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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Drowned in Bay. Tragedy at Sandringham Wife Sees Husband Disappear. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 7

Distressed almost to the point of collapse, Mrs. A. Croxford rushed into the Samdringham police station yesterday afternoon and reported that she had…

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Tenement House Fire. Seven Dead: Twenty Injured New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

Seven people are dead and over a score injured as the result of a fire in a New York tenement-house early on Wednesday morning. Four women are…

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Railway Accident Averted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 1

A collision between two trains was, by a narrow shave, averted at Sydney Central Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, Owing, it is said, to an electrical…

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Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

A young man named Parnell, employed at the Riverina Harvester Works, was the victim of an are blent on Wednesday. He was working one of the…

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Motor Bus Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 6

A collision between a motor bus and a large motor car drew hundreds of people [?]to an excited group in Swanston-street near little Brock-street, shortly after t…

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Another Marine Collision. Steamer New York Damaged New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 3

The steamer New York has sent a wireless message to the effect that the Banhurg. America liner Pretoria collided with her during a douse fog. The New York…

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Motoring Fatality. Whole Family Killed. Paris, June 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 42

A deplorable motoring accident, involving the deaths of an entire family, has occurred at Toulouse, in the south of France. A doctor and his wife and three children…

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Steamers in Collision. Gaping Hole in Liner. New York, June 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 43

In a dense fog the American Petroleum-Company's steamer New York (6859 tons), collided with the Hamburg-America liner Pretoria (13,234 tons)…

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CABLEGRAMS. Collision Off Spithead the St. Lawrence Disaster Nearly Repeated. Remarkable Coincidences. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

There was nearly a repetition of the St. Lawrence River disaster, off Spithead, late yesterday, and the collision that occurred was strangely similar in many…

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Cablegrams. Dangers of the Sea. Another Serious Ocean Collision. Fog Causes Mishaps. N.D.L. Liner Ashore. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 2

Further shipping mishaps in British waters have occurred owning to fog. The steamer Copswood (590 tons) has arrived at Cowes, and reports that she…

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Train Disaster in Scotland. Engine and Carriage Tumble Into Swollen Stream. Three Persons Drowned. Feared Dozen Others in a Submerged Carriage. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 2

The Perth-Inverness train was dera[?]ed on a bleak lonely spot at the Carrbridge crossing, the embankment having been undermined by the heavy rains…

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Accidents at Work. Zam-Bak Heats Perfectly

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 1

Carpenters station hands, shearers, farmers, mechanics, miners, timber cutters, painters, laborers—in fact, all classes of workers—stand in daily need of…

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Two Persons Drowned. St. Louis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 2

An hour after putting ashore nearly 1000 telephone girls, the excursions steamer Majestic, carrying a crew of 37, sank in a few minutes after striking the new intake…

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The Kishinev Incident. Was It an Accident or a Plot St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 2

DEspite the official statement that no attempt was made on the life of the Czar, and that the mishap to the pilot train near Kishiney was due to an accident to…

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Collision Off Spithead. the St. Lawrence Disaster Nearly Repeated

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 4

There was nearly a repetition of the St. Lawrence River disaster, off Spithead, late on Thursday, and the collision that occurred was strangely similar…

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Terrible Thunderstorm in France. Several Killed; 20 Injured. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 5

Another terrible thunderstorm has been experience in France, this time in the Chablais district, bordering the eastern frontier. Several people were killed by…

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Shocking Accident to a Girl

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 3

In full view of a number of workmates, a dreadful accident occurred to a girl named Emily Maud Cockerell (18½), at Yarraville rope works (James Miller and…

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Collision Off Isle of Wight

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 42

The Meteor Company's steamer Copsewood (599 ton), of Middlesbro', has arrived at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, after having been in collision in a fog off the island…

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Collision in the Air. Aeroplane Hits Baloon

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 5

A shucking aeronautical disaster is reported from Vienna, a dirigible balloon and aeroplane coming into collision with terrible results…

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Great Storm in United States. Six Killed Many Injured. Damage Esttmated at £200,000. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

Messages from St. Paul, Minnesota, give graphic details of the havoc wrought by the great wind and rain storm which swept North Dakota, South Dakota,…

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