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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Warships in Collision. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

During a g[?]le on the British coast the battleship Temaraire, depo[?] ship, came in collision with the Immo[?]talite, gunnery training ship. The former's…

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Accident to the Ameer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

While out snipe-shooting the other day one of the guns carried by the Ameer of Afghanistan burst, injuring the Ameer's left hand. A 3in,…

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Tram Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 1

A YOUNG woman named Maggie Madden was injured in Oxide-street on Saturday night through falling out of a tram while [?] was in motion…

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

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

James Jacobs, a well-known boxer, was thrown from a horse at Williamstown on Sunday. He fractured his skull and died yesterday of his…

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Warships In Collision. LONDON, April 11

Western Grazier · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 3

A collation occurred between the warships Immortalite and Temeraire The former was damaged below the water line…

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Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 1

A YOUNG [?] med Joseph L[?]do[?] a [?] on the surface of the Broken [?] Prop[?]tary mine, th[?] a[?] his fingers[?]ght in…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a S[?]Fate. St[?]d to Da[?] in the Bush. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 2

The dead body of the [?]tor Andrews, who some time s[?]e was lost in the Wa[?] b[?]b, and for whose discovery the Government…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Two Miners Injured. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 2

John Harrison and Brane Welsh, miners working in Neeld's mine, Wyalong, were seriously injured yesterdey afternoon by some [?]…

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The Latest. Loss of a Russian Battleship. the Petropavlovsk Strikes a Torpedo. Only Twenty Men Saved. Admiral Makaroff Among the Drowned. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 2

A semi-official telegram received at S. Petersburg to day reports that the Russian battleship Pet[?] 10 960 tons, 16 guns, 10 600 h p. (Captain Jak[?]), has been sank off Port Arabar. The report adds that only four officers, including the Grand Dake Cyril, a cousin of the…

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A Jeckey Injured. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

A jockey named Mahoney was seriously injured by his mount falling in the Steepl[?]chase at the Hamilton races yesterday…

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Collision at Sea. [By Telegraph] Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

Advices received y the R.M.S. [?]ah state that the GERMAN [?]que [?], homeward [?] from West Australia, [?]ded in [?] 26 west,…

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The Latest. Two Russian Admirals Drowned. Loss of Eight Hundred and Fifty Men. London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

The news of the great naval battle off Port Arther is fully confirmed. Two Russian admirals and 850 officers and men went down with the Petropavlovak…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Explosion in a Coal Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

At the Stanford Merthyr [?]ery yesterday August Bart[?]h, a coal miner, met with dreadfal injuries to his face and body, caused by an…

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Russia and Japan. Great Naval Fight. Conjointly with a Bombardment. the Loss of the Petropavlovsk. Sequel to the Japanese Attack. Over Seven Hundred Officers and Men Drowned. Only Thirty-eight Survivors. Consternation in St. Petersburg. Probable Loss of Other Warships. [Reuter's Messages] Londoon, Thursday (3 a.m)

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

Fall, though rather confesed, accounts of the operations at Port Arthur which resulted in the loss of the Russian battleship P[?]vak with many lives appear in the papers this morning. The Russian official account of the di[?]ter states that the Japanese…

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Drowned in the Harbor. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday on the body of John Lod[?]en 65), of the Roads and Bridge. Dupartment, whose dead body was found by a [?]ver in Sydney Harbor with two…

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Two Boys Injured. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

John [?]mbleton and Arthur Wilks, two boys, were playing with a matchbox full of gunpowder at West Maitland yesterday when the powder exploded, seriously injuring the…

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Two Mi[?]ers Injured. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

Harrison, one of the two miners injured in Neeld's mine at West Wyalong, died yester day [?]he other man, Welch, is in a critical condition…

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The Russo-Japanese WAR. Great Naval Disaster. Russian Warship Blown Up. Admiral Makaroff Drowned. London, April 13

Western Grazier · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

The Russian warship Petrepavlovak accidently struck a torpedo of Port Arthur and was blown up. Only 20 men were saved, all the oth[?] a were…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Poisoned by Rum. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

The 4-year old son of F Hiscocks, manager of the sluicing works at B[?]ra, swallowed a quantity of rum on Thursday, and despite the efforts of two doctors he died yesterday…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Died Entering Church. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 April 1904 · page 2

Frank f[?]cett, an elderly man, well known in the city, dropped dead last night just as he was enterlog S[?] George's Auglican Church, Royal…

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