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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Accidents Aid Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

Late yesterday, as the Hayes ladder was belog sent back to the fire station from the ruins of Henty's Free Stores in Fiinders-lane, Frederick O'Neill, a schoolboy, aged 13, fell…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Scalded to Death. An Awful Boiler Mishap. Two Men Killed. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the Mount Zeehan mine yesterday afternoon. A boiler was undergoing repairs when the steam got up the safety-valve, which was out of…

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Adelaide Cycling Races. Several Accidents. Butson and Hamilton Injured. Symonds Wins the Wheel Race. ADELAIDE, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 4

The League of Wheelmen's Cycling Meeting was resumed this afternoon. There was a splendid attendance, drawn chiefly for the final of the Adelaide Wheel Race. The…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Found Dead in Bed. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 2

Frank Bates, aged 35 years, was found dead in bed in a city hotel yesterday. In his pocket was found a letter addressed to his wife in Melbourne. An inquiry will be held…

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Found Drowned. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

Councillor John Scantleon, of Kerang, has been found drowned in a dam…

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Terrible Railway Smash. Two Trains Collide. The Killed and Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 4

Advices from the Continent give particulars of a terrible railway accident at Brussels, the metropolis of Belgium. A passenger train was standing at…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Run Over by a Waggon. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

Tomlin, the teamster who was injured by being run over by a waggon on Ivanhoe station about a week ago, is dead…

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A Blasting Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 4

A MAN named Samuel Spalding, employed as powder monkey at Smith's open cut, Block 11, Proprietary mine, met with a slight accident about half-past 12 o'clock to-day,…

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The Proprietary Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 4

THE work of removing the fallen earth at Block 12, Proprietary mine, so as to recover the body of the unfortunate miner, John Fenotti, who was buried last night, has been…

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Shocking Accident at Block 12. A Miner Buried, The Body Not Yet Recovered. Narrow Escape of Two Mates. Difficult and Dangerous Work of Rescue

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

By the unexpected falling away of a portion of the roof in the sulphide stopes at the 400ft. level in Block 12, Proprietary mine, last evening, a miner named John Fenotti was…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Mailaman's Suicide. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

John O'Neill, mailman, of Wagga, who had only been married a fortnight, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself with a revolter. He left letters intimating…

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The Block 12 Fatality

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

An inquest into the death of John Fenotti, who was buried by a fall of ore in the Block 12 stopes on Tuesday evening, will be opened during to-day. The police have ascertained…

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A Yachting Collision. The Result of Carelessness. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 1

The Inquest on the body of the young man Davison, who was killed as the result of a collision between two yachts on Sunday, was concluded to-day. A verdict was returned…

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The Proprietary Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 1

THE work of removing the fallen earth at Block 12, Proprietary mine, so as to recover the body of the unfortunate miner, John Fenotti, who was buried last night, has been…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.j Fatal Tram Accident. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

Joseph Locchl, a lad of 14, subsequent to bathing yesterday afternoon, attempted to jump on a moving tram at Bondi and fell between the ears. He sustained a compound…

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The Proprietary Mine Accident. The Body Recovered

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 1

SHORTLY before four o'clock this afternoon the body of John Fenotti, who was killed by the fail of earth in Block 12, Proprietary mine, last night, was recovered and brought…

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Caught in the Belting. A Miraculous Escape. Saved by an Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

The most trivial of accidents saved a life at the Proprietary chloridlsing mill last evening, At the psychical moment, when a young man named Walter Francis waa but the fraction…

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The Block 12 FATALITY. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

THE adjourned inquest into the death of John Fenotti, who was buried beneath a fall of ore in the Block 12 stopes, Proprietary mine, on Tuesday evening, was resumed in…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Block 12 FATALITY. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 1

THE inquest into the death of John Fenotti, who met his death through a fall of ore in Block 12, Proprietary mine, on Tuesday evening was opened at the courthouse this…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

Richard Finegan, a youth of 17, whilst skylarking in George-street yesterday, came in contact with a 'bus and had both his legs broken…

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