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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Football Fatality in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 3

The second football fatality of the season occurred on Saturday. In a match in progress at Christchurch, Samuel Plimsoll (10) received a kick on…

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Injured Man's Wife Finds Bail. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 2

James Liddle, a new arrival, was charged at the Prahran Court to-day with having shot at James Forrest with intent to do him grievous bodily harm…

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Bench Saw Accident. Mr. Jacoe Dallinger the Victim

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 3

One of the best known [?] in Albury, Mr. Jacoe Dallinger, was the victim of a dreadful accident at his farm at Mungabaresun yesterday morning. Mr. Dallinger…

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Floods in India. 450 Persons Drowned. Bombay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

The latest reports regarding the recent floods in the Palatina district state that 10 inches of rain fell in six hours. The damage is estimated at £60,000. It is…

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A Painter Killed. Fatality at Woolwich Dock Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

A painter residing at Surry Hills, named John Clara, was to-day engaged painted the steamer Makura at Woolwich dead when he fell 70 feet to the bottom of the…

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Bulgarian Earthquake. 25 KILLED; 127 Injured. Sofia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 2

Twenty-five people lost their lives as the result of the earthquake which occurred at Tirnovo, in Bulgaria, on Monday. In addition, 127 injured people have been…

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Painful Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 5

On Friday last a painful accident happened to Mrs. S. Luke, of Coree South. She was busy washing some clothes, when a needle ran into her…

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Sad Burning Accident. Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 6

Yesterday morning a little girl named Blanch O'Neil, the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O'Neil, of Murphy-street,…

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Collision at Sea. Six Lives Lost. Boston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 2

The liner Sagamore arrived here yesterday with eight of the crow of the scliooner Olympia on board. It appears that the olympia sank after a collision near Sable…

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Perils of the Air. a Double Fatality. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 2

A double aeroplane fatality occurred yesterday at Johannisthal, in Silesla. Herr Fraftel was making a flight, accompanied by a passenger, when the…

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A Tramway Disaster. Eleven Killed: Many Injured. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 2

A bad tramway smash occurred yesterday at Vallejo a Californian town 31 miles north-east of San Francisco. Through a mistake in orders, two…

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Accident at Ghent Exhibition. Six People Injured. Brussels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

Owing to the future of the electively accident happened on a railway at the Ghent Exhibition. Two cars rushed backwards and were…

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Caught in Chaffcutter. Youth Shockingly Injured, [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

James Hughes, 17 years of age, not with severe injuries to-day while engaged working a [?] at his father's farm at Little River, about 17 miles from…

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Nine Engineers Drowned. Disaster in United States. New Madrid (Missouri)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

A sad disaster is just reported. The United States survey boat Beaver capsized: during a storm, and nine engineers were drowned…

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Another Aviator Drowned. Accident to 350 Hp. Aeroplane. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 2

A sad disaster attended the taking of a 350 horse-power aluminum aeroplane devised for competition in the trans-Atlantic flight. The body of the machine was…

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Drowned Like Rats in a Trap. Ottawa, Thursday Afternoon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 2

Several immigrants escaped through breaking the windows of the submerged cars. Thomas Wallace, a Scottish diver, in this way, having broken the glass,…

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Steamer Capsizes. Nine Men Drowned. Now York, June 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 43

A shocKing naval disaster is reported from Now Madrid, n town on the Mississippi. River, in Missouri. During a severe storm the United States…

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Railway Accident in Canada. Cars Fall Into River. Fifteen Reported Dead. Ottawa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 2

The spreading of the rails on the Grand Trunk Railway caused a serious accident near this city yesterday. As an important train was approaching…

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Boxing. Boxer's Death. Injured in Contest. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 6

News has been received that Leon Trufler, the French featherweight boxer, who left Sydney for his home in February last, directly after Jimmey Hill defeated him…

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Men Blown to Pieces. Shocking Dynamite Accident. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Kings. yesterday. A number of Italian workmen were engaged in railway construction when an accidental explosion of dynamite…

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