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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Flight Round Britain. "Daily Mail" £10,000 Prize. Two Accidents. London, July 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 43

A thousand-mile aeroplane race round Great Britain for a prize of £10,000, offered by the proprietors of the "Daily Mail," was commenced on Saturday…

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Accident on the Powerful

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 4

It transpires from advice received by the Fiji mail that the sailor who was killed on H.M.S. Powerful at Suva recently was a native of Totenbam, England. He was…

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Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

Mr. James Johnstone, the well-known fruiterer, met with a very serious accident on Monday evening last. He was returning to Rutherglen from Corowa…

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Shocking Motor Accident. Car Plunges Into River

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

A shocking motor-car fatality occurred at Denman, 12 miles from Muawellbrook last night. The car was occupied by Mrs Barriogton, organiser for the Liberal…

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Fatal Collision at Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

The Midland Railways passenger steamer Antrim, during a fog at Belfast, collided with a schooner and literally cut it in two. The schooner sank in ten seconds…

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New South Wales. Sensational Mine Accident. Miner Drowned. Wyalong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

Three miners named George Burton, Sullivan, and Turvey, were working at the 600 feet level in the Golden Fleece mine, when they broke through into old…

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Fatal Collision on Railway. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

A collision between a negro excursion train and a freight train occurred at Charlote. North Carolina. Eight people were killed and 60 injured…

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Accidentally Shot by His Brother. Milton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

A young man named James Barber, aged 19 years, was out shooting to-day with his brother Bob. The latter slipped, and his gun, accidentally exploding, shot James…

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Motor Car Accident. Death of Mrs Barrington

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

On Wednesday night a motor car dashed over the bank of the Hunter River near Denman and three passengers were drowned, viz., Mrs Barrington,…

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Steamer Strikes Rock. Fourteen Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia) Sunday. The steamer John Irwin struck a roch off the coast of Neva Scotia. Of her crew of fourteen only one man escaped…

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Fifty Persons Injured in Railway Accident. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

A bad accident occurred on Friday on the system of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania) An excursion train became derailed and…

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Collision Tn Malacca Straits. Eight Persons Missing. Singapore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

A serious shipping disaster has occurred in the Straits of Malacca. The ship Merging collided with the steamer Khengseng with the result that the former sank…

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Railway Smashes Thirty Passengers Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

The Birmingham Llandudno express rao into an empty train which was standing at the station at Crewe (53 miles northwest of Birmingham). The train was…

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Fifteen Dead and Thirty Injured. Boston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

A crowded excursion train met a passenger train head on the Bangor-Arcostook railway line. The collision caused a great smash. In the disaster 15 people are…

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Fatality in a Wyalong Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 20

A terrible accident occurred in the Keep It Dark mine West Wyalong, at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Three miners, George Burton, Alexander Sullivan, and Matthew…

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Steamer and Dredge in Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 3

A message was received by the Navigation Department from the pilot at Manning River stating that the North Coast Company's steamer Rocklity, which…

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Train Collision. Negro Passengers Killed, New York, July 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 43

An excursion train, crowded, with negroes collided yesterday with a freight near Charlotte, North Carolina, passengers were killed and 60…

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Cordite Explosion. Three Killed, Eleven Injured. London. July 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 42

Three men were killed and eleven seriously injured yesterday by an explosion in the mixing-shed at the Cliffe cordite factory, Rochester. The shed was blown to…

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Express Strikes Empty Train. Thirty Injured. London, July 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 42

While running at the rate of 20 miles an hour, the Birmingham to Llandudno express ran into an empty train at Crewc. Thirty of the passengers in the express…

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Car Rolls Down Bank. Fifty Injured. New York, July 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 42

An excursion train on the Lehigh Valley railroad became derailed, and one of the Pullman cars rolled down an embankment. Fifty people were injured, and…

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