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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Railway Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1894 · page 2

WHEN the express from Adelaide was within four miles of Nackara this morning a man, name unknown, fell off the train. He must have been…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Death of Pugilist Laing. Killed in a Train Accident. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

Laing, the well-known heavy-weight pugilist, who lately returned from Australia, was attempting to alight from a moving train, when he fell. His legs…

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Fatality at the Proprietary. a Man Burned to Death

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 April 1894 · page 3

A MAN named John Ryan, employed at the chlorodising works on the Proprietary mine, was severely burned about 11 o'clock on Saturday night…

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Drowning Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1894 · page 2

A boy named James Gallagher and a man named George Webster have been drowned in a waterhole at Five Dock. Webster waa in charge of two…

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The Bass's Straits Collision. The Konoowarra Version. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1894 · page 4

The steamer Konoowarra, which collided with the ship Titania on Sunday evening in Bass's Straits, as reported in a Sydney telegram, arrived…

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The Bass's Straits Collision. The Konoowarra Version. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 1

The steamer Konoowarra, which collided with the ship Titania on Sunday evening in Bass's Straits, as reported in a Sydney telegram, arrived…

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3rd EDITION. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the Marine Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 4

The ship Titania, which was in collision with the steamer Konoowarra in Bass's Straits on Sunday night, has arrived here. The two missing men…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 3

A MAN named George Crawford had one of his feet severely burned at the chloridising works yesterday afternoon through coming into contact…

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The Marine Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 1

The ship Titania, which was in collision with the steamer Konoowarra in Bass's Straits on Sunday night, has arrived here. The two missing men…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 2

A LAD named William Davy, employed as an ore picker on Block ll, received a nasty injury yesterday. Some blasting was being done in Christensen…

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Railway Accident. a Miraculous Escape. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 4

A startling railway accident occurred to-day at the Spencer-street railway station. A mixed train which was leaving the yard smashed into a…

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Railway Accident. a Miraculous Escape. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1894 · page 1

A startling railway accident occurred to-day at the Spencer-street railway station. A mixed train which was leaving the yard smashed into a…

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Distressing Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1894 · page 4

A Peculiar and distressing accident occurred this forenoon to 14 girls et the Erskineville Public School. They visited an outhouse, when the cement…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Train Dashes into a Cab. Two Persons Killed, a Third Dying. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1894 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred on the Port railway line at a quarter past 8 o'clock last night, when the up train from the Port to Adelaide ran into a…

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Distressing Accident. (By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 1

A peculiar and distressing accident occurred this forenoon to 14 girls at the Erskineville Public School They visited an outhouse, when the cement…

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The Adelaide Accident. Death of Miss Peterson. [Br Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 4

Miss Adelaide Peterson, the young lady injured in the accident on the Port line on Saturday night, who has been unconscious since the accident,…

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The Adelaide Accident. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 3

An inquest has been held on the bodies of Richard Davies and Richard Gill, the cabdriver and the boy who were killed on the Port line on Sunday…

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The Adelaide Accident. Death of Miss Peterson. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 1

Miss Adelaide Peterson, the young lady injured in the accident on the Port line on Saturday night, who has been unconscious since the accident,…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident occurred early this afternoon to a man named Charles Rider working on Beaglehole's contract at Block 11. He was removed to the…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 1

A SERIOUS accident occurred early this afternoon to a man named Charles Rider working on Beaglehole's contract at Block 11. He was removed to the…

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