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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Dead Driver on Train. Cause of Collision. New York. September 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 8

When a freight train dashed past the dock junction at Eric (Pennsylvania) last week, and wreaked a passenger train, several of the occupants of which were killed…

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Dear Food Riots. Cavalry Charge Crowd with Swords. Forty Rioters and Fifteen Soldiers Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

The dear food rioters armed with scythes marched through the Meuse Valley. The Dragoons came on the scene and dispersed the mob near Charleville…

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M. Vedrines Meets with Bad Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

M. Vedrines, the well known French airman, who finished a dose second in the recent 1000 mile circuit race round Great Britain, met with a bad accident on…

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Cook Found Drowned. Body in a Waterhole

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 2

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a shearers’ cook named Alexander Daniels, who was reported as missing three weeks ago, was cleared up…

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Four Deaths Through Collision. Santiago De Chilt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 2

The Admiralty launch fouled the transport Valparaiso with disastrous results. Five cadets and a stoker were killed…

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Bomb Fatality in India. Engineer, Captain Killed. Calcutta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 2

While experiments were being made yesterday at Rurki, in Northern India, in the method of blowing up stockades, a grenade exploded in a Sepoy's hand,…

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M. Vedrines Reported Accident Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 2

It was reported on Wednesday that M. Vedrines, the well known aeronaut, had been severely injured while making a flight at Hericourt. This report has now proved…

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The Antwerp Fire Accidental. Brussels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

An official inquiry has been held to ascertain the cause of the fire which occurred at Antwerp last weet when a number of timber warehouses and nine…

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How the Accident Occurred London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

Lieut. Cammell, while making a trial ascent in the new Valkyrie monoplane of the British War Office, unite his initial circuit safely. While vo[?]paning to the…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

A man named James Newton, 23, In the employ of Mr. Geo. Walli[?], farmer, of Quat-Quatta, met with an accident of a painful nature on Saturday last. He was…

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Sunbeam in Collision

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

Lord Brassey's famous auxiliary yacht Sunbeam, while lying at anchor off Cowes Green, was run into by a yawl Solace from Southampton, carried out…

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Sensational Railway Accident. Mail Train Collides with Cab

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

Shortly after midday yesterday, as the mail train was leaving Wangaratta on its journey to Albury, and just after getting clear of the station; yard, it collided with…

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Accident on French Warship. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

An accident occurred yesterday aboard the French armored cruiser Gloire, as she was lying in Toulon Harbor. A breach-lock exploded, with the result that one man…

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A Chapter of Accidents. Explosion on French Cruiser. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 2

Further particulars have now been received of the accident which occurred on board the armored cruiser Gloire, 10,060 tons, while that vessel was engaged in…

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Horse Plunges Through a Window. Peculiar Accident in Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 6

A startling accident occurred at the corner of George street West and Carlton street, Sydney, on Thursday, when a horse jumped on to the footpath, and then…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Injured by Skidding Tricycle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 3

Some time ago Henry Cook, a clerk, 60 years of age, had one of his kneecaps so badly injured that he found it advisable to secure a tricycle to more about…

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Accident on French Warship Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 2

Another death has occurred in connection with the accident on board the French armoured cruiser. "Gloire." 10,060 tons. This makes nine fatalities [?]all…

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Later Particulars. Three Other Ships Damaged. And Men Killed and Injured on Board. Later

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

Further particulars of the sinking of the French battleship show that men were hurled into the air, and were dead when they reached the water…

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Railway Accident. Train Falls Over a Bridge. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

C[?]hing over, a bridge, 20 feet in height, over Native Dog Creek, on the railway line between Cheviot and Molesworth, the mixed train, which left Tallarook for…

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Serious Disorder in Wales. Ten Policemen Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 2

Serious noting occurred during the night at Swansea, where a strike of waggon workers is in progress. About midnight a crowd invaded the…

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