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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Boy and Great-uncle Drowned. Brave Rescuer Loses His Life. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

A boy, Edward Smith, 16 years, was swimming in a waterhole at Auburn, 11 miles from Sydney, to-day, when he go into difficulties. His great-uncle, Mr. [?]…

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Suffragette Sensation in Scotland. Collision with Police at Glasgow. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 1

Mrs Pankhurst commenced to address a meeting at Glasgow, when a posse of police rushed the platform, evidently with the intention of apprehending her…

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Hawker in Albury Accident to the Machine

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

All Albury seemed to be present on the racecourse on Saturday, and visitors from all parts of the Riverina were noticed in the enclosure. Special trains…

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World-wide Notes. News Prom Everywhere. Live Boer Shell Fired by Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

After pacifically acting as a doorweight for ten years, a "live" Boer shell has exploded at the Chantry Crediton, seriously injuring the Rev…

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Accident at Howlong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

A painful accident happened, to Mr. and Mrs. James Bent's three year old daughter at the Howlong racecourse on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bent had…

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Railway Accident at Exeter. Gruesome Details. Fourteen Persons Killed. Nineteen Others Injured. Home Signal Against Train, But Obscured by Mist. Disastrous Smash. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

Dashing through a fog, the Temora train crashed into a stationary goods train near the Exeter station, on the Southern line last night, and fourteen…

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The Injured Progressing Favorably. All the Dead Identified. Sydney, Sunday, Midnight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

The officials at the Bowral Hospital report to-night that all the injured are doing well. There have been no further deaths…

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Cause of the Accident. Opinion of Officials

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

Though no official view has [?] expressed concerning the cause of the accident, it is generally considered that it was due to the fog. The officials state…

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Disasters by Storm and Flood. Barque Wrecked. Captain and Four Men Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

The Swedish barque Trifolium, laden with coal, was wrecked yesterday off Land's End (Cornwall). Terrible seas were raging at the time. The crew clung…

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Bomb Sensation in Melbourne. Member of Closer Settlement Board Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

The Lands Department, Melbourne, was the scene of a sensational incident this morning. A bomb in a parcel which had arrived by the Sydney mail exploded…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Passenger Train and Goods Train Collide near Exeter. Fourteen Lives Lost. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

The Southern line train, known as the Temora mail train, which left Sydney at 8 o'clock last night, with a full complement of passengers, crashed into a…

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How the Accident Occurred. Apparent Carelessness

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

The accident occurred in rather a simple manner. The good train, officially known as No. 12, was due at Moss Vale at about 20 minutes to 12…

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The Exeter Collision. Experts Reject Theory. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

The body of Mr. Alfred Bray, the mail guard, who was a victim of the Exeter collision, was buried at the Woronora Cemetery while the body of Mr. F…

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Previous Disasters. Killed and Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 8

Reference to the reports of previous disasters on Australian railways shows that as regards the number killed the Exeter accident ranks second only to…

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The Killed and Injured. Fourteen Killed

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. Heaver, sen., Cootamundra. Mrs. Arthur Heaver, Parramatta. Miss Alice Heaver, Sydney. Mail Guard A. Bray, Carlton…

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Foundered in a Gale. Ten Seamen Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

The Swedish steamer Tomild foundered in a gale in the Channel and 10 of the crow were drowned…

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Bomb Outrace in Melbourne. Explosion in Government Office. Three Men Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

The Lands Department. Melbourne, was the scene of a sensational incident on Monday morning, a bomb in a parcel which had arrived by the Sydney mail…

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What the Member for Albury Saw. "I Will Never Forget the Scenes!" Heroism of the Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. J. Cusack, M.L.A. for Albury, who resides at Yass, was a passenger by the wrecked train. He was in company with Mr. Barton and Mr. Burgess, who are also…

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Cause of the Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

Though no official view is expressed concerning the cause of the accident, it is generally considered that it was due to fog. The mist was so…

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Railway Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 5

An Saturday morning last the thrown was thrown into a state of excitement when the news was received of the collision between a stock train from…

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