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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Three Fatal Accidents. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 3

Two recent railway accidents and one tramway accident have resulted fatally. William Cleghorn, 53, of Minchiabury, in alighting from a moving train at Rooty…

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Sulky Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

On Monday, afternoon while Mr. J. Roe was out driving, accompanied by his wife and children, and the daughter and nephew of Constable Harris, an…

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Raid on East Coast of England. Five Persons Killed and Forty Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 2

Following clozely on the raid on Friday night on the east coast of England Zeppelin airships again cssed a like venture…

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Serious Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 3

Serious consequences attended a motor car accident which occurred about three miles on the Donnybrook side of Cragieburn at an early hour last Wednesday…

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Nasty Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 5

Mr. Alex. Ryan was the victim of an accident the week before last through a mishap which occurred while he was proceeding to draw a…

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Accident at Convent School

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 2

Whilst playing football at the grounds of the Convent school yesterday Master Jack Dunn, son of Mr. Roadman Dunn, had the misfortune to break his arm…

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Death of an Infant. Accidentally Suffocated

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 2

The coroner, Mr. M. Longfield, held a magisterial inquiry, yesterday, as to the cause of death of an infant child, Henry Herrick…

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Collision at Sea

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 16 June 1915 · page 2

A collision, six miles north of Sydney Heads, occurred early this morning between the steamers Belmore and Coramba. The…

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In the Dardanelles Three Turkish Transports Sunk By a British Submarine. Greater Part of the Troops Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 2

Advices from Athens state that a British submarine torpedoed and sank three Turkish transports, laden with troops…

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End of a Hero Airman. Warneford Accidently Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 June 1915 · page 2

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford, who earned a meritorious V.C.earlier in the month by destroying a Zeppelin airship, single-handed, has been killed in Paris…

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Driving Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last three-young ladies from Butherwah, one of whom was carrying a child, had a very unpleasant experience. While driving along the…

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Motor Car Fatality. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 3

A fatal motor car accident occurred at Bankstown yesterday afternoon. A car containing Frederick Bunce and two others was returning from the Liverpool camp…

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Railway Accident in Melbourne. Trains Collide at Flinders Street. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 3

At 7 a.m. to-day, in the dusk of the late dawn, a collison occurred at the Flinders street station between two trains which were scheduled to start for…

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No Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 15

Mrs. Cronan heard her little grand daughter crying as if in great pain, and hastened to the child. 'Why, dear, what is the matter?"…

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Submarine Pirates. Another Large Liner Sunk. 20 Americans Drowned. Sensation in United States. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 2

A renewed sensation has been caused in America by the sinking by a German submarine of the Loyland liner Armonian with the loss American lives…

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A Sensation for Washington. Twenty Americans Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 1

The United States consul at Bristol states that 20 Americans were drowned in the Armenian. This fact has caused a sensation in official…

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Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 2

Donald Jones, son of Mr Geo. Jones, of Condoulpe, met with a rather painful accident recently. While cutting wood the axe slipped and inflicted a nasty…

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Fatal Railway Accident on Trans-australian Line

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 1

A shunter on the trans- Australian line, Francis Edward M‘Guigan, of [?] Campbell-street, Kalgoorlie, and brother of. Mr A. L. M‘Guigan, of…

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Accident at Wodonga Level Crossing. Girl Run Down and Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 5

Florence Ardorn, daughter of Mr. J. Ardern, of Wodonga estate, 16 years of age, was knocked down and run over by a train on the level crossing at the…

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Fatal Level Crossing Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 33

Three persons were killed and two seriously injured in a collision which occurred at Tunstall railway crossing (Vic), between a goods train and a waggonette. The…

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