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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Air Raid on Britain 12 Airships Took Part. 28 Persons Killed; 99 Injured. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 3

An official statement regarding the raid by Zeppelins on Saturday night and Sunday morning says:— "Slight damage was done in the…

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Record Flood at Seymour. Father and Four Children Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 4

During Sunday night the flood water swelled to an alarming extent at Seymour, and so rapidly, that the majority of residents in the inundated area were unable…

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Incidents of the War. Australian Aviator Killed. an Accident in the Air. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

An inquest was held in London concerning the death of Lieutenant Sidney Woodrow, an airman from Sydney. He started flying in July, and was a thoroughly…

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Six Men Killed. Three Others Injured. Darling. Harbor Tragedy Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 2

As the result of ail explosion in the lower forward hold of the Union Company's cargo steamer Wairuna, which was lying off Darling Harbor to-day, six men…

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Record Flood at Seymour. Father and Four Children Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5

During Sunday night the flood water swelled to an alarming extent at Seymour, and so rapidly that the majority of residents in the inundated area were…

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Terrible Explosion. Six Men Killed; Three Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 47

A terrible, explosion occurred at about noon on Wednesday on the Union Company's steamer Wairuna, 3047 tons, lying at Margaret-street wharf, Sydney. Six…

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Killed by a Motor Car. Accident at Woollahra. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

Mrs. Ellen Harris, aged 62, residing at Palmerston street, Balmain, died at St. Vincent's Hospital last night from injuries received through having been knocked ris . was much knocked about, and her skuJJ was fractured…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. Tug Boat Badly Damaged. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 4

In a blinding rain squall this afternoon, the Manly ferry steamer Bellubera collided with the tug Storm Cock, which was assisting to berth the P. and O. steamer…

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Motor Cars in Collision. Alleged Infringement of Traffic By-laws. Police Prosecutions Fail

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 2

As a sequel to a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Guinea and David streets, Albury, on the morning of September 6, the second day of the…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, 3rd October. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.m.) a Motor Car Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 23

The charge preferred by the police against Albert Edward Lucas and Peter Harvest Howard, the drivers of two motor cars which figured in a collision, near…

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Fame an Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 3

Fame is an accident. Fame Is an accident which to many noble men never happens. Admiral Dewey waited forty years tor fame—and lost it…

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Flood Sensations. Streets at Forbes Under Water. Boy Washed Down Stream and Drowned. Anxious Precautions at Wagga. Sydney, Sunday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 2

The first flood waters struck Forbes at 2 o'clock yesterday. A few minutes later the water was lowing across the main street. Many exciting, incidents occurred…

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Driving Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2

On Thursday evening last Mesdames Wm. Sellenger and John Burrows, accompanied by the two young children of the latter, and a niece of the former,…

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Professor David Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 2

Major T. W. Edgeworth David, who Was formerly Professor of Geology in the Sydney University, and is at present on active service with the Mining Corps of…

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Steamer Capsizes. [?] of Grew Drowned. New Orleans

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 3

Sixteen of the crew of the steamer Edward Hines, including Captain M'Keige, were drowned, owing to the vessel capsizing in a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea…

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Bathing Fatality at Lockhart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 41

A bathing fatality of at Lockhart on Friday, when a lad named Lawrence Westblade aged 16 years whose parents reside at Pine Grove, seven miles from…

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Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Mr W. Leo, of Tocumwal, was thrown from his on Wednesday last, and sustained painful injuries to his shoulder, which necessitated his…

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Seeing with Ears. Marvellous Invention for Aiding Our Injured Heroes

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 6

Many brave fellows who left in the pride of manhood are bound to return suffering from serious defects, but fortunately clever devices are…

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Bathing Fatality

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 1

Gloom was cast over the town on Friday last (says the Lockhart Review), when it became known that a lad named Lawrence Westblade,…

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