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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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In Tram-car Bolt. Two Killed; 55 Injured. Pittsburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

A bad tramway accident occurred here yesterday morning. Through a defeat in the brakes a street car with a large number of passengers on…

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Trucks Jump Into Wa1tinge00m Six People Killed and Twelve Injured. Jiadr1d Sundav

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

Owing to the failure of tbe breaks, a wods train crashed into the dead end of •i. line on which abutted a -waiting room at ^4i^».town of Alicante, situated on a bay of the ^Mediterranean. The trucks leaped over the buffer stops md smashed through the side of the wait-;n;r room. Six people ■were killed and 12 injured…

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London Taxi-cab Tragedy Plea of Accidental Shooting. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

£.awara Mopewoocl. who was arrested tor having shot dead Miss Flo Dudley, a prom­inent music hail performer, when driving with her in a taxi-cab in Fenchurch street, London, on. Sunday night, -was before the court yesterday. lie pleaded that his vic­tim had been accidentally killed Trhil she was striving to prevent him commit­ting suicide. The accused -was remanded…

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Car Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

Three automobiles collided on a bridge at Philadelphia. All the cars were overturned and shattered to fragments, the occupants being buried…

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Sydney Harbor Fatality. a Holiday Party Submerged Three Women Drowned. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

A party, returning from Clark Island, was capsized in Rushcutter's Bay. Mrs Ada Bain, Mrs Florence Webster, and Miss Annie Hodges were drowned and…

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Frontier Collision of Guards. Constantinople, Monday Afternoon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

A collision has taken place between Turkish and Greek frontier guards at Metzosto. Bulgarian and Servian agitators are…

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Alicante Railway Smash. Nine Killed; 122 Injured. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

Nine persons were killed in the disastrous railway accident at Alicante, where, owing to the failure of the brakes to act, a goods train smashed into a dead end, and passed…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

A man named William Wragge, years of ago, was brought into the [?]owa hospital on Friday last suffer[?] from injuries received while worki[?]…

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Another Aviation Fatality. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

During a flight, an aeroplane in which was Gordasses, an aviator, and his mechan­ic, overturned, and falling to the ground, was wrecked. The mechanic…

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Three Ladies Drowned. Boating Disaster at Sydney. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

A boating disaster occurred in the Sydney harbor on Monday evening, when a boat, containing ten picnickers, was upset. Three of the party were lost, viz.,Mrs Ada…

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Injured Girl's Delusions Port Melbourne Tragedy. MELBOURNE,Tuesday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

The condition of Annie Horberg, the young girl who is in the Melbourne Hospital suffering from severe injuries to the face, as the result of a discharge of…

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Submarine Sunk. Fifteen Men Drowned. London, October 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 42

The Hamburg-American liner Amerika (22,622 tons) sunk the British submarine B2 off Dover at an early hour this morning…

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Railway Accidents. Several Deaths. New York, October 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 42

A shocking railway accident is reported briefly from Westport (Connecticut). An express train was wrecked, one parlor-car being overturned and four other cars being…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 5

Master C. Fraser,Son of Mr. J. D. Fraser, met with rather a painful accident on Monday evening last. He was engaged in riding in one of the swing…

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Exciting Bay Accident. Max Crushed Between Steamer and Wharf. Another Man Bravely Rescued. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 6

Passengers on board a North Shore ferry witnessed a sensation this morning. The steamer Karunda was just leaving MacMahon's Point when Prank Cook, of…

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Fatal Accident to a Well Borer. Near Wilbriggie. Darlington Point

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 October 1912 · page 2

A man named Arthdi Marshall was accidentally killed at Gum Creek, near Willbriggie, on Friday last. He was employed at a bore and whilst in the…

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Coach Swept Down River Eight Persons Drowned. Algiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 2

A serious coach disaster has occurred near here. The driver of the vehicle, which con­tained 12 persons, attempted to cross a…

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Steamers in Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 3

The steamer Coolgardie collided with the steamer Douglas at Newcastle to-day, and curried away the rails and main pipe of the Douglas…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 33

Miss Hilda Hoskins, who was so severely injured when an engine ran into the motor car which she was driving at Lithgow, died just before 4 o'clock on October 9, not…

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Sensational Vehicular Accident. the Brake Failed. Several Sportsmen Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 4

Last week live sportsmen left Linton for a hare-shooting trip to the Western Plains. They were Messrs. H. A. Watson, Robt. and Win.Mitchell, of Linton; J. Smith, of…

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