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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

443 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 23

Train Runs Into Stationary Carriages. Driver, Guard, and Passenger Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 3

A goods train ran into a number of stationary carriages on a siding at Campbelltown, four miles from Sydney, to-say. Considerable damage resulted…

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Disaster at Sea. Collision Off Quebec. Empress of Ireland Lost. 600 Persons Perish. 350 Survivors Picked Up. Quebec

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 3

The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland is believed to have collided with the "Red Star liner Hanover, this morning…

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Great Ocean Disaster The Empress of Ireland Sinks. As the Result of a Collision. Over a Thousand People Lose Their Lives. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

One of the most appalling disasters in maritime history occurred in the early hours of Friday morning during a dense fog off Father Point, near Rimouski, on…

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Death Roll 1030. Women Drowned in Their Cabins 337 Survivors Out of 1367 Passengers. Survivors Die From Injuries and Exposure. Many Australians Missing Notable Actor and Company Reported to Be Lost. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 3

The Emprise of Ireland sank in ten minutes, in 15 fathoms of water, after the collision with the Storstadt. The scene Immediately, after the…

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Accident at Flour Mills

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

On Friday morning last Mr. Arthur Smith, an employes of Messrs. Teague Bors., at the Netherby Flour Mills, Was lorry with flour, and was…

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Sad Boating Accident. Sea Scouts Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

A sad beating accident has marred the Whitsuntide holiday at Somerleyton, on the Suffolk coast. There instructors (one of them an…

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Brisbane Girl Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Reuter's Agency has been advises that the bodies of Sir Henry Seton-Karr, Mrs. H. Wynne Price (N.Z.) and Miss G. Byrne (Brisbane) have been recovered…

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Railway, Accident at Sunshine. Five Passengers Injured. Melbourne

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

A railway accident happened at the Sunshine station last night. A passenger train arrived, and the engine, which was uncoupled, was being run back on a…

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Airman Badly Injured. Falls 200 Feet

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Whilst the aviator, Wizard Stone, was giving a monoplane trial of Maribyrnong, the machine side-slipped owing to a sudden gust of wind and the…

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The Extraordinary Double Motor Fatality. Driver Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

In the Coroner's Court to-day there was the sequel to the extraordinary motor fatalities which occurred on Saturday night, May 16. Inquest were held on…

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New Zealanders Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 42

There were several Australians and New Zealanders en route, to London on board. They had arrived at Vancouver by the Union S.S. Company iner Niagara, which…

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120 Salvationists Drowned

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 6

Only v twenty of the 140 Salvationists who were on board the Empress of Ireland were rescued…

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Cause of the Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 42

An important statement has been made by Captain Kendall, of the Empress of Ireland. "The Storstad," he says, "was two…

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Salvation Army Losses. Scores of Officers Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 42

The Salvation Army lost heavily by the disaster. One hundred officers were on board the Empress of Ireland, on thier way to…

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Women Fared Worst. Many Drowned in Cabins

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 42

Only 12 women were included in the 355 persons saved. "From advices that have reached me" said Sir Thomas Shaughnessy (president of…

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Terrible Shipping Disaster Passenger Boat Run Down. Collision in a Fog. a Thousand Lives Lost. London

The Independent · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

One of the most appalling disasters in maritime history occurred in the early hours of Friday morning during a dense fog off Father Point, near…

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Great Shipping Disaster. Empress of Ireland Lost. Collision in Fog at Night. 1032 Persons Perish. Thrilling Stories of Heroism. Quebec, May 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 42

A great shipping disaster has occurred in the St. Lawrence River. The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company's Empress of Ireland (14,191 tons)…

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Cycle Racing Fatality. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 3

While riding a bicycle along Victorian Parade, Collingwood, on Saturday morning David Burke, 31, married, of 40 Abinger street, Richmond, fell and was…

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Burning Fatality at Oaklands

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Oaklands on Wednesday last, when a little girl, aged 3 12 years, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs N. E. Kerr,…

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One of the Men Who Bank the Fires. Trapped in the Stoke Hold. and Is Drowned in Sydney Harbor. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 2

The North Coast Co.'s steamer Coombar, while leaving Circular Quay this afternoon, cut down a naval cutter containing three men from the submarine A.E. One…

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