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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Small Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 3

The toll bridge was rotten, and a woman fell through a hole in it and was drowned. Her indignant townspeople held a mass meeting, and in…

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Mangled in Machinery. Fatality at State Coal Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 3

Another shocking fatality, resulting in the death of a single man named Herbert Patten, age 32 years, chief electrician at the Victorian State coal mine, occurred on…

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Accident at Albury Quarry. a Man Injured. Fortunate Escape of Another

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2

Serious injuries to one man, Terence O'Donnell, and the narrowness characterising the escape of his mate, Albert Saggers, were the results of a sensational…

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Rioting at Wisbech. Sympathy with Late Dr Dimock Police and Civilians Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2

There were further demonstrations of sympathy with the late Dr. Dimock in Wisbech (Cambridgeshire) on Saturday evening. The doctor died suddenly while awaiting…

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Racing Motorist Killed. Verdict of Accidental Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2

An inquest was held on Saturday into the death of Percy Lambert, the racing motorist, who was killed on the Brooklands track on Friday…

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Sensational Bolt. Wodonga Cabman Injured. His Cab Smashed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 3

Three ribs broken were injuries received by Mr. H. Stead in a sensational bolt at Albury yesterday, during which his cab was smashed up…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Due to Signalman's Error. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 2

An inquest has been held into the death of one of the three persons who were killed as a result of the accident which occurred at Waterloo station last…

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Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 2

A serious accident happened on Monday to Willie Thomas, son of Mr.A. W. Thomas, of Oaklands. The boy, in company with some…

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Jumped Overboard. Shipping Manager Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 5

Cecil H. Smith, aged 55 years, who lived with his wife and family at Mackay, (Q.) where he was manager for Messrs. Howard Smith Company Ltd., jumped…

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Accidents at El Dorado

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 4

The sports meeting at El Dorado on Wednesday last was a great s[?]ess, but unfortunately there were three accidents to horsemen during the…

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Egg-Swallowing Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 3

A large assembly of pleasure-seekers in Berlin was horrified at seeing a conjuring turn in a well-known cabaret end in a sudden…

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Ladies' Column. Homely Hints and Helps for All Kinds of Minor Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 3

Many mothers have known the terror of "something happening" and the frantic search for a doctor. He may come in time to save life, but…

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A Dreadful Double Fatality. Men Sheltering Under Trucks Out to Pieces. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 2

A terrific wind storm occurred at For[?] to-day. The men named W[?] and McMahan, who engaged transferring wheat from carts to railway truck…

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Sensational Accident at Wodonga. Albury Man Injured. Kidney Ruptured and Ribs Broken

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 2

Benjamin Hickey, of Albury, had his kidney ruptured and some ribs broken i a sensational accident at Wodonga yesterday, and he is now in the Albury…

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Airman Crushed to Oeath Accident in France. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 3

Captain Le Gardo was aeroplaning at Villa Courlay yesterday afternoon when he felt 15 feet and was crushed to death under the motor of his aeroplane…

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Train Falls Over Bank. Crowded with Merrymakers. Eight Killed; 100 Injured. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 5

News has just come to hand from Clayton, Alabama, of the occurrence of a terrible railway accident. The three rear carriages of a train laden…

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Killed on Railway Line. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 1

The coroner, Mr. J. Jamieson, P.M., yesterday closed the magisterial inquiry at the Albury Courthouse touching the death of George Spencer…

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Cablegrams. Disasters at Sea. 12 Sailors Drowned. Montreal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 2

Wreckage found at Bird Island Rock, St. Lawrence River, indicates that the steam colner bridgeport had sunk, and that 42 of her crew had been drowned…

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Drowned in the River. an Open Verdict

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 November 1913 · page 5

The magisterial inquiry touchink the death of the man found drowned in the Murray River at Waterview on Sunday November 8, was concluded at the Albury…

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100 Sailors Drowned. Toronto, November 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 43

Reports are to hand of disasters on the Great Lakes caused by the terrible storms that have swept over them and the surrounding country…

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