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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Fisherman Drowned. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

John Clowe, 35, a resident of Avoc[?], while fishing yesterday near Peterborough slipped into the water and was drowned…

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Tram and Cart in Collision

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

Although the street trams have been running for close on 12 months, only one accident of a serious nature occurred until this morning, when the motor…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Anotber Pea Rifle Fatality. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 2

Lake Pearson, out rabbit shoooing near Y[?]ng, was preparing to return home, when he placed a pea rifle against the wheel of bis vehicle. His…

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A Miner Smothered. Fatality at Wallaroo. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 1

A miner named Richard Bennetts was killed in the Office shaft at the Wallaroo mine this morning. He went up to the pentho[?]se with a plug of…

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Buggy Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 February 1903 · page 4

WHILE driving along Oxide-street in a buggy this morning, Mrs Selina Doherty (professionally, Madame Dal[?] met with a painful accident,…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages] Motor Car Accident. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 February 1903 · page 4

Mr. George Edward Colebrook, an Australian leather merchant, of St Mary-le-Axe, London, has been killed in a motor car accident at Hendon, in…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Bad Health Leads to Suicide. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 February 1903 · page 2

Charles Cattle, an elderly man, a widower, was found dead at Camperdown on Tuesday night with a ballet wound in his temple. An inquest…

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Drowned in the Yarra, MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 2

William Morgan, 20, a married man, was drowned whilst bathing in the Yarra at Collingwood yesterday afternoon…

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News From Arltunga. a Prospector Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 1

The Commisioner of Police has received instructions that Richard Crabb, a prospector fell into a waterhole near Arltunga and was drowned…

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Buggy Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 4

WHILE driving along Oxide-street in a buggy this morning, Mrs Selina Doherty (professionally, Madame Dalies) met with a painful accident…

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

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 2

Mr. Farrar, manager of Keri Keri station, Balranald, met with a serious accident yesterday through a horse he was riding stepping into a rabbit…

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Accident to a Teamster

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 1

A TEAMSTER named Patrick Ryan, has been admitted to the Hospital suffering from serious injuries to his left shoulder sind ribs, caused through…

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Street Tram Accidents. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 3

SIR,—The startling features of the accident that happened in Argent-street on Tuesday morning last will, in my opinion, justily the authorities in…

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An Infant Drowned. KALGOORLIE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

An infant named Charles Parker, whose parents reside on the True Blue lease, was drowned yesterday. Its mother had occasion to vacate the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Severely Burned. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

A child 3½ years of age, the daughter of George Rest, was frightfully burned at Tralagon yesterday through her clothes catching fire. There is no…

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Tram Accidents. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

SIR,—Re "Straight Wire" in your columns of to-day: I should think this contributor has no backbone if he wants to get back to the old tramless…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. Steamer Wakatipu Cut Down. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 2

Early yesterday morning, in bright moonlight, the New Zealand steamer Wakatipu, with a large number of passengers aboard, inward bound, and…

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Tram Accidents. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 3

SIR,—Your correspondent, "J. B. Remington," seems to have taken up the cudgels on behalf of the tram drivers, whom he thinks are the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Bush Mystery. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 2

Ada Knuff, 4, who had been living at Oberon, was found dead in bed on Saturday, shot through the head, with a gun placed to her mouth. Two…

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Yachting Accident. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 2

Whilst out duck shooting with a party of sportsmen on the Tamar the yacht Dreyfus was overturned in a squall, and Herbert Quarry, who was…

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