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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Railway Blunder. Serious Accident. Mail Trains in Collision. a Terrific Smash. Passengers Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at Murrurundi early this morning, the mail train from Sydney to Glen Innes colliding with the first division of the…

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A Remarkable Tragedy. Man Set on Fire with a Lamp. Woman Fatally Injured in Saving Him

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

As the result of the quarrel which took place in Nicholson-street, Brunwick on Wednesday night, between William Danaher and Mrs. Boland, the…

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Murrurundi Railway Collision Condition of the Injured. Consultation to Be Held. One Patient Dying. Murrurundi

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

Dr. H. L. Maitland has left Sydney for here by special train, to consult with Dr. Fullerton regarding the injured. Two surgical nurses are also…

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Telegrams. Terrible Railway Accident. One Train Crashes Into Another. Forty Killed—Over One Hundred Injured. Carriages Smashed to Match—wood—an Awful Scene. Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred last night at Bray brook platform in Victoria, when a Bendigo train crashed into a train which had arrived from…

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Further Particulars. How the Accident Happened

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

One of the most appalling railway accidents in the history of the railways of Australia occurred at Braybrook junction last night, when a heavily…

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Vert Latest. Tram Accident. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A tram accident occurred last night, when a tram at the Bondi terminus ran down a dead line while the driver was absent and crashed into the…

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Drowned in a Foot of Water

The Worker · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 7

Joseph Ogilvie, an old-age pensioner, 68, was found drowned at Goulburn in a waterhole, containing about a foot of water. Deceased, who was very feeble, apparently…

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Appalling Railway Disaster. Collision at Braybrook. Bendigo Special Runs Into Ballarat Train. Fearful Results. Over 40 Lives Lost. Many People Injured. Debris Takes Fire. Heartrending Scenes. Rescuers Collapse

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 2

The most appalling railway accident in the history of the railways of Australia occurred at Braybrook junction, seven miles from Melbourne on…

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Serious Railway Accident. Collision at Murrurundi

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

The mail train from Sydney to Glen Innes on Friday last collided with the first division of the Brisbane mail at Murrurundi railway station…

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Terrible Railway Collision. Over Fifty Fatalities. Melbourne, Tuesday Morning

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

A terrible accident occurred at half-past 11 last night at Braybrook Junction, by which 5[?] passengers were killed, and over a hundred…

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The Braybrook Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Department has been notified that sixty-three additional people were injured in the Braybrook disaster. Six persons are…

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Railway Accident. Passengers Roasted Alive. Fearful Loss of Life

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

The most disastrous railway accident in the history of Australia occurred at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne, where the Ballarat and…

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Another Railway Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

While shunting at Murray Bridge to divide portion of the Adelaide express an engine attached to five empty cars flipped the points and dashed…

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Father and Son Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

Inspector Drew and his son Leslie were knocked down by a train at Penrith last night while walking across the railway line, and both were…

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Braybrook Railway Accident. Condition of the Injured—Sympathy with the Bereaved

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

The official total of the injured in the Braybrook railway accident is now stated as 232, a number of others being treated privately by doctors. The…

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Very Latest. a Minor Injured. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

A miner named Ballam was severely injured by a fall of rock at Balmain colliery this morning. He was wheeled by his mates on a coal trolly for a mile…

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Railway Accident

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

On Monday night a terrible railway accident occurred at Braybrook platform in Victoria, when a Bendigo train crashed into a train which had arrived from…

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Railway Accidents. a Labor Allegation. Caused by Overwork. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

Speaking at the Labor Congress today, Mr. F. Bryant, President of the P.L.L., whose motion against overtime was carried, expressed the belief…

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Found Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. C. Boyd, manager of the Pastoral Finance Association, was found drowned off Kirribilli Point yesterday morning He bad been in…

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A Collision at Sea

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The American liner St. Paul collided with the cruiser Gladiator off Yarmonth. The cruiser heeled over and it became [?]ecessary to beach her. All…

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