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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed by a Train. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 2

William Taylor, examiner of railway carriages at Junee, has been accidentally run over by a train and killed…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4 p.m. Fatal Cycling Accidents. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 4

Mr. John Wallace, solicitor, a member of the firm of Gaunson and Wallace, has died of heart disease, the results of an accident while riding a bicycle, aged 44…

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Accidents and Fataleies. [By Telegraph.] KIlled by a Fall. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 2

A Melbourne visitor to Omeo was thrown from a horse while returning from the races, and was killed instantly…

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Accident Ox a Russian Ironclad. Serious Loss of Life. London, March 17

Western Grazier · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 2

A gun hurst on board the Russian ironclad Sissol Voliky, at Crete, resulting in serious loss of life. One officer and 14 of the crew were killed…

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Accidents and Fatali[?]ies. [By Telegraph.] Sidney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 4

Rose H White, who was badly barned (as previously wired) while reading in bed last night, is dead. Charles Russell, aged 37, was driving a…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1897 · page 1

Rose H White, who was badly burned (as previously wired) while reading in bed last night, is dead. Charles Russell, aged 37, was driving a…

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Accident at the Central

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1897 · page 4

A MINER named John Youog, aged 41, working at the Central mine, had his foot sprained and out to-day through a quantity of ore falling on the limb…

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The Central Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 4

THE miner Harvey, injured in the Central mine this morning, is still alive, though recovery from his injuries is considered impossible. A painful…

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Accident at the Central

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 1

A MINER named John Young, aged 41, working at the Central mine, had his foot sprained and cut to-day through a quantity of ore falling on the limb…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Attempted Suicide. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 2

J. Dickson, accountant of the Bank of Australasia at Albury, has attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a knife. He is in a…

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Accident to a Sea Captain. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 2

Captain Kidley, of the steamer Gothic, fell from a train on the platform at Christchurch and had several ribs broken…

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Fatal Lift Accident. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 2

A youth named James Smith was working a lift in a city warehouse, when his head strnck a beam, and he fell to the bottom, being killed…

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Another Accident at the Central

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 2

Yesterday forenoon there was an accident at the Central, by which a miner named Young was injured. Early this morning another mishap…

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The Central Accident. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to a report in yesterday's MINES re accident to John Harvey, Central mine, in which you state that after painful delay the…

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The Central Accident. Death of Harvey

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 4

JOHN HARVEY, who was injured in the accident in the Central mine early yesterday morning, died in the Hospital just before 2 o'clock this…

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The Central Accident. Conclusion of Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 March 1897 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of John Harvey was continued after the second edition went to Press. Morton and Wallace, two miners working…

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The Central Accident. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 March 1897 · page 4

AN inquest on the body of John Harvey, the victim of the Central accident, was opened at the courthouse to-day before the Coroner (Mr. Makinson). Mr. J. R…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4 p.m. Fisticuffs in Court. Two Lawyers in Collision. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 4

There was an extraordinary occurrence at Echuca yesterday, when two lawyers, Mr. A. J. O'Dwyer (Mayor of Echuca) and Mr. Campbell, came to blows in open court…

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Accident at Cockle Creek. Overpowered by Chlorine Fames. Working in Air-[?]ight Chambers. Sufferings of the Victims. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 4

At the Sulphide Corporation's new works at Cockle Creek yesterday afternoon between 30 and 40 men were overpowered by fumes. It appears…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 31 March 1897 · page 2

Mrs. Miller and Thomas Lanagan, residents of Warialda, were killed this morning as the result of a buggy accident…

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