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Accidents, 1914

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Aviation Death Roll Another Double Fatality. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

Still another week-end has been marked by a double aeroplane fatality in Germany…

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A Painful Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

Whilst taking part in the celebration it. Dean street in the evening William ("Dummy") Waston, met with a painful accident. He allowed a "bomb" firework…

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A Marvellous Escape From Disaster. Most Sensational Accident. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

A sensational accident befell the P. and O. beat train from Marseilles to Paris yesterday. The escape from an appalling disaster was a miraculous one. The train was timed to stop at Macon it appr[?]ched the station at 50 miles an hour, and when the driver applied the brakes they failed to work. The train…

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Accidental Death of an Old Hay Resident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2

Mr Patrick Collins, an old resident of Hay, and who at one time was well known in local cricket circles, met a painful death at Ganmain on Tuesday…

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Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 2

A ra[?]er sensational bolt occurred in Balranald on Sunday afternoon, resulting in painful injuries to Mr J. Egan, of Balranald. As the Messrs. Egan…

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N.Z. Railway Disaster. Collision on Man Line. Two Persons Killed. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 May 1914 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred this morning at Whagamarina, on the main Wellington-Auckland line. Two trains came into collision with the…

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Fatal Railway Collision in New Zealand. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

The express train from Auckland to Wellington collided with a goods train at 5 o'clock yesterday morning near Mercer. Several carriages were…

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P. AND O. Mail Train. Collision in France. Paris, May 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 43

The Peninsular and Oriental mail train, from Marseilles to Paris, has had a very narrow escape from serious disaster. It travels at the rate of 50 miles an hour…

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Railway Accident in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 47

The express train from Auckland to Wellington collided with a goods train at 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, near Mercer. Several carriages were telescoped…

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[?] Accident at Tallan. [?]Atta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Buchanan and Mrs. F. Paton were driving a buggy on the recently-constructed railway road near Aunandale, on Monday evening, when they…

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Explosion of Gas Cylinder Fourth Accident Of the Kind Is Faulty Material Used for Railway Cars? Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 1

A gas explosion occurred at the Mortuary station early this morning. Jas. Broadloy, twenly-two, was filling gas cylinders of a train when the explosion…

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Six Hundred Lives Lost. Collision at Sea. Queaec

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 2

Late messages report that the Empress of Ireland collided with the collier Stor[?]tad. It is believed that over 600 people have…

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Latest From Quebec. New Zealand Colonel Drowned. Laurence Irving Still Missing. Quebec

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 2

It is feared that there is no hope that Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Bloomfield, of New Zealand, has been saved. The Storstad has reached port, but she…

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People Shot From Ship. Like Peas From Ripened Pod. Wife Slips From Husband's Grasp and Is Drowned. Montreal, Friday Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 2

A steerage passenger, named Mr. Philip Lawlor, asserts that the explosion really caused the Empress of Ireland to sink so rapidly. People were shot out of the ship…

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Appalling Shipping Disaster. Staggering Loss of Life. 1032 Drowned and Missing. Magnificent Liner Ripped Up by Collier. And in Ten Minutes Sinks Beneath the Deep. 355 Saved Out of 1387 Aboard. Only Twelve Women Among the Rescued. No Australians Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 2

Consternation has been created by the appalling shipping disaster in the St. Lawrence River. It is now definitely known that the vessel which collided with…

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Hundreds Drowned in Sleep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

Hundreds of the victims probably never realised what happened. They were practically drowned in the sleep. Among those who perished were Mr…

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Wood Carter's Sensational Accident. Man Injured Drag Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

A sensational accident betel William Mayo, of Wyse Street, Last night, and he is now in the hospital. Mayo was driving two horses, and wood…

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N.z and Fiji Passengers Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

The list of survivers does not include Lieut. Colonel Bloomfield. Mrs. Bloomfield and Miss Bloomfield of New Zealand Mrs. Prince or Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel…

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Railway Collision at Campbelltown. Considerable Damage Done. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

A railway collision occurred at Campbelltown this morning, when a goods train ran into a number of stationary carriages on a siding causing considerable damage…

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Captain Anderson Not on Duty at Time of Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

The seamen of the Storstad say that Captain Anderson was not on duty at the time of the collision. The Storstad was ordered astern before striking the Empress…

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