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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Tragic Bathing Accident. Two Members of the A. B. C. Bank Staff Drowned. Plucky Rescue of a Boy

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

The gentle sinuous Murrumbidgee of the summer time, with its shining sandy reaches inviting the perspiring frequenter of its banks to enter into…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last a Chinese gardener met with an accident in Sanger-street. By some means the horse in his cart became restive and…

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Wharf Laborer Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 3

WhiTe working on a boat lying at Elictt Bros wharf, Balmain, this afternoon, a laborer named R. Stephens of Burwood, fell into the water and was drowned…

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Driving Accident. at Wodonga West

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. P. Banon, of Wodonga West, with a married daughter' and her child, were driving to their home from Barnawartha on Sunday night…

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incidents of the War. Air Attack on England. 51 Killed and 67 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

It baa been, officially announced in London, states a message from New York, that 54 persons were killed and 67 injured as the result of the Zeppelin air raid on…

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Drowning Fatality

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

At Hay last week Brooke Greville-aged 43, bank accountant, and Trelaw, ney James, aged 15, were drowned while bathing in the river in…

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Ocean Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday, 2 p.m. The British steamer Silver Shell collided off the Newfoundland coast with the Japanese steamer Tokata Mar[?]…

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Salonica Bombed. Eleven Killed and Forty Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

Referring to the Zeppelin raid on Salonica on Tuesday, morning, "The Times" correspondent says that 16 bombs fell on the town and harbor, killing three Greek…

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The War. Zeppelin Raids. Attack on England. Fifty-four Killed Outright. Sixty-seven Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

It is officially announced that 54 persons were killed outright by the explosion of the bombs dropped by the Zeppelin which raided the eastern…

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Zeppelin Raids on Paris. Second Raid on Sunday. Russian Successes in the Caucasus. Zeppelin Raid on Paris. 24 KILLED, 27 Injured. Paris

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 6

A communique states the Germans made two attacks south of the Somme River. They were opposed by M. Donapiere, but he failed to bring…

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Taxi-cab Accident. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

A young man aged 24 years named Leslie Lightfood was yesterday evening driving a taxicab in which were Miss Pearl Sample and a gentleman, when the vehicle…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Falls Over Cliff. Passengers' Marvellous Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Through a lyre coming off a front wheel a motor car carrying five men from Liverpool to Built tell 30 feet over a cliff on Bu[?] Mountain on…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. Harry Vickers, the well-known farmer, of Coreen, not with an accident recently which has necessitated his treatment at a local hospital. When the…

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Two Sisters Drowned in the Murray

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Two girls, Olive and Bertha Schultz, aged respectively 10 and 3 years, were accidentally drowned in the Murray near Wentworth on Wednesday. Four…

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The Balkans. Montenegrins' Strange Act. Suicide Before Drowning. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. Martin Donohoe (special war correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle") has obtained a sensational story from Miss Lamos, an American ,who is a…

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Collier Sunk by Zeppelin. Thirteen of Grew Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The British collier, Frank Fischer (957 tons.), which left Hartlepool on Monday, was sunk by a raiding Zeppelin in the North sea, and 13 of the crew of 16 were…

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Last Monday's Raid. 61 People Killed and 102 Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 2

The British War Office reports that serious damage was done during last Monday's air raid on England to three breweties, three railway sheds, one engine shed…

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Serious Riding Accident. Young Man's Skull Fractured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 3

A serious accident happened at Thurgoona yesterday afternoon, shortly after 5 o'clock, and as a consequence, Mr. George Eberle, about 23 years of age…

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The Lost Zeppelin. Crew Probably All Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

There is considerable mystery as to the fate of the Zeppelin crew in the North Sea. The statement by British naval officers…

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Accident to Soldier

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

Private Clelland, of Redlands, met with a painful injury last week end when the axle of a waggon by some means fell on his foot, crushing it…

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