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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Serious Railway Accident. On Queensland Lines. Five Men Killed and Others Injured. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred near Toowoomba, Queensland, at midnight. A stock train was derailed and 17…

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Killed by Locomotive. Level Crossing Fatality. Werris Creek

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

On the arrival of the express from Sydney last night the locomotive was found bespattered with blood. Later it was found that when near…

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Girl Injured in Tait Car

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

Emily Job, aged 12 years, who resides with her parents at 77 Vere-street, Colingwood, met a serious accident this morning, when she stepped from a moving…

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Wheat Carting Sensation Teamster Badly Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 3

Alan Cameron, a teamster, employed by Mr. Denis Mullavey, of Bowra, met with a sensational and serious accident yesterday morning. He had eleven horses in his…

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Story of the Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 3

Roy Parkinson was carrying a light, and the police have expressed the view that it was this that caused the accident. The driver of the car, it is conjectured, saw the…

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Gun Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 3

The opening of the duck season locally naturally attracted a large number of sportsmen to the various likely spots for a good haul, and unfortunately…

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Rescue From Drowning at Yarrawonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

On Sunday morning, while some youths were bathing in the river near the old saw pull nite, one of their number, Sydney Smith, aged 11½ years, had a very…

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"Hock" Keys Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

The well known pugilist, "Hock" Keys, was savagely attacked by a cattle dog at Bathurst. The animal bit him about the nock and face, inflicting several wounds…

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A Driving Accident at Springvale

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

Mr. T. Ferguson, jun., son of Mr. T. Forguson, Springvale, met with a serious accident at his father farm last Wednesday. Mr. Forguson was engaged…

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Collision with a Post. Three Men Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

Following close upon the motor tragedy at Aspendale on Sunday night and the serious accident at Macedon on Tuesday night, another sensational incident…

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Rescue From Drowning at Yarrawonga. a Gallant Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 31

On Sunday morning, while some youths were bathing, in the river near the old saw mill site. Yarrawonga, one of their number, Sidney Smith, aged 14½ years, had a very…

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Trains in Collision. a Guard Killed. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

A train, in which Prince Eitel was travelling from Transylvania (Hungary) collided with a train laden with tanks of petroleum. The wreckage caught fire. The…

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Motor Car Sensations. Youth Seriously Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

A sensational motor amash occurred at Upper Macedon on Tuesday night. Owing to a mishap with the steering gear a motor car, in which was seated a party…

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Awful Motor Fatality at Aspendale. Car Dashes Into Walking Party

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 43

A fatal motor accident occurred shortly after 10 o'clock on Sunday night at Aspendale. A motor car going towards, Melbourne crashed into a party of there ladies and a…

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The Aspendale Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

Boy Parkinson, who was injured at Aspendale on Sunday night in the accident which proved fatal to Mrs. B. P. Donald, is reported to be making fair…

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Unpleasant Accident with Ammonia. Bathurst

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 3

While Mrs. Crane, the wile of a dentist, was drawing the cork from a bottle of liquid ammona on Wednesday night, the sudden withdrawal of the cork was…

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Accident at Football Match. Fifteen Spectators Seriously Hurt. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

[?] pursued the football Cup [?] The match was originally fixed to take place at Manchester, but the crowd…

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Accident on Wangaratta-beechworth Line. Passenger Carriages Derailed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

A railway accident, fortunately [?] by serious consequences, occured on Wednesday a mile on the north side of the Tarawingee railway station, on the…

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Cablegrams. General Cable News. Two Airmen Drowned. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

A double aeroplane fatality has occurred in the Gulf of Danzig. Captain Jenetsky, a military airman, and his mechanic were flying across the Gulf, when they were…

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Double Drowning Accident. Scone

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 3

While Allen Seward, the only son of Mr. W. T. Seward, of Minnie), was returning from church with his father in a sulky on Sunday, the vehicle was…

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