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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Empress of Britain Collision. the Captain Censured. Montreal

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

The inquiry to investigate the causes of the collision which occurred on July 27 between the Canadian Pacific Company's. Empress, of Britain, 14,189. tons, and the…

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U.S. Battleships Injured. During Manoeuvres. New York

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

The battleship Nebraska has been badly damaged through running on to au unchartered shoal near Point Judith light. The extent, of the damage is not stated…

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Railway Juggernauts. Train and Electric Car. Fatal Collision At" Night. Cleveland (Ohio)

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

Intelligence of a collision between an electric car on the .Cleveland, South Was tern, and Columbus Interurban line, and a train on the Baltinore and Ohio railway…

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Cablegram. Big Earthquake. Fearful Devastation. Thousand People Killed. Six Thousand Injured. Chief Centre the Dardanelles London

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

The selsmographs in .England early on Friday recorded a great earthquake in .eastern "Europe, the vibrations having displaced' the needle nine inches…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Train Derailed Boston, Friday

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

A railway mishap in which several lives were lost. took place here yesterday. "A train, was derailed, with the. result that two enginemen and a passenger were killed,…

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Shipwrecked Sailors. Captain Drowned. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 2

The Ada Burgess, a fishing smack, which was bound from Stony Point to Flinders Island, this afternoon came into Port Melbourne with 22 shipwrecked sai[?]s on…

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Albury Railway Porter Injured. One of His Fingers Severed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 2

Whilst engaged transhipping a steel girder at the Albury railway station yester­day morning a porter named Leslie Costello met with a very painful accident…

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Bay Accidents Owing to Fog

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

A thick fog enveloped the city and su[?]urbs early this morning, causiag delay to railway and ferry traffic. A Watson's Bay ferry boat bumped into the steamer…

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Monoplane Inventor Killed. Accident on Salisbury Plain. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 2

An aeroplane fatality occurred on Salisbury Plain yesterday afternoon. The victim was a civilian named Fenwick, the inventor of the Mersey…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Forgot Weapon Was Loaded. Milton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 3

A boy named Cremar, aged 14 year was examining a gun with a lighted candle. The weapon exploded and the charge entered his head, killing him instantly. It…

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Rain Causes Bad Accident. 15 KILLED; 29 Injured. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

Very heavy rain, which has lately been experienced at Kieff, the third capital of Russia, was the cause of a grave disaster yesterday. The downpour washed away the…

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Runaway Char-a-banc. Many Tourists Injured. London, August 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 42

While a char-a-banc laden with tourists was on Sunday climbing a hill at Dalserf, in Mid-Lanarkshire, the driving-chain broke…

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Cable News. Terrible Earthquake. Turkish Villages Engulfed. Over 1000 Lives Lost. Injured Number 6000. Two Lighthouses Disappear. Constantinople, August 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 42

A disastrous earthquake, attended by great loss of life and property, has occurred in Turkey. The affected area includes all the country, adjacent to the…

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An Unfortunate Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

A valuable mare belonging to Mr. Thornton, of Corowa, met with rather a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon last. The horse was playing with…

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A Fatal Accident. Mr Denis Qu[?]nane the Victim

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 3

A thrill of horror was cast [?]ver the district on Thursday last when it became known that Mr Denis [?] Quinane, a [?] of the well-known…

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Explosion in London Street. Four Persons Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

A great stir was caused yesterday in Jermyn street, in the West End of Lon-don, by a loud explosion in a gas manhole. The force of the explosion was so great…

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A Street Fatality. Mourners Hold Up the Traffic. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 2

An extraordinary scene followed the death of an Italian who was run over and killed by a street car in the city yesterday. Twelve, hundred Italian workers knelt…

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Skylarking with a Gun. Young Woman Injured at Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 3

A serious accident happened to Miss Molly Holian, second daughter of Mr. M. Holian, of St. James, last week. Visitors were spending the evening at Mr. Holian's…

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Motor Car Overturns. Several" People Injured. Inverell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 2

A sensational motor accident happened to-day. A car owned by Mr. Bucknell, of Newstead station, was travelling about 12…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Hartwood Station

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

On Friday morning last about half past ten a telephone message was received by the police here that early that morning a young woman named…

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