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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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The Imperial Parliament. Opening the Session. Unemployed Demonstration. In Collision with the Police. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 4

Parliament waa opened this afternoon. The moat notable event prior to the reading of the Speech was a strong unemployed demonstration. Crowds…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Imperial Parliament. Opening the Session. Unemployed Demonstration. In Collision with the Police. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1893 · page 4

Parliament was opened this afternoon. The most notable event prior to the reading of the Speech was a strong unemployed demonstration. Crowds…

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Four Children Drowned. Two Others Hissing

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 2

Of individual instances of loss of life one of the most painful is in connection with a family named Jackson. The husband and father, Peter…

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Some Scenes at and Near Ipswich. A Constable Drowned. Water 34ft. Deep in a Street

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 2

The flood waters, at Ipswich reached their highest point at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning; but for some time after that they were almost stationary…

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Accident at Tarrawingee

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 2

ABOUT 7 o'clock on Saturday evening the police received news by telegraph that a blasting accident had occurred at the Tarrawingee flax quarries. Dr…

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Sensational Accident. a Cage Falls 1600ft. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 4

A sensational accident happened at the Sir Henry Loch mine, at Ballarat, at about 8 o'clock this morning. A steam pipe in connection with the…

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Accident at Patterson's

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 3

A MAN named Joseph Henry, while employed early this morning at some stopes in the neighborhood of Patterson's shaft, observing that a quantity,…

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Great Destruction at Maryborough. Thirty People Drowned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

The news from Maryborough, further south, on the river of the same name, is to the effect that the rapid rising of the flood waters caused…

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Tre Tarrawingee Accident. The Police Report

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 4

SUB-INSPECTOR SAUNDERS received this afternoon a report on the recent accident at the Tarrawingee quarries from Constable French, who is stationed in…

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Tre Tarrawingee Accident. The Police Report

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 4

SUB-INSPECTOR SAUNDERS received this afternoon a report on the recent accident at the Tarrawingee quarries from Constable French, who is stationed in…

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The Jackson Fatality. A Thrilling Narrative

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

A week ago to-day the telegraph told os from Toowoomba of one of the most thrilling and distressful incidents of the flood—the drowning of four…

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Accident at Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—An accident which has been kept very quiet occurred at Patterson's shaft, on the Proprietary, during the last shift on…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4.30 p.m. Railway Accident Four Cars Thrown Off the Line Three Men Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 4

A somewhat serious accident occurred early this morning on the Wamwarra railway, near Como. The engine of a goods train, bound from…

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BRISBANE, Sunday Night. The State of the Capital. Another Calamitous Flood. Coal Runs Short. The Streets in Darkness. Several Drowning Fatalies. More Bridges Washed Away

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 3

Heavy rain, accompanied by a gale, again set in on Friday night, and continued on Saturday. Its effects were soon felt in a renewal of the late…

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A Frustrated Burglary. Fierce Fight with the Police. A Constable Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 4

As Constables Coleman and Lynn, of the Glebe division, were on duty this morning they noticed five men loitering in the vicinity of a large…

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A Frustrated Burglary. Fierce Fight with the Police. A Constable Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

As Constables Coleman and Lynn, of the Glebe division, were on duty this morning they noticed five men loitering in the vicinity of a large…

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The Burning Fatality

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 4

AT the Mayflower Hotel this afternoon Mr. R. B. Pell, Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of Mary Jane Stubbs, who died…

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The Burning Accident. Death of the Victim

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 3

MRS. FRANK STUBBS, the lady to whom an extraordinary burning accident happened in Argent-street last evening, as reported in the third edition of…

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Painful Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 2

AN accident which was attended with painful, if not serious, results happened yesterday afternoon, at about 4 o'clock near the North Broken Hill…

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A Remarkable Escape. Accident to Mr. J. J. Shaw, C.E

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 2

MR. J. J. SHAW, CE., manager for Messrs. Baxter and Saddler, had a most remarkable escape this morning while engaged superintending the…

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