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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Sensational June Accident. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 2

Eight men employed at Block 10 mine had a sensational experience this morning. The cage in which they were being hauled was overwound with the result that it…

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Railway Collision. Two Persons Killed, Fifty Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

Word came through yesterday morning of a railway collison at Spencer Street, a Coburg train running into a train ladeo with how visitors…

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Railway Accident. Two Trains in Collision. Two Passengers Killed. Long List of Injured. SYDNEY, Thursday, 9 a.m

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A serious train collision has taken place at Melbourne. Two passengers were killed, and between 50 and 60 more or less seriously injured…

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Serious Accident at Junee. Two Engines in Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 30

On Monday afternoon a loud report was heard at the extreme end of the town. The people, greatly alarmed, hastened to the scene and found that two railway…

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Serious Railway Accident. 100 Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 21

The greatest excitement has been occasioned in Melbourne by a disastrous railway collision, which happened just after 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon…

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Sad Fatality at Sea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 3

A sad fatality occurred during the voyage of the four master barque Drummuir from Buenos Ayres to Sydney. The vessel arrived on the 29th,…

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Terrible Railway Smash Show Train in Collision. Two Passengers Killed. One Hundred Injured. Melbourne

The Independent · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A disastrous railway collision occurred just after 5 o'clock this evening between Spencer-street station and North Melbourne. A special show train smashed into a…

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Collision in Tube Railway England's First Tube Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A collision occurred between an express and a train standing at the Caledonian road station of the Piccadilly Tube Railway. Eighteen passengers were…

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Serious Railway Collision in Victoria. Two Teains Collide. Carriages Telescoped. Two Passengers Killed. Over Fifty Injured

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A railway accident occured on Wednesday shortly after four o'clock at the Dudley-street crossing, North Melbourne, when the out-going…

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Australian Airman Badly Injured. Hart Falls 200 Feet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

Hart, the Australian aviator, met with a very bad accident at Richmond (N.S.W.) on Wednesday afternoon. He was trying his new monoplane, and had ventured…

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Melbourne Railway Smash. Eighty Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

About 80 people were injured in yesterday's railway collision In two case the injuries proved fatal. In several cases they are of a serious nature, but it is…

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Battle of Borodino. Steadier Sinks with Memorial. the Sculptor Drowned. St Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

The movement to commemorate the battle of Borodino fought in 1812 between the French under Napoleon and the Russians, has had a tragic sequel…

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Death of Six Soldiers. Drowning Fatality in Holland the Hague

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

Duriug the course of some military operations at Utrecht, yesterday, a raft which was launched in the Vossegat collapsed with the result that six soldiers…

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Sensational Railway Collision. Two Men Killed Melbourne, Thursday

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

A sensational railway collision occurred, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A special tram from the show grounds and an outgoing train for Goburg both…

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Sensational Railway Collision. Two -Men Killed Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

A sensational railway | collision occurred yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. A special train from the show grounds outgoing train for Coburg, both…

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Injured Airman Hart. His Mother's Pathetic Plaint. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 5

[?], is still a cri[?] condition. [?] mother says he will fly no more, All the time of his flying achievements people…

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Melbourne Railway Accident. Inquest on the Victims. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 2

The inquiry concerning the deaths of Allan Wilson, of Wellington street, Geelong, aged 82 years, retired farmer, a single man; and John M'Donald, of…

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Awful Motor Cycle Smash. Six People Killed and 13 Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 5

NEWARK (New Jersey), Tuesday. A shocking accident occurred here yesterday, attended by several fatalities. During the progress of a series of motor…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). Forty Thousand People Drowned. Dreadful Floods in China. Shanghai

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 5

Letters from the treaty port of Wenchow state that floods occurred on August 29, a proportion of which was due to tidal waves from the river Chunchow which…

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Collision in "The Tube." Eighteen Persons Injured. London, September 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 8

The first collision on a Tube railway since the first "tube" opened in July, 1900, occurred on Wednesday. An express train, running on the Great…

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