aviator Richter was badly injured. His aeroplane fell, and dashed into the grandstand. Richter is not expected to recover…

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