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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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A Shocking Fire in Brisbane. Woman Sets Salvation Home on Fire. Three Lives Lost. Seven Women Injured. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 3

A serious fire, unhappily accompanied by loss of life, occurred at Taringa, near Brisbane, this morning. The Salvation Army Women's Home, a two-storey…

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Accident on Mauretania. the Fourth Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

Another death, the fourth, occurred yesterday as the result of the accident which occurred aboard the Canard liner Mauretania on Monday, when an oxygen cylinder…

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Head-on Collision. Five Killed; Twenty Injured. New York, January 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 43

Five persons were killed and twenty were injured when a Michigan passenger train collided head-on with a freight train three miles out of Jackson City last night…

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Railway Accidents. Two in France. Paris, January 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 42

The Paris-London express, which was crowded with English people, collided with a goods train at Marquise last night. A truck behind the engine contained a…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 7

A severe accident happened to Mr. T. Hall, head teacher Lake Moodemero State school, on Monday. He was assisting to lift a tank into a dray for…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Young Man Loses Life in Attempted Recover Boat. Barn Awartha

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

A drowning are [?] must supposed in the Murray yesterday [?] (Sunday) at Messrs, Gehrig Bros.' place, [?] a young man named Stephen Harve[?] 20 years,…

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Trawler Founders. Crew of Ten Drowned. London

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

Wreekage found on the island of Skye has proved to be that of the new trawler Fleetwood. The vessel foundered with her crow of…

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Cablegrams. Disasters at Sea. German Ship Sinks. When Near Destination. 19 Men Drowned. London

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

A shipping disaster, attended by serious loss of life, occurred yesterday off the coast of Cornwall. The German ship Hera, bound for…

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Miss Annette Kellerman Injured. Glass Tank Bursts During Performance. Hamilton (Bermuda), Wed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 2

When giving a performance at the Bermuda aquarium last night, Miss Annette Kellerman and Robert Brennan were severely injured, owing to the glass tank…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Independent · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last Colin Stanley Smyth, aged nine, was drowned whilst bathing with a number of other lads in the Edward river, near the gaol. For a time…

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Sad River Fatality. a Young Lad Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

It is so long now since the river insisted on its summer toll of a young life, and there is so little water in the stream this season that most people were…

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Boy Drowned

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

A very sad drowning fatality occurred at Deniliquin on Sunday last, when Colin Stanley, aged 9 years, youngest son of Mrs. T…

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A Fireman Injured

The Independent · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

During the progress of the fire Mr Tom Collins, junr., met with a serious accident, the result of which it is stated will be the loss of the use of his left hand. From the…

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Floods in Brazil. Thousand Persons Drowned. Ric De Janeiro

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

Official reports regarding the disastrous Hoods in the province of Bahia state that fully 1000 persons lost their lives in the inundations. Many villages and towns…

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Sensation at Football Match. 16 Persons Badly Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

Additional excitement in an unlocked for form was provided yesterday at an association football match on the Hillsborough ground (Sheffield), between…

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Trains in Collision. Thousands of Pounds of Damage. Trucks Piled on Trucks. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

A serious railway accident occurred on the line between Adamstown and the Cardiff tunnel, shortly before 5 o'clock this morning. Fortunately, no lives were…

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Cable News. Shipping Disasters. Steamers in Collision. Many Lives Lost. New York, January 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 42

Forty-nine lives are accounted as lost by a collision between the steamers Monroe, 4704 tons, of New York, and Nantucket, 2599 tons, of Baltimore…

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Annette Kellerman. Accident at Aquarium New York, February 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 21

Miss Annette Kellerman, the well-known swimmer formerly of Australia, met with a serious accident yesterday while giving an exhibition in the…

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Accident at Norong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 7

Mrs. Seymour, wife of Mr. Jeremiah Seymour, of Norong, was on Sunday, while driving to Mass thrown out and injured. As she was driving along the…

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Drowning Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 2

A sad drowning accident happened on Sunday afternoon when a boy about nine years old named Colin Stanley Smyth lost his life in the river. With a…

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