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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

331 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 17

The Silver Ring Fatality. Prosecution of the Manager

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 2

IN the Warden's Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Barnett, John Collins, a Crown Lands bailiff of the Warden's Court, proceeded against Mr. J. Heberle,…

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3rd Edition. Barrier Miner Office, 6 p.m. a Collision. Miraculous Escape. Brisbane and Sydney Mail Trains Collide, a Tremendous Recoil. Two Racehorses and a Jockey Killed. the Line Blocked. [By Telegraph] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle, Tuesday (noon)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 3

News reached Newcastle this morning that a fatal railway accident happened near Maitland at 1.40 a.m. A relief train was despatched to the scene of the…

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A Collision. Further Particulars. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. McMillan, as the Minister for Railways, during an early period of yesterday's sitting in the Assembly, took the opportunity of officially informing the…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Two Men Killed. a Fall of 200 Feet

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 2

THE Broken Hill Extended mine was early this morning the scene of a shocking double fatality. Two men, named respectively William Henry Holder and…

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Silver Ring Fatality. Prosecution of the Manager

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 3

THE hearing of the adjourned summonses taken out by John Collins, Crown bailiff, against William Heberle, manager of the Silver Ring Mining Company, for breaches…

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The Mining Fatality. Inquest on the Victims

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 2

THIS morning, Mr. A. N. Barnett, acting district coroner, opened an inquest at the Globe Hotel, Crystal-street, on the bodies of the two unfortunate men James H…

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Outrage by Natives. Two White Men Seriously Injured. Heroic Conduct of A Native Woman. Thursday Island

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 3

News has arrived here that the mainland natives have made a murderous attack on Pitt's beche-de-mer station. The lugger Alice has arrived with Charlie…

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Accident at the Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 2

A YOUNG man, named Thomas Stephens, was injured at the Junction mine this morning, and was removed to the Hospital. We were unable to ascertain the…

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Accident at the Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 2

IT appears that the injury to Thomas Stephens, working in the ahove mine, occurred through his accidentally stepping into one of the shoots in the stopes the…

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Accident to Parkes. His Leg Broken. Serious Consequences Feared. Federation Postponed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1890 · page 3

A somewhat serious cab accident yesterday evening resulted in the breaking of Sir Henry Parkes' leg, the shaking of Lady Parkes, and serious injury to the…

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The Silver Ring Fatality. Breaches of the Miming Regulations

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 2

THE adjourned hearing of the summonses against Hermann Heberle, the manager of the Silver Ring Mining Company, for breaches of the mining regulations, was…

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An Injured Mine Manager. BRISBANE, Tuesday Morning

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. W. Elfderson, mine manager of Gympie, is suing for divorce from his wife, nee Payne, and claims £10,000 damages from Mr. Charles B. Tronson,…

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Serious Mine Accident. MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 3

Geo. Strack, the well-known fireman and president of the Daylesford branch of the Miners' Association, met with a very serious and probably fatal accident…

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Rirer Collision. BRISBANE, Friday Morning

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 3

Between 6 and 7 o'clock last evening a serious collision occurred in the Brisbane river between the Aquarium Company's steamer Woolwich, with a number of…

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Fatal Mine Accident. BRISBANE, Friday Morning

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred yesterday in the No. 6 West Day Dawn mice, Charters Towers. Four tributers were ascending the underlay on the main truck, which went…

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The Farley Railway Collision. Verdict of Culpable Neglect. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 3

The following verdict was last night returned by the jury sitting at West Maitland in connection with the recent fatal railway collision at Farley:—…

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Sensational Divorce Case. The Injured Husband Gets £2,250. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 3

The Elfverson divorce case was resumed yesterday. The co-respondent (Tro[?]san), under cross-examination, admitted that he had beaten his wife, and…

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The Late Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 2

W. H. HOLDER and W. J. Pascoe, both young men, lost their lives in the Broken Hill Extended mine some little time ago, and as we hear that each poor fellow left…

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Extraordinary Fatality. BRISBANE, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 3

Miss van Tassell was to have made a parachute descent yesterday evening, but proceedings were stopped by a fatal accident to a youth named Robert Reed,…

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Drowned to the Flood. WILCANNIA

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. F. Chambers has been drowned while crossing the flood waters at Belle Vue, between Wilcannia and Menindie…

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