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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Accident at Corona

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 4

AN accident happened at Corona station yesterday afternoon, by which a man named Ryan had a couple of ribs broken. Ryan bad been breaking…

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Albert Park Drowning Case [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

The inquest on Clara Manton, the newly-married woman who was drowned in Albert Park Lake recently by the upsetting of a boat, in which she was…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Two Men Killed at the Mount Stewart Mine. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

A telegram just received from Mudgee reports a very sad fatal accident at the Mount Stewart mine, in that locality. Two men named…

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The Leadville Fatality. The Cause of the Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

Further details concerning the mining fatality at the Mount Stewart mine, Leadville, yesterday (a brief account of which was telegraphed to…

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The Albert Park Drowning. The Husband Under Examination. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 4

The inquest on Clara Manton, the woman drowned under suspicious circumstances in Albert Park Lake, was resumed to-day. John Manton, the…

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A Train Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

An accident of a rather sensational character happened to the Maryborough train last night. Through some defect the front wheels of the tender mounted…

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The Albert Park Drowning. The Husband Under Examination. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 1

The inquest on Clara Manton, the woman drowned under suspicious circumstances in Albert Park Lake, was resumed to-day. John Manton, the…

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Fatal Mine Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 4

Samuel Rule, a miner, employed at Lucknow, near Orange, was engaged timbering, when a quantity of rock fell upon him and killed him…

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Fatal Mine Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 4

Samuel Bule, a miner, employed at Lucknow, near Orange, was engaged timbering, when a quantity of rock fell upon him and killed him…

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The Orange Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 4

OUR Sydney correspondent telegraphed yesterday afternoon that a miner named Samuel Role had been killed by accident at Lucknow, near Orange…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office. 4.30 p.m. Accident at the Big Mine. a Man Seriously Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident happened this afternoon to an employeee of the Proprietary Company. The sufferer, a miner named Frederick Smith,…

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Accident at the Big Mine. a Man Seriously Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 March 1893 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident happened this afternoon to an employeee of the Proprietary Company. The sufferer, a miner named Frederick Smith,…

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Dying in the Street. a Woman Shockingly Injured. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 March 1893 · page 3

The police have another so far mysterious case in hand. The sufferer on this occasion is a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Richard Johns, of East…

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Accident at Tarrawingee

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 March 1893 · page 2

A MAN named Henry Scammell sustained serious injuries to his foot at Tarrawingee on Saturday afternoon. A truck passed over his foot, crushing…

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Accident at Acacia

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 March 1893 · page 2

A SERIOUS accident happened on Saturday evening to Mr. P. May, well known on the Barrier. While he was coming down from the Acacia Siding,…

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Mining Accidents. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 2

An accident occurred at the Red, White, and Blue mine, at Bendigo, late yesterday. George Johnson, a trucker, walked into a winze, and f[?]ll down it…

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Found Drowned. a Body Discovered in the Proprietary Dam

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 2

EARLY this morning Alfred M'Kinley, engineer at the Proprietary dam, Iodide-street, reported to the police that he had discovered the body of a…

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The Drowning Case. An Open Verdict

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 3

MR. A. N. BARNETT, Coroner, conducted an inquiry at the courthouse this morning into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Plane,…

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Accident at Block 11. A Man's Leg Broken

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 4

AT about 5 o'clock this evening a man named Robert Smith, working at Block 11 of the Proprietary, was struck on the leg by a stone,…

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Serious Coaching Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT from Louth reports:—Cobb and Co.'s coach from Wilcannia arrived here on Monday morning 19 hours late. The driver,…

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