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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last Mr. Chris. Murray, in the employ of Mr. W. Parkin of Corowa, was out in the country on business . His was leaving Mr. A…

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Footballers Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 4

In the League football match between Richmond and Fitzroy this afternoon, F. Love, of Richmond, and J. Cooper, of Fitzroy, were injured in the second…

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Accident at Abbotsford Punt

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 1

Last week an accident happened at the Abbotsford punt, between Mildura and Wentworth, by which Mrs Benham and her two daughters narrowly escaped…

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Motor Car Overturns. Accident on Deniliquin Road

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 4

Mr F. Baulch, grazier had an alarming experience while motoring to Deniliquin—his second adventure within the past few days. Mr Baulch…

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Cablegrams. Men Torn to Pieces Explosion's Awful Work. Eight Killed and 19 Injured. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 3

Telegrams from Panama report a shocking disaster there. A number of people were watching the progress of a bush fire. Unobserved the…

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Railway Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 19

Miss Minnie Little, 65, was found lying unconscious, surrounded by a pile of lugage, on the permanent way at Newtown. Miss Little, who resides at Glenmerv…

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Awful Mining Fatality at Bendigo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 31

The Great Extended Hustler's mine, Bendigo, was on Saturday night the scene of an appalling fatality. It was the most tragic yet recorded in the annals of gold…

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Agricultural Notes. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 17

According to the Inspector for the North Coast, district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated pasplaum pastures by turning them over…

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Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 4
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According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

Mrs Ethel Bowman, aged 28, was burned to death at her residence, Newtown, last night. She was washing her hair with methylated spirits…

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Sporting. Boxing. Carpenter Injured. Match May Be Postponed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

Georges Carpentier, the French champion boxer, met with a painful accident at Paris yesterday. One of his legs was caught between a…

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Shot by a Barmaid Injured Man's Evidence a Case of Retribution

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

At the police court this morning Alice Mabel Rankin was charged with shooting Albert David Irvine, with intent to murder him. Irvine…

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Renovating Paspalum Grass. An Accident [?] its Consequences

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 3

According to the inspector for the North Coast District, the department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspal[?] pastures by…

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Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department’s advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by…

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Fatality at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 2

On Friday afternoon Miss Edith Garnett, 50, was run over and killed by the 4.20 p.m. up passenger train from Beechworth, Miss Garnett was returning to…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 3

On Saturday morning last the news was circulated round the town that Mr. John Maffeae had been fatally shot on the previous night while cleaning a…

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Hundreds Dead. Thousands Injured. Rome

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1914 · page 3

Latest news from the district affected by the earthquake states that many, hundreds are dead, and at least 1000 injured…

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Railway Trolley Upset. One Killed, Five Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 5

A railway [?] resulting in the death of one man and injuries to five there occurred this morning at Bong [?] Bri[?] between Bowrad and Moss…

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Cablegrams. Terrible Aeroplane Disaster, Bi-planes Collide. Hundreds Witness Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 3

A terrible aeroplane accident occurred at Aldershot last evening. Two Sopwith biplanes were man[?] ring in mid-air. One of them was in the…

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