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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Caught in a Cyclone. a Barque Wrecked. Three of the Crew Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 2

The survivors of the wreck of the barque Sarah Ridgeway, belonging to Philadelphia, U. S. A., bound from Newcastle to Singapore with coal,…

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A Burning Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 4

WILLIAM TREBILCOCK, employed in Mr. G. Hill's (loco.) gang on the Proprietary, was engaged on Saturday morning in shunting trucks opposite the chloridising…

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Fatal Accidents. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 2

John Lawson and Frank Morrison, in company with six fellow telegraph messengers, were pleasuring on the George's River yesterday. A [?]at fell…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Drowning Accidents. Three Victims. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 4

At Riverton on Monday Edith Badman, aged 15, was entering her home, when in the dark she fall into a tank through the trap door. It is supposed that she was…

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A Burning Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 1

WILLIAM TREBILCOCK, employed in Mr. G. Hill's (loco.) gang on the Proprietary, was engaged on Saturday morning in shunting trucks opposite the chloridisiog…

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Drowning Accidents. Three Victims. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 1

At Riverton on Monday Edith Badman, aged 15, was entering her home, when in the dark she fell into a tank through the trap door. It is supposed that she was…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

A Mudgee telegram reporta the plucky rescue from drowning by three boys of another boy. It appears that the three lads were fishing at Lawson's…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Sensational Drowning. a Plucky Rescue. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

A sensational case of drowning is reported here. Mrs. Dobson, the mother of two boy[?], had taken them out for a walk. The youngest,…

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Sensational Drowning. a Plucky Bescue [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 1

A sensational case of drowning is reported here. Mrs. Dobson, the mother of two boys, had taken them oat for a walk. The youngest,…

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Capsize of a Ketch. The Captain and Four Men Drowned. The Vessel Smashed in the Breakers. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 2

Further severe, weather has been experienced along the coast, and in places the seas have been particularly heavy. So far, however, only one…

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Buggy Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 2

A NARROW escape from a serious buggy accident occurred in Argent-street shortly after 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. Messsrs. L. H. M. Avery…

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A Chapter of Accidents. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

There was a series of accidents at the Methodist Sunday School picnic at Parramatta yesterday. A lad named William Hancock was drowned while…

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Horrible Railway Accident. a Man Crashed Like an Eggshell. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 February 1895 · page 2

A horrible railway accident has occurred near Bathurst. A pick-up goods train left Bathurst conveying several passengees to Tarana. On…

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Accident at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 4

WILLIAM MINCHAM, a married man, who resides at the corner of Kaolin and Commins streets, near the hospital, was severely barned at the chlondising works…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 4

IT is reported that E. W. Stuchbury, employed as a laborer at the Junction mine, met with an accident this afternoon. He was engaged in…

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A Railway Fatality. Mr. L. S. Burton Killed. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 February 1895 · page 3

A shocking railway fatality happened near Roseworthy, on the north line, early on Saturday afternoon. Mr. L. S. Burton, the well-known…

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Fatal Accidents. Five Deaths. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 February 1895 · page 4

At Smithfield yesterday George Smith, a farmer, went out to attend to a horse and was afterwards found dead, having been knocked down by the hor[?] and…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 February 1895 · page 1

IT is reported that E. W. Stuchbury, employed as a laborer at the Junction mine, met with an accident this afternoon. He was engaged in…

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Horrible Gun Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 3

Mr. Krause, a well-known livery stable proprietor, met with, his death in a horrible manner yesterday. He was sitting on a lounge at his residence…

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The Railway Fatality. Death of Mr. Warren. Sudden Death After the Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 2

The funeral yesterday afternoon of Mr. L. S. Burton, ex-Mayor of Gawler, who was run over and killed by the Morgan train on Saturday afternoon,…

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