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Accidents, 1913

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Troop Train Wrecked. Many Killed and Injured. New York, October 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 42

Meridian, in tho State of Mississippi, has been the scene of a terrible railway disaster. A special troop train crashed into a…

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An Accident of Henry Clay

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

Henry Clay one of the most popular American statemen of his day, was travelling somewhere "out West," and put up for a night at a country tavern…

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A Shunter Injured. at Junee Yesterday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 2

Shocking injuries were received by Shunter Peroy Fowler at Junee yesterday. They include compound fractures of the right thigh, and it is very probable that the leg…

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Finnish Steamer Founders. Forty Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 2

There is only one survivor left to tell the late of the wreck of the finish steamer Vestkusten, which left Vara, in Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia, on Wednesday. He relates that a heavy gale…

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A Dreadful Railway Accident. at Waterloo Station. Express Runs Into Stationary Train. Four Passengers Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

A fearful railway accident occurred on Saturday at Waterloo Station, London. A dense fog prevailed, and the Mid-Kent express dashed into a local train standing at…

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Cablegrams. the Liverpool Railway Disaster. Signalman's Onerous Duties. Accident Due to Error of Judgement. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

The principal witness on Friday at the inquest on the body of one of the seven victims of the accident which occurred last week in railway tunnel near St. James'…

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Four Boy Scouts Drowned. Ketch Sinks in Thames. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred yesterday in the Thames. A ketch in which were a number of boy scouts was sunk in a collision, and…

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London Railway Accident. Signalmen at Fault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

It is stated that the fatal railway accident which occurred on Saturday at Waterloo station, London, was apparently due to a misunderstanding between signalmen…

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Accident at Redlands

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 3

On Friday last, during the midday recess at the Redlands school, some boys were indulging in jumping exercise, when Master Nixon, aged 10…

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Railway Accidents in England. Nine This Year. New Control System Blamed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 5

The present year will be a notable one in England as regards railway accidents. No fewer than nine serious mishaps have occurred on the English lines this…

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Accidents at Flying Fete

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 3

As the Channel steamer Victoria, from Folkestone, was entering Boulogne, the passengers saw a hydroplane, piloted by Caudron…

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New South Wales. Two Seamen Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 3

On the voyage of the barque Northern Chief, from Auckland to Sydney, on October 16, two of the crew, Schlatter, a Gorman, and [?]ncslen, a Norwegian, fell…

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Terrible Lift Fatality. Man Crushed by Balance Weight. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 3

A shocking lift accident occurred at the Dunlop Rubber Company's warehouse, in Clarence street, this morning. Robert Bunyon, 30 years of age, was killed, and…

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A Sad Drowning Fatality. an Immigrant the Victim

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 3

A little after midday on Sunday last a end drowning fatality occurred at“ Victoria Park,” near Berrigan, a recent arrival from England, named…

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Awful Double Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 32

It was reported to the Randwick police that Arthur Hilbert Ratten, 28 years of age, a school teacher at the Mascot public school, and Verlie Jackson, a girl of 13…

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Tragic Collision in Brisbane River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 33

A collision occurred in the Brisbane River, resulting in the sinking of a steam tug and the loss of two lives. The A.U.S.N. Co's large steamer Kyarra, in…

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Bag Snatched From Injured Woman

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

A thief who took a handbag containing £11 in gold from Miss Brennan, while she was lying injured beneath a tramear in Pitt street on Friday night, has…

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Collision in a Fog. Another Railway Disaster. London, October 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 42

[?]another railway accident is reported. During a heavy fog last night the Mid-Kent train clashed into a local train which was standing at the Waterloo…

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Sea Scouts Drowned. Discipline in Hour of Death. London, October 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 43

A ketch containing a party of Sea Scouts sank after a collision in the Thames, and four of the lads were drowned…

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Boy Accidentally Shoots His Aunt

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

A sad shooting tragedy occurred at Lockhart on Monday last, when a young lad named Spiro Katsoulis son of Mr N. Katsoulis…

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