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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Sad Railway Fatality at Wodonga. Death of Mr. James Ryan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 31

Deep regret was felt in both Wodonga and Albury on Saturday afternoon when it became known that Mr. James Ryan, one of the most useful and popular residents of…

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Cable News. Tragic Disasters. Miners Drowned Like Rats. Frenzied Wives and Mothers. New York, July 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 42

The disaster caused by the bursting of a reservoir on the side of a mountain, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was much more serious than it seemed at first. Sixty…

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Liner and Collier. Collision in Dense Fog. Smaller Vessel Sunk. 700 Passengers in Danger. Quebee, July 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 43

A sensational collision at sea is reported to have occurred near Cape Breton, on the extreme north-easterly point of Nova Scotia…

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Fatal Railway Collision. Rio De Janeiro

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

in me collision Which occurred between I two suburban trains the Central Brazil lian railway on Wednesday, 10 persons were killed and 50 injured…

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Strange Drowing Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

An elderly wan. Albert Stewart, met his death iu a peculiar manner on Wednesday. Deceased., accompanied by a boy named George King, was driving into Hay…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Still Another Tram Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5

This afternoon James Sevlson, of Kent street, when boarding a train in George street, slipped off. His right leg was dragged underneath one of the wheels, which…

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Engine Room Tragedy. Eleven Killed; Four Missing; 35 INJURED. BERLIN.Saturday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

A terrible catastrophe occurred yesterday at Nuremberg. An iron scaffolding iu the engine room at the local power station collapsed…

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Railway Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2

Another railway fatality occurred at Yerong Creek on Saturday night, as the result of which Thomas William Gillard, stationmaster at Yerong Creek,…

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Camping Disasters. Thirteen Boys Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2

Sad fatalities are reported from camping grounds. During an [?]of the Dulwich scouts mission at Sheerness, a party arranged to go for a sail in a cutter. This…

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Football Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 4

Hie football match an Saturday be tween the Fitzroy and Melbourne teams resulted disastrously for Melbourne.The defeat put an end to their chance of being…

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Bomb Throwing. Thirty-eight Killed and Fourteen Injured

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 2

Two bombs were thrown in the market place at Uskub, resulting in 38 persons being killed and 14 injured. The killed consisted of two Jews, four Moslems…

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Saw Mill Fatality. Benalla, Wednesday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 2

An accident occurred' this morning at Hansen's saw mills, two miles from Benalla, whereby Matthew D. Pratt, an employe, was killed. Pratt was engaged…

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Railway Accident in Ireland. Twenty Persons Seriously Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 2

A railway mishap occurred yesterday at Lombardstown, in the north of Cork countly, Ireland. An excursion train, while shunting, ran…

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Both Legs Cut Off. Shocking Railway Accident. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 3

T. Topptield who was engaged with a relaying gang on the Northern railway line was run over by a goods train last night and had both legs cut off. He was taken…

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Fatal Railway Collision.y English Jockey Killed. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 2

News has been received from the South of France of a railway disaster accompanied by loss of life. An express collided with a local train ine…

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Suburban Collision. Train Disaster in Rio. Rio De Janerio, August 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 42

A terrible railway disaster occurred here on Wednesday. While travelling at a high rate of speed a suburban train on the Central Brazilian…

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Seaside Disasters. Gust Capsizes Cutter. Nine Boy Scouts Drowned. London, August 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 42

A gloom has been cast over two popular English summer resorts by disasters which occurred at the week end. A cutter containing 23 lads and five…

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French Railway Collision. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 5

It was reported on Wednesday that at the result of a railway collision at LabatuL in the Department of Landes, an English jockey. name Fanford has been…

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Sad Premature Explosion. Forty Soldiers Injured.paris. Friday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 2

A company of dragoons was during some training manoeuvres blowing up improvised bridges on railway lints at Rheims, when the dynamite catridges prematurely…

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Steamers in Collision. One Vessel Sinks. Duluth (Minn.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 2

A serious shipping disaster occurred on Lake Superior on Thursday. The steamer James Gayley came into collision off Manitou Island with the s.s.Rensslear, with the…

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