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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Fatality in Victoria. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 3

A two-year-old' child named Gurry, of Condah, has been barned to death through its clothes catching alight…

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A Romantic Suicide. a Sweethearts' Quarrel. The Would-be Rescuer Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

Last night at about 10 o'clock the Albert Park band was playing on the Esplanade at South Melbourne, and hundreds were promenading in the…

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The Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

LITTLE real work towards recovering the bodies of the men entombed at Block 11 this morning has yet been done, and it appears as if it would take…

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The Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

WORK with the object of recovering the bodies of the men Alfred Jones and Thomas Richardson, who were entombed by the fall of earth at Block…

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Accident at Block 11. Two Men Entombed. Four Men Narrowly Escape

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 3

AT a little after 10 o'clock this morning an accident of a very serious nature occurred in the open cut on Block 11 about 100ft. west of Drew's…

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The Accident at the Mine. the Search for the Bodies. Volunteers at Work All Night. One Body Exposed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 2

EVES since the great fall of earth entombed two workmen at block ll of the Proprietary yesterday morning and imperilled the lives of others a…

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The Mine Accident. The Inquest Opened

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT, Coroner, opened an inquest at the courthouse this afternoon on the body of Alfred Jones, one of the victims of the accident at…

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The Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 1

WORK with the object of recovering the bodies of the men Alfred Jones and Thomas Richardson, who were entombed by the fall of earth at Block…

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The Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 1

LITTLE real work towards recovering the bodies of the men entombed, at Block ll this morning has yet been done, and it appears as if it would take…

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The Accident at the Mine. Jones' Body Recovered

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 4

WHEN the First Edition went to Press the body of the young man Alfred Jones, Who was one of the two unfortunate victims of the…

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The Accident at the Mine. Jones' Body Recovered

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 1

WHEN the First Edition went to Press the body of the young man Alfred Jones, who was one of the two unfortunate victims of the…

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The Block 11 Accident. Search Party Operations. Richardson's Body Still Unrecovered. the Search Party's Safety

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

THE operations in the cutting on Block 11 to recover the body of Thomas Richardsond the second victim of the creep which occurred on…

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A Dynamite Accident. a Youth Shattered. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

At Slattery's Creek, near Milthorpe, John Paton, a youth of 18, has been working at his father's claim. He was holding two plugs of dynamite in…

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The Block 11 ACCIDENT. The Inquest. (Continued from Second Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

THIS afternoon the jury visited the scene of the accident. On resuming, Keve Kavanagh corroborated the…

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Railway Accident. Two Lives Lost. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 2

A railway trolly bearing two men, a lengthsman named Walsh, his wife, and their child, three years of age, was proceeding from Longreach, when a…

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The Block 11 ACCIDENT. The Inquest on Jones' Body

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of Alfred Jones was continued to-day before the Coroner (Mr. A. N. Barnett). Mr. J. R. Edwards appeared on behalf of…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, January 12, 1894. Mine Accidents and Men

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 2

AT a conference of gentlemen who are more or less acquainted with the practical side of mining, held in Sydney yesterday it was proposed that a…

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The Block 11 ACCIDENT. Rescue Operations Stopped

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 2

THE men engaged in operations for the recovery of the body of Richardson, the second victim of the Block 11 accident, were knocked off last night by Mr…

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Fatality at Wadnaminga

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 2

A WADNAMINGA correspondent reported on Thursday evening:—An inquest was held here to-day by Mr. S. D. Davis on the body of George…

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Sad Drowning Accident. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality is reported from Koolunga. Mrs. Craig, the wife of Alexander Craig, was wheeling a perambulator, carrying her infant,…

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