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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Submarine Adrift. Two Men Drowned. San Francisco. October 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 42

The United States submarine Fl parted from her moorings in the harbour to-day. during a strong gale. The vessel was caught by a heavy sea,…

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Sporting Royal Scotch Injured. a Split Hoof

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

chief topic of conversation in sport­ing circles yesterday was the accident to Royal Scotch, which took place in the Coongy Handicap at Caulfield on Wednesday…

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Another Fatal Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 2

A terrible fatality occurred at the Tasmanian mine, near Launceston, this morning, when Thomas Slody and Murdoch Stewart were instantly killed,…

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General Cable News. Double Aviation Fatality.berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 2

Lieutenant Biessbarth, a German military airman, and a passenger, who accompanied him. were the victims of a fatal aviation accident yesterday…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, October 21. (Before Mr. Roberts, P.M.) The Show Ground Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 47

Thomas palmer was charged, with, on the Albury Show Ground on September 11, maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on a lad named Harold Hedby Roxburgn…

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Aeroplane Accidents. London, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 43

Three deaths owing to aviation accidents are reported. French aeronaut Warned Lacour was thrown from his machine and killed. A message from Berlin…

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A Sensational Tram Accident. One Killed; Two Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 2

While an electric tram was running from Watson's Bay to the city this afternoon a fuse blew out and the under part of the ear burst into flame. While the car was…

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Accident on Cricket Field

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon lost Mr. Alex. Lawson, of Corowa, met with a very painful accident while playing cricket on the local ground. Mr. Lawson was…

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Claim for a Drowned Cow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 6

Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., at the Albury small Debts Court yesterday, Thomas T. Molloy, monumental mason, of Kiewa street sued Jerry Connors…

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Fund for Injured Airmen. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 2

A fund has been started in Germany for the benefit of military airmen meeting with accidents. The Kaiser has accepted a gift of £5000.which is designed to form…

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Bendigo Miners Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 33

Two miners, named Geo. M'Namara and Win. M'Guinness had a narrow escape from serious injury while working in the rise on the east leg of the Derby formation in…

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General Cable News. Aeroplane Fatality. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 2

Another name was added yesterday to the long list of those who have sacrificed their lives in the attempt to conquer the air. While Lieutenant Moritz was making…

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Ship's Side Accident. Australian killed. Vancouver, October 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 43

A plank, forming the gangway between the Union S.S. Co.'s Marama. of the Canadian-Australian Royal Mail Line, and wharf, fell to-day while several…

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The Runaway Collision. Palmer Committed for Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 4

At the Albury police court yesterday, before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., Thomas Palmer Was charged on remand with, having, at Albury, on September 11, 1912…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer in Danger. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 3

News has been received of a collision between the Norwegian stemer Noreuga and the ship Glen Lui, off cape hatters, on the North Carolina coast…

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Exciting Motor Accident. Four Former Albury Residents the Victims. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 3

Mr. Charles Pettitt, dentist, of Manly, and formerly of Albury, and Mrs. Pettitt, and Mr. C.A. Paynter, formerly of the Albury Carrying Company, Mrs…

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What to Do. Some Simple Suggestions for Summer Accidents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 4

Sunstroke.—Remove to a shady place. Lay the patient down, head level with body, and loosen tight clothing. Pour cold water on head…

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Rifle Accident at Gundagai

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 5

Early this morning George Boon, a farmer, of South Gundagai, accidentally shot himself. Boon was getting through a wirefence when a Winchester rifle he was…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Dreadful Belting Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 2

While a man named William Smith, who resided at Grove street, Balmain, was feeding a color grinding machine in the Southern Paint Factory this morning, he…

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Shocking Fatality. Corowa Motorist Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 5

Corowa has just contributed to the already heavy death toll occasioned generally by motor accidents, in the death of Mr. W. J. Knight, a young and…

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