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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

631 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 32

Found Drowned. MELBOURNS

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

Honora Walsh, of Broadmeadows, had linen missing ainop friday last; yesterday afternoon her body wits found floating in the Yarra at Collingwood…

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Accident8 Andfatalities [By Telegraph.] Mail Coach Dashed to Pieces. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

Tho Pambula mail coach waa dashed to piecoa yesterday through tho horses bolting while descending a stoop portion. of tho road. Tho driver of tho coach was slightly…

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Accidentally Killed. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

The inquest into the ciroumstances of the death of W. Kelly,. otherwise Wallace, who was killed in the Mount Lyell mino, was con[?]ded yesterday The jury found that…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Accidentally shot. SYDNEY,Thursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

George Oday (23) accidentally shot himsolf dead While blowing down a rifle at Tumut…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

[?] horse attached to a buggy took fright in George-street, city, yesterday afternoon and bolted. The driver and two ladies were thrown out and slightly injured…

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Cast Lots for Death. Shipwrecked Crew's Terrible Story. Twenty-one Men Drowned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 7

One of the most pitiful stories of suffering at sea related during recent years is that told by the survivors of the American dredger Texas; which (as cabled) was…

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

Clifford Rodd, a fettler on thE rigs, blew out his brains, at Worris, Crock yesterday. The police had to shoot Rodd's dog before they were able to enter the man's dwelling…

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Accident at a New York Theatre

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 7

Advices from New York on January 8 described an alarming accident at the Metropolitan Opera House, which occurred the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. Fall from a Stalro[?]

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

Joseph Porter, who has for many years past beca a boarder at the Coffee Palace Hotel, met with a serious accident last night. At about 10 minutes to ll o'clock…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Drowned at Maitland. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

Raymond Mills, an accountant, of West Maitland, has been drowned in the Hunter River by the capa[?] of a boat…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Sydney Suicide. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 1

Joel, Taylor (46), a baconourer, recently from Queensland, committed suicide in a city coffee palace yesterday, A revolver and a roll of bank notes were discovered in…

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Accident In a Battery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

An extraordinary accident occurred at the Great Southern mine on Friday night. The main pipe conveying the ateam from the boiler to the engine which works the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Burnt to Death. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

William Stevenson, of Dunolly, in company With his married daughter, Mrs. White (30), drove his wife to the hospital yesterday…

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Collapse of a Church. Many Killed and Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 2

A New York telegram states that the floor of the Zion Church at Brooklyn collapsed during a service, percipitating the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Gun Expiodes. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 2

At the Magill Reformatory yesterday Issue Reid, aged 19, with a number of other leds, was sent to scare the birde out of the gardens with a shot gun. The gun…

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Mine Manager Injured. [By Telegraph] Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 2

Mr. Pierre Ledoux, who recently relinquished the management of the Associated mine, and Mr. Roberts, the new manager,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Two Sisters Drowned. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 2

Two sisters named Lipscomb, 8 and 11 years of age, living at Ifield, Goulburn, were playing on the banks of the Wollondilly River, when, it is surmised,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Clergyman Injured. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 4

The Rev. Father Fey, whilst journeying from Nyngan to Sydney yesterday, was seriously injured by falling from the train at…

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Drowned in the Hunter. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 2

John Hamilton (55) has been found drowned in the Hunter River at West Maitland…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Woman's Suicide. ADILAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 2

A verdict of suicide was returned in the case of Mrs. Emma Butter (not Butler). 63, found drowned nt Henley Beach on Sunday. Deceased recently…

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