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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Grand-stand Collapses. Three Hundred People Injured. Elgin (Illinois), August 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 42

Thousands of people were involved in an accident which occurred yesterday at an automobile contest here. A grand-stand crowded with people, suddenly collapsed…

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Methodist Clergyman Drowned Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 5

The Rev. Mr. Lester, a Methodist, clergyman, was drowned while bathing here this morning…

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Fire in Chicago Ten Firemen Injured. Panic in a Hospital. Chicago

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

A sensational fire occurred in this city yesterday. The scene of the blaze was a four storeyed building containing chemicals. The brigade arrived at the fire…

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Little Boy Drowned. Ballarat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 September 1911 · page 3

Thomas Greenbank, aged four years, was found dead in a water hole hear the residence of his father at Preston Hills, So[?] Valley, yesterday. There are no…

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Tram Car Overturns One Person Killed and Thirty Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 September 1911 · page 2

A Serious train accident occurred at Lewisham last night. A car left the rails and overturned at a sharp curve. One person was killed…

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Mining Fatality at Rutherglen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 3

The inquiry into the death of Albert Bendini, a miner, who feil down the Great Southern Consuls shaft on August 25, was continued at Rucherglen on…

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Explosion on Dutch Warship. Three Men Killed and Twelve Injured. the Hague

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

News has been received of an accident on board the Dutch warship Herlog Mendrik, which was one of the squadron which visited Melbourne in October last…

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Cablegrams. French Naval Review. Ninety Warships Assembled. Manned by 30,000 Bluejackets. Sensational Collision. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 2

Everything has been done to make the grand French naval review at Toulon, most impressive. There are 90 warships assembled, and…

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Wreck on South American Coast. Eighty-one People Drowned. Lima (Peru)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The South American Company's steamer Tucafel has been wrecked to the northwards of the harbor of Quilea (Peru). Eighty-one people have been drowned…

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Railway Accident's Lesson

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 2

The inquest on the bodies of the persons who were killed in the recent railway accident at Lewisham was concluded yesterday. Evidence was given that the…

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Wangaratta. Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 3

A boy 4 [?] years of age, son of Mr. A. H. Woblers, tailor, of this town, had a narrow escape from drowning on Wednesday afternoon. With other children he…

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Dreadful Mining Accident. Two Men Smashed to Pieces. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 5

A frightful accident occurred here to-day. Two miners, Michael Murphy and an Italian named Marchetti, met with an awful death in the North mine. The two…

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A Railway Collision. Several Persons Seriously Injured. Scarsdale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

A railway collision occurred near here shortly after seven this morning, but, fortunately, was not attended by losS of life…

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Motor Boat Capsized. Seventeen Tourists Drowned. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred on Saturday on Lake Trasimeno, in Central Italy. A large motor boat with a party of…

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Serious Riots at Boubaix. Many Soldiers Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

The situation at Roubaix continues serious. Rioters have looted the provision shops and erected barricades, as well as…

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Motor Cycle Dashes Into Crowd. Seven Persons Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

An exciting incident occurred at a cycle meeting in Liverpool on Saturday. A motor cyclist Lad attained a speed of 50 miles an hour, when he lost control…

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Command of the Air. Flying Mailman Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 7

The first aerial postal service in Great Britain, which was inaugurated on Saturday last, when mails were conveyed from London to Windsor Park, a distance of 21…

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A Collision at Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 3

Just after three bells (1.30 a.m. in the middle watch on a night in February, 190[?], the combined fleets of England were ploughing their way…

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The German Army. the Manoeuvres. Eleven Soldiers Drowned. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The army manoeuvres which are being carried out in the forest country on the Mecklenburg and Pomeranian border were marked by the loss of several lives…

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Convalescent's Serious Accident. Tamworth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

A man named William Palmer, 40 years of age, while walking alongside the railway line last night, was overtaken by a passenger train from Sydney. He was…

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