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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Forty-two Men Drowned. Montreal, November 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 42

Wreckage found on Bird Island Rock, at the month of the, St. Lawrence River, points to the sinking of the steam colliers Bridgeport, with 42 on board…

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Engine Falls Into Lake. the Fireman Drowned. Ottawa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 November 1913 · page 2

A sensational accident, which might have had appalling consequences, occurred yesterday on the first section of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental line…

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Tight Rope Collapse. a Girl Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 November 1913 · page 2

A lightrope artist named Rignold Thomas was carrying his sister, aged 13, strapped to his shoulders, across a high wire on an open allotment at Balmain last…

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Dreadful Lift Fatality Railway Porter Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 4

A terrible lift accident, involving the death of a porter named James Laffan, occurred on Saturday afternoon at Flinders street railway station. Melbourne,…

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Sad Motor Fatality. Mother and Three Children Drowned. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 2

A priest, who was at night time driving a motor car in which were seated his mother, his sister, and the latter's three children, accidentally drove into a canal…

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Killed at Football the Victoria Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 6

A coroner's inquiry was held yesterday into the death of Ogden, the Victoria full-burk, who fell unconscious during a match with the New Zealand Rugby football team on Friday,…

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Young Wife Burnt to Death. Sister Injured in Rescue Attempt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 4

A shocking burning fatality occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Messrs. A. and G. Tye's stud farm, Blackwood Park, Lower Fern Tree Gully. Mrs. Ellen Collins, aged 31, being…

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Collision at Sea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

The Japanese steamer, Sasha Maru, collided with and sunk a Chinese launch crowded with passengers, off Pekin. Thirty persons were droened…

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Chinese Launch Sunk. Thirty Persons Drowned. Peking

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

A serious shipping disaster occurred yesterday in Hong Kong harbor. The Japanese steamer Soshu Maru collided with a Chinese passenger steam…

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Sad Motoring Fatality. Car Dashes Into Bank. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

A motor drive at night led to the death of Mr. George Batt, of Burnside. Shortly after midnight on Friday, he was taken for a drive through the hills by Mr. H. R…

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Railway Collision, Seven Killed Twenty Injured Rome

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

Through the error of a pointsman a disastrous railway collison occurred at Ceocano, near Rome, A goods train was allowed on the same…

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Death through a Sneeze. Serious Accidents From Trivial Causes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 4

"On my flight over Cleveland, Chin," said Mr. Harry Atwood, the American aviator who is creating new records for long-distance flights…

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Cablegrams. British Aviation Fatality Naval Airman Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 3

An aeroplaning fatality occurred at Eastchurch, in Kent, yesterday, Captain Wildman Lushington, of the naval wing of the Flying Corps, ancended in a…

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Driving Accident at Bungowannah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Shipard, and their daughter, Miss Effie, of "Tiverton," Albury, have been spending. On Tuesday…

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Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

A man named McMahon met with a nasty accident at the Oaklands railway yards last week. He, with others, was unloading rails…

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Frightful Accident Atcanley Vale

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

A shocking accident resulting in the deaths od a man and a girl occured at the railway crossing at Canley Vale on Friday evening…

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Aviator Injured in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 20

A trial flight was made at Avondale, N.Z., by Mr. Sandford, in a, Sandford-Miller biplane, with which the Auckland aviators, Messrs. Sandford and Miller, had…

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British Submarine Sinks. After Collision with Dredge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 2

A British naval disaster took place yesterday off Plymouth, but fortunately it was not accompanied by loss of life. Submarine C14 collided with a dredge…

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"Jack" Johnson's Luck. Another Motor Accident. Narrow Escape From Death. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 2

"Jack" Johnson, the boxing champion, and his wife had a narrow escape from death in a motor accident in a London street a few months ago. They had an…

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Train Smash in Italy. Twenty Persons Injured—four Fatality. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

The failure of automatic signals caused two Milan trains to collide with dreadful results. Twenty passengers were injured, four receiving wounds which must…

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