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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

235 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 12

Accident on St. Kilda Railway. Train Strikes Dead-end. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

Much excitement was caused on the St. Kilda railway station at midnight, following the striking of a dead-end by a train…

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Train Accident at St. Kilda

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 32

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, May 15, the last train from Melbourne was steaming into St. Kilda station, and passengers were preparing to alight, when the…

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Distressing Motor Fatality Mrs. Duane and Infant Killed Car Overturns with Eight Occupants

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 3

The distressing news was received in Albury last evening by Mr. G. Reis, that Mrs. Maud Duane and Roma Marie, her 15 months old daughter, had been killed…

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Sad Motor Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

A shocking motor fatality occurred at Tarcutta Hill, about three miles on the Gundagal side of Lower Tarcutta, on Wednesday, when a large powerful…

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Serious Floods One Man Drowned River Rises Twenty Feet. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

The flood waters in the Richmond River district are now over the tops of the fences. In many places the people in the flooded and threatened localities are…

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Double Motor Fatality. Mrs. W. F. Duane and Child. Well Known in Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 22

News of a sad fatality reached Albury on Wednesday evening, Mrs. Duane, wife of Mr. W. F. Duane, and her youngest child, aged 15 months, having been killed in a…

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Northern Rivers in Flood. the Richmond and the Tweed. Young Man Swept Away and Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

The Richmond River is in flood, as the result of torrential rains. All the wharves are submerged, and the buildings thereon are almost entirely…

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Railway Accident Capetown

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 6

Capetown reports that the most serious accident that has occurred on the Cape railways for many years took place on Empire Day. An…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

A sad motor accident happened on Wednesday evening on Tareutta Hill, near Lower Tarcutta, when Mrs W. F. Dunne and baby daughter were killed…

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Shocking Fatality Wear Culcairn. a Middle Aged Man's Death. Was It Suicide?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 3

When the Sydney express was about three miles from the Culcairn Railway Station, on the Albury side, late on Friday night, the driver felt the engine bump…

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Accident in Italy. Rome, May 18

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 2

Ten British acroplanes, bound for Egypt, landed at Cento, in Central Italy. One side-slipped. Four airmen were houri, and one is dead…

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Train Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

A shocking tragedy occurred near Culcairn on Saturday morning when John Bates, "boots" at the Hotel Culcairn, was run over by the Sydney…

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Culcairn Railway Fatality Evidence at the Inquest. Culcairn

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 3

A coronial inquiry concerning the death of John Bates, who was killed by the express train on Friday evening, was held this morning in the council chambers…

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Boy Drowned at Wagga. Rolled Down a River Bank

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 4

An unhappy accident, resulting in the death by drowning of the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Stewart of Albury Road, Wagga, occurred on hte banks of…

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Motoring Fatality. Mother and Child Killed

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 3

A shocking motor accident occurred near Wagga on Wednesday afternoon of last week, resulting in the death of Mrs W. F. Duane and…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 4

A shocking motor fatality occurred late on Wednesday afternoon of last week, resulting in the death of Mrs W. F. Duane and her daughter, and injuries to…

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Culcairn Railway Fatality. an Open Verdict

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 3

A coronial inquiry into the death of John Bates, killed by the express train at Culcairn on Friday evening last, was held on Monday morning in the…

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Shocking Fatality at Culcairn. Run Down by Express

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 46

When the Sydney express was about three miles from Culcairn railway station, on the Albury side, late on Friday night, the driver felt the engine bump and pulled…

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Tram Conductor Injured Motor Driver Charged. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 2

Arrested yesterday in connection with an accident which occurred in Queen's parade, Clifton Hill, on May 30, Peter Regan, appeared before the City Court…

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Serious Railway Accident. on Melbpurne-bendigo Line. the Express Derailed. Many Passengers Injured. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 2

The engine and two first-class carriages of the express train from Bendigo to Melbourne were derailed, and overturned about a mile from…

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