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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Railway Fatality. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 3

Frederick Schmidt, a railway porter, was killed while employed in shuntingat Sale station yesterday…

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Aid to the Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 2

A SHORT time ago a horrible accident occurred at the Proprietary mine, by which a man was burnt to death by red-hot slag, pouring on to him. At…

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The Junction Fatality

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 3

THIS afternoon, before Mr. G. C. Gibson, J.P., a magisterial inquiry was held as to the cause of death of John Ralph, who died at the hospital this morning from…

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Sad Case of Drowning. WAGGA

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 3

A sad case of drowing occurred here last evening in the river near the railway bridge. A man named Thomas Coyne, a corporation laborer, went to the river to…

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Drowned in the Clarence. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 3

Two men Lamed Chow Bin and John Key were drowned near Tenterfield to-day, while attempting to cross the Clarence River in a canoe…

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Fatal Accident the Junction

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 2

JOHN RALPH, aged 40, a married mau, and a native of South Australia, was admitted to the hospital between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday evening, suffering from…

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The Junction Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2

MR. C. G. GIBSON, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at the courthouse yesterday afternoon, into the death of the miner, John Ralph, who was killed at the…

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Drowned While Bathing. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 3

A young man named Harry Smith was drowned while bathing in the Big Bay River Cooma…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Killed in the Redfern Tunn[?]. SYDNEY, Saturday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred in the tunnel near the Redfern railway station this morning. A man whose name is unknown was knocked down by the 6.30 train…

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Fatal Accident. A Train Runs into a Mourning Coach. SYDNEY, Saturday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

While a funeral was passing over a level crossing on the railway, a mourning coach was run into by a train and four occupants of the coach and the driver killed…

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Found Drowned. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 2

The body of a man named George Donnelly was found floating in the river near Stockton on Saturday night…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 2

A man named Henry Carr was drowned on Saturday whilst bathing in a ereek at Tighes' Hill…

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The Redfern Fatality. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of the young man, John Connors, who was killed by a passing train in the Redfern…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 p.m. Frightful Railway Accident. a Train Detailed and Falls Into a Creek. the Ladies Car on Fire. Six Ladies [?]Ned to Death. [By Cable.] LONDON, Tuesday (midnight.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 3

A despatch from America states that a terrible calamity has occurred on the railway at Salem, Indians. While a train was penning over the bridge four…

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Mysterious Drowning Case. MELBOURNE, Thursday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 3

The body of Mrs Ferris, a well-known resident of St Kilda, was found to-day in the Bay. No motive for suicide can be assigned…

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Silver Ring Fatality. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 2

THE District Coroner, Mr. A. N. Barnett, with a jury of twelve, opened an inquest in the courthouse this morning touching the fatal accident to a miner named Henry…

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Junction Mine Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 3

THE adjourned magisterial inquiry into the recent fatal accident, by which John Ralph, 46 years of age, a married man, leaving a wife and six children, lost his…

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The Eveleigh Fatality. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 3

The inquest held yesterday afternoon on the body of William Flemming, the railway laborer killed by a passing train at Eveleigh, on the Parramatta line, on…

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Silver Ring Fatality. Verdict or Inquest. The Management Censored

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 2

FOLLOWING is the full text of the verdict given by the coroner's jury last evening, too late for yesterday's issue of the MINER:— "We find that the deceased,…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 3

Mary Ann Tuff, sister or George Tuff, draper, of Windsor, was killed at Brighton to-day. The horse in the buggy she was driving bolted and the lady jumped out,…

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