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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Dangers of the Sea Collision Off the Canaries. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 2

The steamer B[?] Grange collided with and cut for a distance of five feet into the steamer Ruahine. above the waterline. The collison took place off Las…

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Found Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 3

A resident near Lake Moodemere named Kellett found the body of a man floating in the lake on Friday morning. He informed the police, and Constable M'Kay…

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Fearful Burning Fatality at Gunbar

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

A fearful burning fatality, by which an old woman lost her life, occurred at Gunbar on Friday. We are indebted to the police authorities for our information…

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New South Wales. Collision Between Team and Vehicle Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 5

As the tram from Sydney to Drummoyne "was passing Glebe Island this morn­ing it overtook a van drawn by horses loaded with har iron. The horses…

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Fatal Accident at Clay Pits

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 2

As the result of a fall of clay at the Campbellfield clay pits two men are lying in the Melbourne Hospital suffering from serious injuries. Their names are John…

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Collision at Sea

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

The Sydney Marine Underwriters receiv­ed a cable from London today announcing that the steamer Morayshire, from Syd­ney, had come into collision with the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

A sad fatality occurred here on Friday last, by which Tommy, the 4 years old eon of Mr Swaddling, our local stationmaster, lost his life. It…

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Shipping Mishaps. Collision Off Las Palmas. London, January 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 43

The steamers Beacon Grange, 4,237 tons of the Houlder line, and Ruahine, 10,758 tons (New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., collided off Las Palmas, in the Canary…

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Locomotive Derailing Fatality Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 5

The locomotive of a special train, which left Marinup for Pinjarrah last night, left the rails when within see miles of its destination. The engine driver, C. long…

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Collision at Sea Las Palmas

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

A week ago the steamers Beacon Grange, of the Houlder line, and the New Zealand Shipping Co's. Ruahine, collied off Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, the bow of…

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Blue Jacket's Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 2

As a sequel to the recent manoeuvres of the British Navy, a regatta was held at Villagareia on Saturday. During its progress a terrible storm…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 4

Another bathing fatality occurred on Friday in the Latrobe River at Tyers. A young man named William Dingle, 18 years old, a native of Bendigo, was…

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Storms in Spain Nineteen People Drowned. Fifty Boats Missing. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 2

Violent storms have raged round the coast for the last 24 hours, and news of many shipping mishaps have been received. At Penisccla' a maritime town in the…

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Circular Saw Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 3

Mr. W. Fumbrell, timber merchant, of Wodonga, bad the misfortune to get bis band badly gashed, with a circular saw yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dumbrell was…

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Circular Saw Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 5

It was found necessary (reports our Wodonga correspondent) by the doctors attending Mr. W. Dumbrell, who had his hand injured by coining in contact with…

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At Sea on Iceflow 100 People Rescued. Over 150 Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

HELSINGFORS (Finland), Thursday. The violent weather which has prevailed on the coast of Finland with disastrous results for some days past still continues…

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Trolley Fatality in Wisconsin. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

A fatal accident is reported from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. A street car was crossing a drawbridge which was partially open. The driver did not notice this…

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Midnight Collision. Costs Nine Lives

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 5

Nine of the crew of the barquentine Gratitude, of Rochester, owned by the Whitstable Shipping Co., were drowned on Tuesday (says "Lloyd's Weekly…

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Drowned in the Nepean. Penrith

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 3

While Samuel Sheen, the son of an ex-alderman, was swimming after some cattle in the Nepean Error this morning, the current took possession, of him, and…

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Another Disaster. Two Killed, 20 Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 2

Still another, smash has occurred on the French railways. Two trains carrying workmen collided at Bethune, in the Pas de Calais Department…

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