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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Drowning at Balldale, Young Woman's Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 2

A sad death occurred at Balldale on Saturday, when Miss John Wilson, youngest daughter of Mr. Thos. Wilson, of "Cluster Hill," Balldale, was found…

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Russian Express Train Wrecked, 14 KILLED; 28 Injured. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 2

A shocking railway disaster occurred at the Ovinsk station yesterday. Through some blunder the express crashed into an engine standing at the station…

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Railway Fatality at Wangaratta. Express Runs Down Tricycle. Line Repairer Killed Search for Another Body

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality occurred about a mile from Wangaratta, on the Albury side last night, when the first division of the express ran into a…

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A Collision at Sea. Timber-laden Barque for Sydney. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 2

A Russian barque, the Imperator Alexander 11., with a cargo of timber valued at £10,000, for Sydney (N.S.W.), has been towed to Copenhagen, damaged…

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Railway Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality occurred about a mile from Wangaratta, on the Albury side on Tuesday night, when the first division of the express ran…

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Express Claims Another Victim. Shocking Fatality Near Wangaratta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 45

On Tuesday night a sad fatality occurred on the railway line about a mile on the north side of the Wangaratta station. The victim was a young married…

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Young Miner Killed. Two Other Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at the Burragorang mine, Yerranderie, yesterday, oneman being killed and two severely injured. Exploding operations were…

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Accident in Synagogue. Gallery Collapses. New York, October 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 42

The Jewish New Year celebrations in this city were marred by a serious accident. Whilst service was proceeding in a synagogue, the gallery collapsed, and 100…

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Australian Airman Hurt. Harry Hawker's Serious Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2

Dairy Hawker, the Australian airman, who leapt into fame by his plucky attempt to win the £5000 prize offered for a seaplane flight round Great Britain, met…

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Fatal Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2

The news of the death of Mr. E. Lonsdale, M.L.A. for Armidale, was received here on Monday afternoon last. He left his home at Haberfield…

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Accident to Australian Airman

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2

Hawker, an Australian airman, fell a distance of 100 feet while living at Brooklands, and sustained severe injuries. He has not yet recovered…

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A Driving Accident. a Gig Overturns

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 2

Mrs. James Grant, of Tallangatta, had for shoulder dislocated as the result of a driving accident at Tallangatta on Saturday evening. Owing to Dr. Paterson's…

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Motor Cycling Madness. One Man Killed. Another Rider Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 4

The Victorian Motor Cycle Club held its annual race meeting on the Amateur sports ground in Melbourne on Saturday. The spectators, of whom there were about…

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Bad Railway Disaster. Collision in a Tunnel. 7 KILLED; 18 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 2

Another railway disaster occurred in London on Wednesday—the second serious smash on the English railways within two months…

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Owner's Story. Horses Foreleg Injured. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 4

Mr. John Brown (Mr. "Baron"), the owner, when seen to-day, said that when he saw Duke Foote in the stall on Thursday afternoon he decided at once to relieve…

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The Liverpool Railway Collision. Evidence at Inquiry. Signalman Admits Mistake. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 2

An inquiry was opened at Liverpool on Friday by the Board of Trade into the circumstances of the shocking railway collision outside St. James' station, Liverpool,…

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Cablegrams. Toll of the Air Disaster to an Airship. Falls Like a Stone. From a Height of 450 Ft. 27 Persons Perish. Electric Spark Causes Accident. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 2

Construction has been created by the shocking disaster which occurred on Friday to the German naval airship L2. The L2 was the newest and finest unit…

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Perils of Flying. Double Aeroplane Fatality. Moscow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

A double aeroplaning fatality occurred on Saturday in the Kalvga district. Mr. Met[?], a military aviator, accompanied by a mechanic, made an…

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Sir John Fuller Injured. Convened to Nursing Home. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

Sir John Fuller, Bart., Governor of Victorian, met with a serious accident in Willshire on Saturday. The nature of the accident has not…

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A Mid-ocean Collision. When La Bourgogne Received Her Death-wound

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 5

We left New-York on the Saturday for Havre, with nearly eight hundred people on board, and of that great crowd nearly two hundred formed the…

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