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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

255 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 13

The Railway Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 5

An inquest on the body of Robert John Thomas, tailor, of Temora, who was killed in the collision, was opened at Yass on Monday morning, before the…

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The Injured

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

Twenty-one caaes have been report ed of injuries received. The most serious cases reported on Saturday were.—…

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Read-on Collision. Temora Mail and Express. One Dead—mamy Injured. Saturday, April 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 18

A serious railway collision occurred at Binalong railway station on the main southern line, a distance of 211 miles from Sydney, at about a quarter past 4. o'clock…

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Twenty-one Injured. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

So far as the Railway authorities know, the passengers injured in the smash at Binalohg on Saturday are making progress towards recovery…

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Railway Collision. Sydney Express and Temora Mail. Passenger Killed

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 3

On Saturday morning last the limited express from Melbourne crashed into the Temora mail at Hinalong 19 miles on the Sydney side of…

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The Railway Smash Twenty-one Passengers Injured. One Death Caused

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

In connection with the accident at Binalong railway station, in which the limited express crashed, into the Temora mail, it is explained that the…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 47

In the early hours on Sunday morning residents of Carnegie," between' Caulfield and Oakleigh, wore awakened and considerably startled by a resounding crash which…

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A Motor Car Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 44

Norman James Rorke sued Herbert Bromfield, grazier, Howlong, claiming £1000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained through having been run down…

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Binalong Railway Accident. Inquest Upon the Victim. Was the Wrong Signal Shown[?] Dinalong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 2

"I pulled the signals in error for the main line instead of the loop," exclaimed John Silvester Cotter, night officer at Biaalong, to Joseph Dogger, the station[?]…

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Peculiar Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 2

A most peculiar accident (says Lockhart "Leader") occurred on Wednesday morning last at the new ice works of Mr. H. Davies…

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Attack on Troopship Manitou. British Artillerymen Drowned and Missing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 2

A Greek sailor who was on board the French troopship Manitou, when [?] at in the Aegean Sea by a Turldah [?] boat, states that the torpedo boat was…

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The Binalong Railway Collision. Evidence in the Inquest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 3

The adjourned inquest into the death of Robert Thomas, of Temora, who was killed on the Binalong railway smash, was continued at Binalong on Friday…

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Motor Car Accident. £250 Damages Awarded

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 4

In the Albury Circuit Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, the hearing was concluded of the case in which Norman James Rorke sued…

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Burning Fatality Young Girl the Victim

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 2

All eleven year old daughter of Mathew Raeburn has been burned to death at Trunkey. The girl was sitting at the fire when…

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Late News Fatal Accident Owing to Pall of Lift In "Daily Telegraph Buildings" SYDNEY

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred this morning at the building in course of erection for the "Daily Telegraph" Newspaper Co, at the…

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Level Crossing Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 33

A shocking accident happened at a level crossing on the Cranbourne railway line, near Diamond Hill, three miles from Dandenong, Vic. Mr. Jesse Dowsett,…

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Accidents of the War French Battleship Sunk Torpedoed in the Adriatic Sea. Many Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 3

It is officially announced in Paris that the battleship Leon Gambetta (12,416 tons) was torpedoed in the Adriatic on Monday night. Most of the crew were saved…

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Accident on a Chaffcutter. Narrow Escape of an Alderman

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 3

Alderman G. P. Frere and four of his vor[?]en had the narrowest of escapes at St. Ililiare vineyard, Newtown, on Friday afternoon. They were working on a…

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The Railway Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 3

The Inquest concerning the death of Robert John Thomas in the railway accident at Bin[?]long was resumed at Yass on Wednesday last, before the coroner,…

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Despairing Cries of Drowning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 2

The crowded boats moved in the sea among hundreds of people clinging to wreckage. It was horrifying to see the hands slip from the wreckage, and the…

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