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Accidents, 1914

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Drowned Near Dixmude

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 21

Among the recent incidents of the inundations east of Dixmude was the cutting off of 1500 Germans on the night of November 18 Some attempted to escape by…

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Kaiser's Son Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 20

P[?]nce August William, fourth son of the Kaiser, lias met with a serious accident, states a telegram from Berlin, received in, Amsterdam. He was motoring on a…

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Destroyer Sunk. Collision with Steamer. Copenhagen

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 6

The German torpedo destroyer [?]. 124 has been sunk as the result of a collision with the Danish steamer Anglo Dane. The destroyer foundered at once…

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Little Boy Fatally Injured. a Dreadful Accident. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 3

A little boy of eight years, named [?]sider White, when playing on the railway engine turntable at Orange, slip over the edge of the table. Both legs…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Shocking Burning Fatality at Barooga. Oil Works Destroyed at Par Ramatta

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 3

The Inspector-General of Police has received a message from Bathurst to the effect that two men were shot at and wounded at Four Mile Creek…

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Germans Attack Fiercely After Accident to Kaiser's Son

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

The French newspapers state that the recently reported accident to the Kaiser's son, Prince Augusta, was due to a shell shattering his motor car in the vicinity of…

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Accident at South Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

A terrible accident befel the five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wise, of South Corowa, on Wednesday last. Mr. Wise was engaged pumping water…

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Peculiar Drowning Case In Sydney University Park

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

John Anderson, a middle aged Danish sailor, was seen to apparently fall from the bridge across the pond in University Park this morning, and…

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Hot Spot on Mexican and U.S. Frontier. Several People Injured by Flying Bullets. NACO (Arizona)

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

During the siege of Naco (Sonora), on the Mexican side of the frontier, five Americans were wounded here. One has since died. Over a score of Americans were hit…

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ACCIDENTS. Serious Burning Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

On Sunday evening last Mrs. Murdech, of Queechy, while endeavouring to light the hanging lamp in the dinning room got severely [?] on the arms, neck and…

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Fatal Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last George Dawkins, who has been several years employed as boundary rider at Juno outstation on Ca[?]ally run, was carting wood…

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Seventy-five Prussians Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 25

Seventy-five Prussians who were harassed by the French artillery, took refuge in a wine cellar in Flanders. They spent the night carousing, and did not…

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A Terrible Fatality. at Barooga. Three Children Burned to Death

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 3

The village, of Barooga was the scene of an appalling fatality on Monday morning last, when as the result of a fire in a dwelling three children…

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Fatal Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

It is with regret that we have to report the tragic death of Mr Thomas Knight, farmer, which occurred on Tuesday, 1st inst…

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Fatal Accident at Barooga. a Terrible End. Three Children Burned to Death

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

On Monday morning last word was received here that at about half-past nine same day a four-roomed house occupied by a man named Donald…

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Dreadful Burning Accident. Three Children Perish

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 5

A dreadful burning accident occurred an Monday at Barooga, when a fire destroyed a small wooden cottage, and contents. The house was occupied by…

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300 Germans Drowned and 200 Captured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 December 1914 · page 2

The correspondent at Dunkirk of the "Daily Chronicle" says that the Allied sentries at Pervyse at midnight were suddenly alarmed to see flgures creeping up…

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A Councilllor Seriously Injured by Explosion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Owing to an explosion at a stone [?]rushing quarry at F[?]field (Vic.) on Saturday, Mr. Samuel Dennis, counceillor and exmayor of North[?]te, was serlously injured…

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Lewis Waller Injured In a Motor Accident

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

While Lewis Waller, the well-known actor, accompanied by his daughter and a friend, were motoring from Birmingham to…

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Collision at Sydney Heads. Steamer Damaged and Beached Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

The pilot steamer Captain Cook collided with the observation steamer, Barunda, a Sydney Heads at 9 o'clock to-night. The Burunda, which was badly damaged, has…

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