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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Later Details. Ten Persons Injured. Considerable Damage at Canary Island

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 May 1915 · page 2

Later details of the Zeppelin raid on Essex, show that when the airship was first sighted, the people were warned to remain in their houses, but hundreds at South…

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Shocking Driving Accident. Wodonga Resident Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 May 1915 · page 3

Mr. G. Skillicorn, of Hume street, Wodonga met with a serious driving accident yesterday morning, as the result of which he sustained a badly lacerated wound on…

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The Binalong Collision. Night Officer to Re Tried Temora (Ns.w.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 May 1915 · page 3

After further evidence bed been given to-day at the inquest concerning the death of Robert Thomas, who died as a result of injuries received in the collision between…

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Dreadful Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 33

Albert John Randall, a married man, who lived at Ascot Vale, after being thrown from his horse on to the road way, and (as is supposed) rendered unconscious, was…

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Binalong Railway Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 28

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Robert John Thomas, the victim of the Binalong railway collision, was resumed at Temora on Wednesday morning…

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[?]Reat Liner Sunk. by German Submarine. Over 1500 Perish. Many Americans Drowned. London

The Independent · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 4

The Canard liner Lusitania, from New York, was torpedoed on Friday afternoon, off Kinsale Head, Ireland, and sank within half an hour. No…

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Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 2

Mr. B. Knights, of Urana, had an unpleasant experience on Sunday evening last. He was severing the cord which bound two…

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Widow Drowned in Bath. Throat and Whists Cut. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

Margaret Smith 47, widow, of Greaves street, St. Kildra, was found dead in her bath this morning by her daughter Jeun aged 15 years…

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Fatal Accident at Corryong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 2

A young man named Arthur Lamont 30 years of age, was found dead on the [?] three miles from Corryoung by Mr H. Hamilton on Sunday morning…

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Shocking Railway Accident Girl's Awful Death. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 6

A young woman, Gladys Mayne, aged 23, whilst returning to Toronto, from Newcastle last night got off the train at Blackall's Siding evidently in…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

Whilst engaged kicking a football on Wednesday afternoon last, on the recreation ground, Mr. C. Gribble was the victim of a somewhat painful accident…

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Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 7

On Tuesday morning last the local police were informed that the body of Mr. Richard Cockerell had been found lying on the South Corowa road, close…

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Railway Collision in Cumberland. Large Numbers of Soldiors Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

A collision accurred between a troop and passenger train at Grotun, near Carlialo(Cumberland.) Both trains took time. it is reported 'that many passenger were…

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Great Railway Smash. a Triple Collision. Near Gretna, Scotland. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 2

A collision, attended with dreadful results, occurred between a troop train and a passenger train in the vicinity of Gretna, Dumfries, on Saturday…

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Collision in Mid-ocean. Both Streamers Damaged New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 3

The Dutch liner Ryndan collided with the tramp steamer Joseph Cunco in mid. Atlantic. Both vessels were damaged but in the case of the Ryndam it was so…

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Troop Train Disaster. Railway Collision in Scotland. 73 Killed. Victims Burned to Death. London

The Independent · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

A collision between a troop train and a passenger train occurred at Gretna, across the Scottish border, near Carlisle, on Saturday. Both…

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Cruiser Blown to Pragments Mysterious Accident. About 400 Lives Lost, Princess Irene .Simply Melted Away. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 5

A mysterious naval mishap, equally as tragic as the disasters off Turkey, occurred in Sheerness Harbour on Thursday. The auxiliary cruiser Princess Irence was…

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Inventions by Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 3

An alchemist, experimenting in earths for the making of crucibles, found that he had invented porcelain. A watchmaker’s apprentice, holding a…

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The Irene Disaster. An Appalling Catastrophe An Accidental Explosion Heavy Death Roll LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 1

Later particulars of the Princess Irene disaster state that the vessel was being used by the nary as a mine layer…

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Cruiser Blown to Fragments. Mysterious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

A mysterious naval mishap, equally as tragic as the disasters off Turkey, occurred in Sheerness Harbour on Thursday…

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