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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

247 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 13

Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

During the past few months a young man, James Gallivan, about 20 years of age, has been working on a farm near Walla Walla. On Saturday morning two…

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Fall From a Bridge. Wodonga Resident Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

Mr. John Hughes, a Victorian railway carpenter, met with an accident yesterday afternoon, whilst at work on the bridges over the Wodonga Flats. He slipped and…

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Serious Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

A serious accident happened to Mrs Charles Mitchell, of North Coree, while driving in to town on Friday morning last. The accident occurred…

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Radnor Killed. Accident While Spelling

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

W. [?] was [?] the Flemington trainer, yesterday afternoon that Randnor had been killed on Mr. L. Falkiner's station…

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Shooting Accident at Tallangatta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

A shooting accident occurred late on Saturday at Upper Koetong, by which a man named John Burley received terrible injuries. Burley was out shooting, and…

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Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

Messrs. John Byrne and William M'Donald were the victims, of a motor car accident at Wangaratta on Saturday night through their car colliding with…

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In Case of Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 15

All hands had been telling long stories of what they had done or would do in the event Of a smash-up on the railway, with the exception of one little man, who…

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Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

On Friday last a painful accident happened to Mr. John White, of North Coree, from the kick of a horse on the leg, above the knee. On…

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Exlposives Take Fire. Soldiers' Accident. Paris

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 6

Some British soldiers whilst loading a munition train near Rouen dropped a case. The contents exploded, causing a fire, and killing those handling…

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Fatal Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 2

Word was received from Tocumwal on Tuesday evening of the death of a contractor named Parker, which resulted from the effects of an accident…

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Fatal Accident at Tocumwal. a Fall of Flour

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 2

Whilst following his employment Messrs Wise Bios.' flour mills at Tocumwal on Monday last Mr Robert James Parker, 39 years of age, met…

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Collision in Darling Harbor. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 2

The steamer Tambar collided with the tug Champion in Darling Harbor to-day. Both vessels were damaged, and were docked without delay…

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Returned Officer Drowned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

At Manly cu Sunday afternoon four or five "suriers" were carried out. The life savers rescued all but one-Captain A. R. S. Gartrell, of the Expeditionary Forces…

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Further Particulars. A Panic Amongst the Passengers. The Death Roll One Hundred. Men Needlessly Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

It is believed that one hundred lives were lost in the Sussex. Most of the passengers, who were in the forecabin were killed by the…

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Sad Burning Fatality at Boree Creek

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 5

On Tuesday Mr Harry Sanderson, of Greenvale, near Boree Creek, near the farmhouse, when his little son (one of twins) and…

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Triple Train Collision. Thirty Persons Killed. Disaster in Fog. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 3

Thirty persons were killed and forty others injured in a triple railway collision which occurred on Tuesday. The "20th. Century Limited" express…

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Our Railway Yards. Trucking Facilities. Disgrace to Commissioners. Mr. Ball's Aid Sought. 100 Sheep Drowned

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 2

At a largely attended public meeting on Wednesday, the absence of any conveniencies at the N. S. Wales station was severely…

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Fatal Accident at Chiltern. Well-known Farmer's Back Broken

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

A fatal accident happened on Thursday at J. Burrows Pty. flour mills, Chilter, when Mr. George Richardson, a wellknown farmer at Barnawartha,…

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Khaki Was Accidental

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 4

Khaki, the dun-coloured [?] now so widely used for military uniforms was discovered by an accident. For many years the British troops in…

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Forty Bluejackets Drowned. Mishap in a Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 2

A distressing naval mishap, involving serious loss of life, occurred during the fierce blizzard which raged on Tuesday. Though the storm was at its height…

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