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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

484 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 25

Mother and Daughter Drowned Girl Clasped by Her Mother

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

A fearful drowning fatality occurred on Friday evening at Ararat. The victims :were Mrs. Matilda Tait. aged 39 years; and her daughter Dorothy M'Edoo,…

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Prize Ring Fatality Gleeson's Head Strikes the Floor. Sydney

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

In the thirteenth round ,of the boxing contest at the Coliseum, Waterloo, last night, Jack Whittaker knocked out his opponent, Victor Gleeson. In falling…

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Prize Bing Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

The Government Pathologist to-day made a post mortem examination of the body of Victor Gleeson, who died yesterday morning at the Sydney Hospital, as the…

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Nasty Accident on Horseback. Crippled by Injury to his Knee. Zam-Buk Completely Cures

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. H. B. Simcocks, of High-street, Stanthorpe, Q., says:—"While riding up the main street of Armidale, N.S.W., my horse bolted and collided with a cab…

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Serious Shipping Collision Twenty-six Men Drowned. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

A serious shipping accident, which, unfortunately, was attended with fatal results, occurred off St. Pol-de-Leon, a coastal town in the Department of Finistere…

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Railway Porter Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 3

An accident happened at the Flinders street station to-day to Harold Simmons, a porter, 36 years of age, who lives at Abbotsford. Simmons jumped down from…

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Four Jockeys Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 4

While competing in the Three Tear Old Handicap at the Warwick Faun, aces this afternoon Bon. Frisco fell in front of the stand, bringing down four other horses…

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A "Whip Behind" Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

A boy named Joseph Adams, 12 years of age, while climbing over the back into an empty cart, was pulled off the ground and fell. His right thigh was fractured…

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Sad Burring Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 3

News of a disastrous fire having occurred at Daysdale during the early hours of Saturday morning reached Corwoa the same morning, when medical assistance…

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The Four Injured Jockeys-

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 3

The four jockeys. Swanson. Burke, Foley. and Bracken, who were injured while | riding in the Three Year Old Handicap at the Warwick Farm races on Saturday,…

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Man Dreadfully Injured Run Down by Locomotive. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred in the Prince's Bridge railway yards this morning before 9 o'clock. Foreman Roberts and Finest Martin., two telegraph fitters…

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Serious Railway Collision. Thirty-five Persons Injured. Los Angeles

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday. The Overland mail crashed into a stationary train at a railway siding. The impact was terrific. The number of…

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The Daysdale Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 2

The victim of last Saturday's burning fatality at Daysdale, Mr. Winter, was only 31 years of age, and leaves a widow and three children. Further…

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The Boxing Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

The closing scenes in connection with the recent boxing fatality at Waterloo were enacted to-day, when Whittaker, and all the other accused persons, were…

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Gig Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

Learning that mushrooms were very plentiful in the paddocks surrounding Culcair[?] township, one of the local bank managers (Mr. A. F. Kemp) went out in…

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Miner Injured

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

A mirier named O'Halloran employed at the State coal mine, met with a serious accident to-day. He bad just fired a shot, when a large mass of coal came away and…

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Collision Between Steamers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

Two steamers collided off Beach Head on Saturday night and sank. No lives were lost…

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Shipping Accidents. Steamers in Collision. London, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 43

The steamers Irisbrook, 2,759 tons, of Glasgow, owned by the Tregenna S.S. Company Limited, and the Ville de Bordeaux, 1,193 tons, of Dunkirk, came into collision…

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The Missing Yoncala a Heavy List of Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 21

Queensland stands face to face with apparent certainty of a terrible marine disaster having happened of her coast. It is now established beyond all doubt that…

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Capsized in Storm. Thirty-nine Persons Drowned. Vancouver, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 43

During a storm off Vancouver Island, the steamer Sechelt capsized. Thirty-nine persons, including 13 members of the crow, were drowned…

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