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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Serious Mining Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the Victoria Quartz mine, Bendigo, yesterday. A young man named William Pearce, the underground manager,…

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Accident at Flemington. a Jockey Killed. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 2

While rounding the home turn in the Bourke Handicap at Flemington yesterday Tullamore bumped against Linburn just as the latter stumbled…

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Accident at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 2

MR. R. NELSON, a member of the Central Fire Brigade, met with a very nasty accident yesterday morning, while employed at the chloridising…

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A Boating Disaster. Three Persons Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 2

By the capsizing of a boat at Invercargill, Bessie Bain, aged 27, Mabel Stowe, aged 19 (the only daughter of Mr. Stowe, of the Bank of…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. Latest Cable News. Horrible Mining Accident. LONDON, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 4

A St. Petersburg message reports that the boiler of an engine at a mine near Ekaterinoslav, in Russia, burst. The miners were deluged with the…

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Horrible Mining Accident. LONDON, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1894 · page 1

A St. Petersburg message reports that the boiler of an engine at a mine near Ekaterinoelay, in Russia, burst. The miners were deluged with the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Bathurst. Three Young Girls the Victims. Plucky Attempt at Rescue. Pitiable Scenes on the River Bank. Narrow Escape of the Rescuer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 2

A despatch from Bathurst reports a drowning fatality of a peculiarly sad nature yesterday. It appears that Maggie Yeomans, aged 14; Hilda…

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Harbor Collision. An Exciting Scene. One Vessel Seriously Damaged. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 2

The Co-operative Company's steamer Conquerer, while coming from Manly last night, had a collision with the North Shore Company's Neutral Bay…

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Mining Accidents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 2

IN consequence of the recent prevalence of mining accidents in Victoria, the A. M. A. in that colony has issued a respectful circular to all managers…

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Serious Road Accident. a Mother and Four Children Thrown Out. The Mother Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 2

A Gundagai correspondent reports thot a serious accident has happened at a place in that district called Coolac. Mrs. Pigram was driving a horse…

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Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 4

A MAN named Jones, working in Baxter and Saddler's open cut on the Proprietary, got his leg cut at 8 30 this morning by its catching on the…

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Accidents at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 2

ENOCH JENKINS, 51, a married man residing in Eyre-street, South Broken Hill, was working in the face in the open cutting at Block 11…

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Caught in High Seas. Three of a Crew Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 3

During the voyage of the ketch Gratitude from Macquarie Island to the Bluff she was caught in high seas and three of her crew were washed…

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Accidents

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 1

A MAN named Jones, working in Baxter and Saddler's open cut on the Proprietary, got his leg cut at 8 30 this morning by its catching on the…

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Strange Accident at Sea. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 2

During the passage of the steamer Barrabool from Melbourne to this port a strange accident occurred. There were strong headwinds and little…

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Railway Accident. Collison near Melbourne. Cook's Adelaide Excursion. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 4

An alarming railway accident occured at Footscray, one of the outer suburbs of Melbourne, to-day, and occasioned great excitement. Cook's…

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Railway Accident. Collision near Melbourne. Cook's Adelaide Excursion. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1894 · page 1

An alarming railway accident occurred at Footscray, one of the outer suburbs of Melbourne, to-day, and occasioned great excitement. Cook's…

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3rd EDITION. Minar Office, 7 p.m. the Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 April 1894 · page 4

The board of inquiry into the recent railway collision at Weat Footscray has found that the officials of the Adelaide express disregarded the…

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The Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 1

The board of inquiry into the recent railway collision at West Footscray has fonnd that the officials of the Adelaide express disregarded the…

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The Queensland Floods. Six Persons Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 2

The total number of persons drowned in the recent floods in the northern coastal districts is, so far as ascertained, six…

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