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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

484 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 25

Fatal Cycling Accident. Warrnambool

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 3

A young man named David Loveless, aged 20 years, who met frith a bicycle accident on Wangoom road on Monday, succumbed to his injuries last night at…

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New South Wales. Fatal Accident to a Coach-driver. Jerilderie

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 3

The dead body of George Bond, driver of the Jerlderic to Tocumwal coach, was found yesterday lying in front of the coach. The pole of the coach was broken, and…

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Coach Accident. Fatal Results

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last an accident happened to the Finley coach when about a mile from Tocumwal…

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Shunting Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

On Monday last Mr J. Ryan, a. guard in the Victorian Railways, who has been running the Tocumwal train for some past, was…

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Serious Railway Accident Caused by Straying Sand Trucks. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 5

Four Creeks laden with sand accidentally became uncoupled this morning from a train about three-quarters of a miles from Adelaide, on the main line to Melbourne…

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American Mining Accident. Scranton, (Penn.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 5

A mining catastrophe occurred here yesterday. Through an explosion in the Boston, colliery, five men lost their lives…

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Spanish Steamer in Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

The Spanish steamer De Bays has been sunk in a collision off Dungeness, the headland on the south coat of Kent. Her captain, mate, and three others, were…

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The Mile End Collision. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 2

The Departmental Board which inquired into the railway accident at Mile End. before daylight on Friday, found that the disaster was caused by a breach of…

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News From America Steamer Collision. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 2

The S.S. Merida of the Ward line, with two hundred passengers from Havana, was accidentally rammed by the steamer Admiral Farragut. The Merida…

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Shocking Tragedy at Oxley. Mother and Son Found Drowned In the Lachlan River

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

News was received yesterday evening from the Oxley police, that the dead bodies of Mrs. Charlotte Hemphill, and of her thirteen-year-old son, Frederick…

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Hu0n Driving Accident. (To the Editor.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

Sir,—In your report of 10th inst., re driving accident at Huon, will you allow me to state that it is not quite correct. The accident did not occur near…

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Coach Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

On Wednesday evening last an accident happened to the Finley coach when about a mile from Tocumwal…

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Strange Fatality at a Station Hut. a Man Found Dead in a Fire. The Inquest Exhaustive Medical Evidence. An Open Verdict Returned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

On Wednesday, a station laborer, named James Hastings, was found dead, at a hut on Mungadel station, with his head in a fire in the fireplace. The…

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Bathing Fatality Eight Lives Lost. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 2

A sad bathing fatality has occurred at Sette[?]rade, in Westphalia. A. school teacher and seven school boys were bathing. when they were carried out by the…

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Accident at Wagga Racecourse

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

A serious accident occurred on the Wagga racecourse on Thursday morning, which resulted in young Thomas, a jockey, receiving dangerous injuries. Several…

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Coach Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

On Wednesday evening last week an accident happened to the Finley coach when about a [?] from Tocumwal, (says the Guardian). The coach left there about hall-past four…

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Young Lady Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 3

Miss Teresa Brennan, 25 years of age, a resident of Gertrude street. Fitzroy, met with an accident in Flinders lane this rooming. She was riding a bicycle, which…

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Strange Fatality at a Station Hut. a Man Found Dead in a Fire. The Inquest Exhaustive Medical Evidence. An Open Verdict Returned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 4

On Wednesday, a station labourer, named James Hastings, was found dead, at a hut on Mungadel station, with his head in a fire in the fireplace. The…

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Effect of Accident on Cabinet. Will Probably Have to Resign. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

Reuter's agent at Paris states that the presence of M. Monis in Parliament is considered indispensible, especially in connection with electoral reform, and that…

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Shocking Tragedy at Oxley. Mother and Son Found Drowned. in the Lachlan

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 1

News was received at H[?] on Thursday evening from the Oxley police, that the dead bodies of Mrs Charlotte Hemphill, and of her thirteen year old…

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