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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Boy's Fall. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

George M'Innea, a boy, fell down the Alfred Graving Dock yesterday and fractured his skull…

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Accident at the Big Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 1

A MILLHAND at the new mill, Proprietary mine, named J. Gemmell, had a rather sensational experience this afternoon. One of the hydraulic lifts…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Knocked Down by a Tram. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

A man named Patrick Clancy was knocked down by a city tram yesterday evening and killed…

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New York Railway Collision. a Great Disaster. Some Acts of Heroism

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 3

THE shock of the collision of passenger trains at Park Avenue tunnel, New York, on January 8, was plainly heard by the people on the street…

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The Bendigo Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 2

The Argus correspondent gives the following details of the bad accident which happened last week at a wellknown Bendigo mine:—The Hustler's…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Choked by Gas. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 2

Percy Graham, a lad of 16, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. When the bedroom door was opened the room was found to…

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Drowned Whilst Fishing. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

John Scully, a resident of Annandale, was fishing off Blue Fish Rock, Manly, on Sunday, when he was washed into the sea and drowned…

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A Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

While a passenger train was standing in the station at Inglewood, on the northern line, yesterday evening a goods train collided with it,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Poisoned by Wax Matches. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

Nellie Robertson, a little girl residing with her parents at Gosford, who the other day in play drank some tea from a basin in which she…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Waterside Fatality. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

William Kerger, whilst unloading the steamer Port Albert at Geelong, was struck on the head by a swinging beam and killed…

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Fatality at the Proprietary. a Trucker Crushed to Death

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident happened at the Proprietary mine last night by which a trucker named Peter Deveney lost his life. About a…

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Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 4

JAMES HALL, an employee at the Proprietary mine, met with a slight accident this morning. He slipped and fell down Ba[?]ter and Saddler's open cut,…

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Fatal Polo Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

A sad accident happened at Mount Crawford (South Australia) on Saturday on the polo ground. Leighton Howard Barritt, aged 17 years, was…

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The Proprietary Fatality. The Inquest. A Strong Verdict

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of Patrick Deveney was continued to-day after the MINER went to Press. David Milne, Government mining…

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The Proprietary Fatality The Inquest. A Searching Investigation

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

THE coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J P.) opened an inquest at the Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the death of Peter Deveney, who was fatally…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Thrown from a Buggy. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

A man [?] John Woom fell out of a b[?] Glenferrie yesterday and broke his neck…

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Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 4

JAMES HALL, an employee at the Proprietary mine, met with a slight accident this morning. He slipped and fell down Baxter and Saddler's open cut,…

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The Proprietary Fatality

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

FOLLOWING is the official text of the verdict returned by the jury at the inquest on the body of Peter Deveney:—" We find that Peter…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Thrown from a Horse. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

Richard Stone, a s[?]aughterman, was thrown from a horse yesterday afternoon; and it is feared that his spine is fractured and that his…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

Mrs. John Thom, 40, a resident of Newcastle, an excellent swimmer, while bathing in the surf yesterday, was taken out by the backwash…

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