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Accidents, 1911

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Rabbiter Mysteriously Injured. Orange

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 5

A rabbit er named Richard Thompson was found in an unconscious state at the Orange sale yards to-day, suffering from severe injuries to the head. It was…

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Caught Up in Whirlwind an Extraordinary Fatality. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 2

A most remarkable fatality is reported as having occurred during a violent gale in Bradford. A school girl who was out in the storm…

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Railway Accident at Barnawartha Train Bashes Into Milk Waggon. Narrow Escape of Driver. Barnawartha

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 5

A serious accident happened here at 2.30 p.m. to-day, but fortunately it did not have a fatal result. Mr. John New bound, who is one of the drivers of the…

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Cablegrams. Film Fire Tragedy Disaster in France. 35 Injured.—several Die. Paris

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

A shocking disaster occurred in connection with a cinematograph performance at Les Marches, a small town in the Drome Department…

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Railway Accident and Fire Nova Scotia

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

News has reached Halifax that a railway train has been wrecked near the village of New Germany. The cars caught fire, and one man was burnt to ashes. One…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 3

A ballast train struck some staging at the Blackbutt riding yesterday morning. The staging collapsed, and the men who were on it were kuocked off. Two trucks…

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Sensational Railway Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

A collision between engines occurred on Saturday at Flinders-street station whereby four passengers in a train coming "up" from Port Melbourne were slightly…

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Horrible Crane Fatality. Newcastle

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

While a 25 ton boiler was being discharged frum the hold of the steamer Suffold this morning one of the large cogwheels of the winch with which the…

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Steam Trawler Disaster Ten Men Drowned. London

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

Ten lives have been lost in a shipping accident in the North Sea. The steam trawler Senator struck a rock or some obstruction, and sank so…

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Accidents in Factories. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

A departmental committee of inquiry has submitted a report which shows that the risk of accident in factories and work shops tends to decrease. The committee…

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Accident to Butcher

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 6

An employe at a butcher's shop at Camperdown named Charles Branscombe was chopping a side of mutton this morning, when he made a badly directed blow…

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Accident to the Earl of Crewe

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

The Earl of Crewe, Lord Privy Seal, who Lad been dining with Viscount Morley, Lord President of the Council, slipped on the staircase and struck bis head…

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Collision at Sea Chinese Crew Mutiny. London

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

The ss. Bannockburn, bound from Antwerp to San Francisco, collided with another vessel in the English Channel. The former was so badly damaged that…

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The Late Pea Rifle Accident. Brocklesby Market

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 3

The young lad Davis, who was accidentally shot in the eye recently by his elder brother, was taken to Melbourne to have the eye removed. After probing Messrs. A. A. Piggin & Co. will hold their usual market on Saturday next at Brocklesby in conjunction with Mr. G. of O'Brien, in their yards there, when…

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Serious Collision

The Independent · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

A commercial traveller's buggy and a tram collided at the intersection of Pitt and Market Streets this morning. The occupants of the buggy, Percy…

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Perils of the Air. Six Aeronauts Injured. Rome, March 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 42

Six aeronauts have had a marvellous escape from death at Turin. They vere aloft in a balloon named the Albatross, when some mishap occurred, and the…

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Cinematograph Perils Panic in Portuguese Theatre. 50 Persons Injured. Lisbon

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

A disaster occurred at Abrantes, a town on the river Tagus, in Portugal, on Tuesday night during a cinematograph display at the local theatre…

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Magic Avalanche 19 Men Killed, 70 Injured. St. Petersburg

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

A tragic accident has occurred at Artvin, the capital of the province of Kutais, in Russian Armenia. An avalanche overwhelmed a building in…

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Terrible Crush at Foot' "" Ball Match Many Seriously Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Fifty thousand people visited Cardiff on Saturday to see the international Rugby match, Wales versus Ireland. As already cabled, the Welshmen won…

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Man Drowned at Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 6

While Miss Hurley was driving over the bridge across the Broken Greek near Goor anibat on Friday she observed what ap-peared to be a human head protuding out…

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