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Accidents, 1911

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Disturbance on Train. Man Seriously Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 4

A disturbance among firemen occurred on the Adelaide express, between Ararat and Stawell, on Friday night. About 20 firemen were travelling to join the steamer…

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Japanese Destroyer Founders. Forty-five Sailors Drowned. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 2

A serious naval disaster has occurred off the coast of Japan. Puring a gale the Japanese destroyer Harasume foundered eff Gape Shima, on…

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Violent Storms in the Adriatic. 60 Persons Reported Drowned. Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 2

A violent sirocco has been raging in the Adriatic Sea for the past three days. Great damage has been done to shipping generally…

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Little Boy Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

John Reginald Doyle, aged 8 years, who resided with his parents at Mosman, was drowned at Spit Baths, Middle Harbor, on Sunday morning. The boy went to…

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Terrific Gas Explosion. Large Hotel Wrecked. Ten People Seriously Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

A great sensation was caused in Nottingham yesterday through an explosion of cas. The fusing of an electric main melted a…

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Neri-tavuni Collision. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 5

Captain Beighton presented a petition to the Marine Court for the rehearing of the case of Neri-Taviuni collision. Mr. Broomfield, appearing for the Union…

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Hawke-olympic Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 3

The hearing of cross petitions for damages arising out of the collision between H.M.S. Hawke and the White Star liner Olympic, which occurred off Cowes on…

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Tremendous Seas in Mid-atlantic. Three Men Drowned. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 3

The steamer Santa Anna reports having met with tremendous seas in the mid-Atlantic. One huge roller burst on the vessel's deck sweeping four of the crew…

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Cablegrams. Murdering Servant Retired Showman's Dreadful Fate. Head Split Open with Hatchet. Two Servants Badly Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 2

A sad fate has befallen a once well known snowman, George Sanger, who has been living in retirement on a farm which he purchased in East Finchley…

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Cable News. Liverpool Disaster. Oil-cake Mill Wrecked. Explosion Dismembers Bodies. Hospitals Filled with Injured. .London, November 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

An explosion, with appalling consequences, occurred at J. Bibby and Sons' oil-cake mills in Liverpool on Friday. There were 400 employes engaged at the time…

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Fatal Level Crossing Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 33

The inquest concerning the death of Charles Frederick Henry Fricke, who was run down by a train and killed at a crossing near Carisbrook station (Maryborough…

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Accidents

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 5

A young man named Fevyer, a boundary rider on Goolgumbla Station was brought in to the local hospital on Tuesday last suffering…

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Cablegrams. Death of Marquis of Waterford. Verdict of Accidental Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

The Marquis of Waterford, nephew of Lord Charles Beresford, was found drowned on Saturday in the River Clodagh, which adjoins his late residence…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 3

On Friday Bartlett Bros. Ford car wax engaged to take a party consisting of Messrs F. Boynton and J. E. Dowling, of Balranald, and Gill and Whitehead of…

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Collision in Hobson's Bay Excursion Steamer Runs Into Cutter. One Boy Drowned. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 2

There was a sensation in Hobson's Bar, just off the Port Melbourne railway pier, this morning. Eight boys and an officer from the training ship John Murray were…

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Fatal Bay Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 3

The water police boat, Williamstown, commenced dragging operations early this morning with grappling irons, in an endeavor to recover the body of Ernest…

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Motor Car Accident. Several Members of Police Band Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 2

An unfortunate sequel to the hospital carnival held at Camperdown on Thursday night, in which the police band took part occurred on Friday afternoon. Five…

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German Battleship Ashore Accident in a Fog. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 2

During a heavy fog the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm II., 11,180 tons, went aground in the Flensburg Fiord, in the Province of S[?]wig-Holstein…

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Two Men Injured When Working Crane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 3

Another crane accident occurred in Sydney to-day. At the Poole steel works, Balmain, Thomas Larzoney and George Jones were engaged transferring a plate…

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Fatal Railway Collision Four People Killed. Paris

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

A light engine collided with a passenger train at Jare du Nord. Four persons were killed and two were injured…

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