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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Driving Accidents. Lorry and Three Horses Bolt. Driver Injured—two Horses Killed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 3

A lorry, drawn by three horses, was being driven by Fredewick Aller along Drutt-street this afternoon. The wheels bumped into a rut in the road, and the…

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Three Drowning Fatalities. Two Brocalesby Brothers Lose Their Lives. Brocklesby

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

A sad double drowning accident occurred this afternoon in a tank in Mr. Michale Lee's paddock, about 3½ mines from Brocklesby. It appears that three…

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The Murray Drowning Fatality

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

Regarding the recent accident near Euston, whereby Percy Fenton, the mate of the Invicible, lost his life, the following clipping from the "Argus" will be of…

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Drowning Fatality at Kiewa. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 6

An inquiry concerning the death by drowning of Richard Leely, at Kiewa on last Saturday afternoon, was held before Mr. W. H. Struckey, J.P…

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Another Pea-rifle Tragedy. Recent Arrival Accidentally Shot by His Math. West Maitland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

A pea-rifle tragedy has occurred near here. Owen Sharkey, a recent arrival from England, died last midnight as the result…

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Collision in the Mersey. London, January 17

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

The steamers Auchenarden (3543 tons), owned by Purdie Glen, and Co., of Glasgow, and La Blanca (6813 tons), of the Argentine Cargo Line, came into collision…

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Serious Accident at Bethanga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 28

A serious accident occurred at Bethanga on Saturday, last. Thomas Williams, aged 46—a married man with a family of thirteen children—was engaged with two other men…

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Colonel Antill's Nose Broken. a Riding Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

Colonel Antill, C.B., Commandant of the No. 4 Special School of Military Instruction at Albury, met with an accident on Wednesday night. He was out riding,…

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An Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

A man named Jas. Bolton was admitted to the Corowa public hospital on Wednesday in an unconscious condition, having received internal injuries while…

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Drowned in the River. Death of Mrs. Kimball

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

Late on Friday night last week information was brought to the police station that Mrs Kimball, wife of Mr A. G. Kimball, had been drowned while…

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Bathing Fatalities. Young Girl Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

A sad bathing fatally occurred a John ston's Bay. Dorothy Edwards, aged nine, with several…

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Newcastle Resident Drowned in N.Z. NEWCASTLE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

A cable was received yesterday from New Zealand, chronicling the death by drowning of Mrs. Forsythe at Rotorun. The deceased was well known here. Her husband is…

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How Nazim Pasha Was Shot. This Tragedy Accidental. Several Prior Fatalities

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

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday Afternoon: Later accounts regarding the tragic death of Nazim Pasha state that at the door of the council chamber Nazif Bey,…

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Young Woman Drowned. Two Others Rescued

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 3

In view of thousands of people congregated on the beach at Hampton and Sandringham on Sunday afternoon, three young women got out of their depth a short…

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Lioness Escapes in Theatre. Several Persons Injured. Paris

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

An exiting incident occurred at a theatre at Belloville-sur-Sanone, near Lyons, on Saturday. A performing lioness, while going…

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A Mountaineering Fatality. Bushed Girl Dies From Exhaustion. Wellington, N.Z.

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

Miss Evelyn Oxenham, 21 years of age, together with a young man, ascended to the summit of Mount Egmont on Sunday. The pair lost their way. The girl become…

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Collision at Sea. Thirty Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

News has just been received from Havre of a shipping disanter off Capela Hegue, The steamer Phyrne collided with the German ship Panonl, which was outward…

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River Launch Founders. Seventy Burmese Drowned. Rangoon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

A river launch fo[?] yesterday on the River Irrawaddy. near thin town. Seventy [?] were drowned…

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Motor Car Accident. Little Boy Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

Whilst Mr J. D Davice, of Tocumwal, was passing through Nathalia in his motor car a few [?] ago, he accidentally [?]…

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Vines Injured by Lightning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 5

A curious case of the destruction of vines has been brought under notice of the Department of Agriculture. Last week the director received the…

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