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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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The Sick and Accident Fund

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 2

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BARRIER MINER. SIR,—From an article in your paper of yesterday I see that the above fund is about to be discontinued or newly…

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Accident at the Big Mine. a Miner Seriously Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 2

THE already long list of mining accidents on the Barrier for the year 1893 was further added to last night, when a young man named Francis J…

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Mines Sick and Accident Fund. The Proposed New Society

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 3

As stated in the MINER on Tuesday, the Barrier Mines Sick and Accident Fund will cease operations next week, having been refused registration by…

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Painful Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 2

MR. Alex. Lamb, the well-known wood and water merchant, was engaged in delivering water at 11.20 this morning to some householders on Block 11, near…

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Accidents at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

EX-ALDERMAN Nolan, of South Town, met with a serious accident at the Proprietary mine at about noon to-day, resulting in the fracture of one of his…

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A Terrible Railway Accident. a Train Over an Embankment

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

THE quietest spot ia The Valley, in South Wales, was on August 12 the scene of a terrible railway accident, which resulted ia the death of…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Mp. E. Squires Killed. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock, Mr. E. Squires, deputy P. M. G., with several members of his family and others, was coming down the…

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Strange Shooting Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 October 1893 · page 4

A telegram from Inverell reports an extraordinary shooting fatality. It appears that Mrs. Jenkins, wife of the Road Superintendent for the…

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Accidents at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 October 1893 · page 1

Ex-ALDEEMAN Nolan, of South Town, met with a serious accident at the Proprietary mine at about noon to-day, resulting in the fracture of one of his…

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Strange Shooting Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 1

A telegram from Inverell reports an extraordinary shooting fatality. It appears that Mrs. Jenkins, wife of the Road Superintendent for the…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, October 11. Accidents and Benefits

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 2

THERE has been an alarming frequency of serious accidents at the mines lately. In this there is nothing to be surprised at: it was foretold as a…

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Fatal Mining Accident. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 October 1893 · page 2

Three miners named John Connolly, John Hughes, and Francis Rubessa, working at the Aberdare colliery, Ipswich, were on the staging, which…

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Fatal Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 3

MR. Bishop, chaff merchant, South Broken Hill, met with an accident which proved fatal about 4.30 this afternoon. The horse which he was…

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Terrible Railway Collision, LONDON, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 4

A railway collision attended with fearful loss of life is reported at Jackson, Michigan, U.S.A. It is stated that the killed and wounded numbered…

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Terrible Railway Collision. LONDON, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 1

A railway collision attended with fearful loss of life is reported at Jackson, Michigan, U.S.A. It is stated that the killed and wounded numbered…

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The Michigan Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 4

Further details concerning the railway collision at Jackson, Michigan, U. S. A., are now to hand. It appears that an air brake which was applied to…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Drowning Fatalities. Creswick Inundated. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 3

The rains which began to fall in the city early on Friday afternoon, damping the hopes of expectant sporting visitors, and which continued all…

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The Michigan Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 1

Further details concerning the railway collision at Jackson, Michigan, U. S. A., are now to hand. It appears that an air brake which was applied to…

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2nd EDITION Miner office, 4 p.m. Railway Collision. Passengers Roasted Alive. [By Cable.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 4

A despatch from New York reports a frightful railway collision at Battle Axe, Michigan, U. S. A. Two passenger trains came into collision, with…

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Disasters in New Zealand. A Sailing Boat Capsizes. A Relief Boat Also Swamped. Five Persons Drowned. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

A very distressing disaster occurred yesterday on the upper reaches of the Waitemata[?] For the entertainment of Mrs. Heard, a visitor at the house of the…

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