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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Buggy Accident at Wodonga

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

Miss Mary Jones, daughter of Mr. C. Jones, Wodonga, had her collarbone broken as the result of a driving accident at Wodonga West on Sunday evening. Miss…

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SAD fATALITY at the Rock. Prominent Townsman Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 45

Much sorrow was caused in. The Rock on Wednesday morning, when a telephone message was received to say that Mr. T. Fitzpatrick, partner in the firm of…

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

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 2

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

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Boxing. Hock Keys Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 6

Hock Keys, the well-known lightweight boxer, is in the Sydney Hospital suffering from a crushed foot. While he was talking to a man who was…

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Terrible Motor Fatality. Cyclist Killed at Donnybrook

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

A sensational collision between a motor car and a bicyclist on the Sydney read, near Donnybrook, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, resulted in the death of Gorden Campbell Murch, a…

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A Disastrous Wreck 174 People Drowned. Steamer Strikes Sunken Rock London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

News has been received that the Oama Steam Navigation Company's steamer Takyni struck a sunken rock off Reef Island at 11 at night, and subsequently…

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A Thrilling Motor Accident Wonderful Escape of Two Men. Geelong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 3

A motor car with two occupants, smashed the wooden rails of the approach to Barwon bridge just before midnight, took a flying leap over the embankment, and landed at…

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Airman's Tragic Death. Killed in Motor Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

Mr. Robert Slack, a prominent British airman, was killed in a motor accident on Saturday at Radlett, 15 miles from London…

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Purely Accidental

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 2

She: “How did he come to marry his wife?” He: “It was purely accidental. Her wealthy uncle fell into the river and…

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Sad Bathing Fatality. Three of a Family Drowned. At Cronulla Beach. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Blackwood's beach, Cronulla, this morning. It appears that Miss Marjorie Louden (22), Daphne Louden (16), and Alick…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Yarrawonga on Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the loss of two lives, the victims being John Stewart Ferguson, aged 12, the only…

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Accident at Railway Siding Man Terribly Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 1

Whilst a number of men were lumping wheat at the Co-operative Milling Co's. yards at Wagga on Saturday, a railway shuntor turned several trucks into the siding loop…

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