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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Strange Death of a Child. SYDNEY, Monday

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1900 · page 2

Lottie Jules, aged 8 years, residing at Newtown, partook of nomo melon on Saturday afternoon and was seized with cramp in the stomach. lier mother gave her…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident. MELMOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1900 · page 2

Albert Thomas Carne, hairdresser, of Ballarat, was thrown from his bicycle yesterday and killed. A painful accident recurred on Friday…

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Accident at the Junction North. A Box of Fracture Exploded. A Trucker Shockingly Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 2

AN explosion, which it is feared will result fatally, happened shortly after 3 o'clock this morning in the Juncttoa North mine. Two miners, Samuel Thomas and Henry Eills,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Jockey Killed. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 2

Ben Cooper, a jockey, was killed at Ballan yesterday under circumstances similar to those in the Dawes fatality…

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The Junction North Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 4

THE young man Berg, who was Injured in the explosion of fracteur at the Junction North mine this morning, died from shock this afternoon. An inquest will be held to-morrow…

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The Junction North Fatality. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 4

THE Coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.) held an inquest at the courthouse to-day into thi death of Victor Berg, who was fatally injured yesterday morning by an explosion at the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed on the Railway. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 2

As a goods train was approaching the railway gates at Brewongle yesterday, Mrs Hartigan, the gatekeeper, on opening the gates, miscalculated the speed of the train,…

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The Accident at the Junction North

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 1

OF the three men who were injured in the Junction North accident this morning Samuel Thomas is suffering from a wound in the leg and Heory Ellis from bru'ses and…

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The Junction North Fatality. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 4

THE Coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.) held an inquest at the courthouse to-day into the death of Victor Berg, who was fatally injured yesterday morning by an explosion at the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Thrown from a Cart. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

An old resident of Merriton named Guthrie was driving a cart when the horse took the vehicle into a gutter and overturned it. A few minutes afterwards Guthrie was found…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 2

Thomas Grosgrover, a master baker at North Sydney, while harnessing a horse yesterday, was seized with a pain is his chest, and instantly expired. Heart disease was the…

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Bad Cycling Accident. MELBOURNDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1900 · page 2

A fearful accident occurred at the cycle sports at Charlton on Saturday afternoon, Webster, a Bendigo rider, crashing into a fence and smashing his collarbone and skull…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Miner Killed. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1900 · page 2

William Wills, aged 58, a miner working on the Brown Hill Proprietary Lease, one of a party of tributers, was killed on Saturday. He was ongagel underground with…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph] a Tram Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

William Johnston, residing at Pyrmont, while jumping off an electric tram in motion yesterday, fed underneath the cars and had his hand cut off, besides sustaining internal…

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Drowned at Brisbane. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 2

Thomas Young, a butcher, was drowned in the river at Brisbane yesterday…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Drowned at Circular Quay. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 2

John Bray, 32, wharf laborer, was fishing from Circular Quay last night in company with his wife and child, when his hook caught. While endeavoring to release it he…

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Another Shaft Accident. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 2

Three men were tilted out of a bucket at the Waihi mine yesterday and fell 45ft. All were seriously injured…

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Fatal Gun Accident. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 4

John Glynn, aged 19, a son of a well-known mining man, was shooting rabbits at Y[?] when his gun exploded, killing him in a few minutes…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Driving Mishap: Seven Persons Hurt. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 4

Last night a brake, conveying six excursionists and the driver, was coming down Piliinger's Drive, recently made on the Mountain-road, and was turning a sharp…

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Explosion of Fire Damp. Five Miners Injured. Four Not Expected to Live. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1900 · page 2

A telegram received from Maryborought states that a disastrous explosion of fire damp occurred yesterday in the Torbanlea colliery, Burrum. Five miners were seriously…

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