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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Railway Official Injured Wangaratta

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

By a p[?]euliar coincidence, Mr. S. F. Smith district tra[?] superintendent, who is one of a board of three departmental of[?] inquiring into the cause…

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Father's Mad Onslaugh? Child Killed, Wife Injured. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

Prospect, one of the outer suburbs of Adelaide, was the scene of a shocking domestic tragedy to-day. Frederick George Johnson, a…

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Railway Crossing Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 3

An accident occurred at the Templeton-street level crossing, Wa[?]garatta, on the main Melbourne-Sydney line on Saturday, but luckily the results were…

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Euston Drowning Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

An inquiry into the cause of death (on Nov. 2lst last) of the late Percy Fenton, employed at the time as mate of the Murray River steamer Invincible, was…

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Drowning Tragedy

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

A sad drowning tragedy has occurred at Scone. Mr. W. T. Eastwood a station owner of Mersna, was crossing a swollen creek near the homestead in a buggy…

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A Fatal Accident at Chiltern. at Wallace Consols Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday at the Wallace Consols mine, when Mr. A. McIntosh lost his life. Deceased was working the hand winch, which was being…

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A Falling Rock Fatality. Newcastle

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

A miner named Samuel Roberts was killed on Tuesday night by a fall of rock in the Stockton Borehole Colliery. His mate heard the fall of rock, an rushed…

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Fatal Accident at Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 47

A fatal accident occurred on Monday evening last when Mr. John Swan (33 years), eldest son of Mr. William Swann, North Berry Jerry, lost his life. Mr…

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A Fortunate Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

The working of motors at long distances from the source of electric supply was discovered by an accident. Soon after the opening of the Vienna…

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A Burning Fatality. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 3

Mr. C. Goldspink, J.P., held an inquiry at the Children's Hospital to-day regarding the death of Eileen Conroy, which occurred in the institution on the night of…

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New South Wales. Accident to a Railway Guard. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 3

Bernard Gallagher, a railway guard, was knocked down by a train at Lithgow last night. His left arm was severed above the wrist. Gallagher is a well-known…

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Aerial Fatality at Leipzig. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

Leipzig was the scene of an avlation fatality on Saturday. Herr Leak, a postal official, was making a flight when his machine fell to the ground. The unfortunate…

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Shot by Companion. Chinese Wields Hatchet. Policeman Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

A Chinese created a sensation in Thomas street this morning by firing seven shots at another Chinese and then attacking a policeman…

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Explosion in a Gunshop. Foreman and Six Others Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

A Sensational explosion occurred on Saturday in Paris. The scene of the accident was the gun shop of Messrs. Fowry & Taupin…

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Accident to Mr John Jacka. On the Deniliquin Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

Just as we were going to Dress, we received a telephone message from Booroorban, saying that Mr John Jacka, of Messrs Jacka and Sons, well borers, had…

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Mother and Child Drowned Husband Rescued. Sydney

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

A dreadful crowing tragedy occurred in Sydney Harbor this afternoon, when a young mother and her little girl lost their lives…

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Serious Burning Accident. An Old Man Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A serious burning accident took place at Lerap, near Oxley, the property of Mr Ewen Cameron, on Saturday morning, by which an old identity of the district, Mr…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Melbourne. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

Two trucks or a timber tram were derailed at Yarra Junction, Melbourne, this morning Some men who were sitting on the…

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Caring for Injured Udders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 16

Many times the wounds and injuries are slight and involve only the superficial structures of the gland and no well-marked symptoms are present. In these…

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Drowned in a Cellar. Traralgon

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

At Traralogn South to-day, Mr. T. A. Pettit, J.P., deputy coroner, held an inquiry concerning the death of Joseph Slmon Martinold, 66 years of age…

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