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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Accidents

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 3

A very nasty accident happened to Mr. A. A. Citrrie of this town on Thursday morning last week. He was engaged chopping wood at his…

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Zeppelins Raid England 8 KILLED; 36 Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 2

It is reported that a Zeppelin airship on Friday attacked the outskirts of London. The visitor dropped forty bombs, eight people being killed and thirty-six others…

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Saved From Drowning. Injured Soldier Saviss a Man. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 1

Lieut Charles peel, of Cootamund ra at present staying at "Graythwatta Convalscent Home, Union Street, North Sydney, saved…

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Accident at Milson's Point

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 1

An empty passenger train crashed into the dead end at Milson's Point railway station. One carriage and the buffer stops were damaged…

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Accident to a Rector

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

As the result of his horse bolting, the Rev. T. H. Taylor, rector of All Saints' Church, Parramatta, was seriously injured. Mrs. Taylor, who was…

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Arena Collapses. 200 People Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 4

A strums accident occurred in connection with the Welsh-White boxing contest, held here on Monday. Portion of the arena collapsed beneath…

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Motor Cars Collide. Mr. P. H. Howard Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 2

A collision occurred early yesterday morning between two motor cars at the corner of Guinea and David streets, near Bowden's butcher's shop. One car, a…

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Albury Police Court. Monday. September 4. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M., and Mr. D'Arcy, J. P.) After a Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 7

George Sunderland Adams was charged with permitting an unlicensed person to drive a motor car; his son, Alfred Sunderland Adams, was charged with driving a…

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The Mecantile Mutual Tire and Accident Insurance Company. Remarkable Increase in Business. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 4

The shareholders, and incidentally the policyholders, in this Company, have good cause for being pleased with its financial stability as evidenced by the…

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Collapse of a Bridge at Quebec. Twenty Persons Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

The centre span of a bridge across the St. Lawrence, at Quebec, collapsed and fell into the river. Ninety men were thrown into the water, of whom…

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Little Boy Shot by Accident. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

A little boy, two years of age, named Cecil Aubrey, was accidentally shot by his brother, Norman, aged 16. on Saturday at Eastwood. The boys had been playing…

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Fatal Collision with Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at Rowan-street railway crossing, Wangaratta on Tuesday morning, when Mr. Frederick A Bell, 27 years of age, and…

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Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 3

While driving a car load home from Finley after the dance on Show night, Mr Roy Graham was unifortunate enough to have a…

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Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 2

As the result of a motor accident on Friday last week, Mr A. McBean, of Windouran Station, is now an inmate of the Deniliquin Hospital, suffering from…

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Fatality at Nether by Floor Mills. Well-known Resident Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

Something approaching a sensation wan caused in the town on Friday morning when it was bruited about that Joseph Martin, an employe of Messrs…

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Black Powder Explosion. Nine Men Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 3

The flaring up of black powder in the Engineers' camp in Moore Park this morning caused injuries to the following nine men:—CpL Charles Denham, burns on…

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Fatal Accident at Corowa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 4

On Friday morning, Mr. J. Martin, a young married man and member of a well-known Corowa family of that name, met with a fatal accident at Messrs. Teague…

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Serious Accident at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a serious accident happened to a married man named Edward King employed by Messrs Sammons, Edwards & Co. as a lorry…

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The Injured Horse

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 17

Many owners know to their cost the number of valuable horses cut on barbed wire every year, and a few hints as to how to treat the injuries are here offered…

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Alleged Breach of Traffic Regulations. Sequel to Recent Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, Sergeant Kersley proceeded against Albert Edward Lucas, who was charged, that on September 6, being the driver of a motor…

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