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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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An Aviation Disaster. Two People Killed and Twenty Injured. Seattle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

A sensational aviation accident occurred yesterday. An airman named Turpin in endeavoring to avoid an excited spectator when landing after a flight. dashed straight…

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Wodonga V. Southern. a Rough Game. Two Wodonga Players Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 4

The match between Wodonga and Southern, on the Wodonga ground, on Saturday, was chiefly remarkable for repeated exhibitions of rough play throughout the…

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Sensational Motor Accident. Car Crashes Over Bridge. Narrow Escape of Two Albury Residents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

Messrs. Frew and Logan, the members of the well-known firm of builders and contractors, in Albury, experienced a marvellous escape from sudden death whilst…

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Airman's Spine Broken. French Aeroplane Fatality. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

An aeroplane fatality has occurred at Juvisy, near Paris. M. M. Collardeau and Robi, the latter piloting the machine, were making a flight on Saturday in a bi-plane,…

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Constables Injured in Riots

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

Considerable disorder prevailed in the vicinity of the docks all Monday night. From midnight till six o'clock on Tuesday morning the strikes and police were…

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Sporting Football C. King Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 4

After having kicked four goals against Howlong on Saturday last, Chris. King, of the Rutherglen team, had the misfortune to fall and fracture his ankle. This injury…

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Three Hussars Drowned Tragedy at Aldershot. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

A tragic accident occurred at Aldershot yesterday while the Hussars were having a swimming practice in a pond. One horse threw its rider who sank…

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A Railway Collision. Train Backs Down Incline. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 3

A collision occurred on the North Coast line this morning between a mixed train and a live stock train. The accident was due to the mixed train being unable to…

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The Belgian Elections. Many Injured in Riots. Brussels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

The rioting which occurred in connection with the elections was common to all the principal cities of Belgium. In addition to the disorder already…

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Seven Cadets Injured. Taxi-cab Crashes Into Them. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

A taxi-cab driven by Albert Andrews, of Darlinghurst crashed into a number of cadets in the vicinity of Moore Park to-night. Seven of the cadets were injured, two…

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Minnamurra Blasting Accident—another Death. Klama

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 3

John Steffens who was injured near the Minnamurra siding on the occasion of a premature explosion in a quarry, died in the hospital to-day…

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Collision in Fog. French Liner Crippled. New York, 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 43

During a fog in the bay on Wednesday the s.s. Berwind (2589 tons), owned by the New York and Porto Rico S.S. Company, collided with the Hudson (5558 tons),…

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Taxi Mows Down Cadets. Nine Boys Injured. a Sydney Sensation. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 21

While a column of senior cadets was marching along Randwick-road, near the Zoological-gardens, to-night, a taxi-cab crashed into the rear files, scattering them…

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Accident at Henty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 45

A correspondent writes:—A very nasty accident happened at Henty on 25th inst, to a road maintenance man, Henry Thurling, who had only been working for the…

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Big Fire in Canada. Several Persons Injured. Montreal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

Cobalt, a Canadian silver-mining centre. was the scene of a disastrous conflagration on Wednesday night. A lamp exploded in the dressing room…

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Injured Cadets. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 3

John Wade, one of the cadets who was Injured, by being run into by a taxicab,when returning along the Randwick road from drill, is still in a critical condition…

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A Farmer's Death. Explosion at Canning. Factory. Bendigo. Saturday. Two Men Injured. Huge Machine Tossed 200 Feet in Air. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 3

At the Bendigo Supreme Court this morning the case in which Jane James, widow. of Kamarooka. sued the Marong Shire Council for £3000 danrages for the A tremendous sensation was caused yesterday at Redfern by a terrific explosion, which occurred in Botany street.The scene of the disaster was the…

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Crushed to Death by Tram. Dreadful Street Accident. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

A mail whose name has not at present Seen ascertained was killed by a tram at 10 o'clock last night in George street near Soulburn street…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

On Friday evening last a lad named Sydney Bryan, 35 years of age, was admitted to the local public hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the leg…

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Steamer Springs a Leak Two of Crew Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association this morning received a wire from Tweed Heads that the steamer Timaru was anchored close in shore to the south…

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