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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Fatality at Footscray. Run Over by a Train. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 8

Thomas Chakley (32), a laborer, was run over by a train at Footscray on Saturday last. He died yesterday from his injuries. An inquest was…

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Sad Case of Drowning. a Lad the Victim. Two Companions Fail to Report the Occurrence. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

WiIliam Neilson, a lad 10 years old, was found drowned in a waterhole at Crow's Nest, near Toowoomba. He, it transpires, was bathing with two…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Annual Report. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 8

The report of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund Board for the year ending December 31 last has been issued. The report shows that there are now…

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Shooting Fatality. Killed While Out Shooting. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 1

Herbert, Taylor was out shooting at Benalla to-day, and was found dead, having been shot. It is supposed that, whilst getting through a wire fence, his…

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Marquis of Linlithgow. Hunting Field Accident. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 2

The Marquis of Linlithgow (formerly Lord Hopetoun, first GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth of Australia), whilst out hunting in Cheshire,…

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Accident to Railway Painters Party of Men Lose Control of a Section Car. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 2

At Nairne on Saturday as a party of men engaged in painting a railway bridge between Nairne and Collington were proceeding on a section car to…

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Railway Fatality at Footscray. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 1

An inquest was hold to-day touching the death of Thomas Chakley (32), whose body was found on the railway line at Footscray. There was no…

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Reported Fatality. Missing from Motor-beat. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

It is reported that Frederick Harris (19) hud folien from a motor-launch, near Manly, and was probably drowned. After falling overboard the launch…

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A Fall of Coal. Two Miners Injured. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

Two miners, A. Galloway and E. Reeves, yesterday had their legs jammed by a fall of coal at the Co-operative Collieries mine, Collic…

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Sydney Harbor Collision. Running Down a Motor Launch. Captain of the Manly Steamer Acquitted. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The Manly-Agnes collision, in which Mr. and Mrs. Hemings, of Balmain, were killed or drowned, came under notice yesterday in the Central…

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Accident at Queenscliff. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 1

A big gun fell into the sea at Queenscliff on Saturday. It was recovered to-day…

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Accident at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A miner named J. H. Clarke met with a nasty accident at the Proprietary mine, last night. He was engaged barring down around at the 400ft level…

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Accident at the Central

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 4

Percy Burford, a miner working at the 600ft lovel of the Central mine, this afternoon injured his foot rather severely. He was engaged breaking…

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Fatal Result of an Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

Ambrose Carlton who fell off a trumc[?] near the Hillside Hotel when coming in form the South on Friday night, died in the Hospital last night. He is…

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The Tramway Fatality

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 4

A verdict of occidontal death was recorded in the ease of Ambrose Ballarat Carlton, who died in the Broken Hill Hospital last evening as a result of…

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The Tramway Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 3

An inquest was held by Mr. T. Hall coroner, without a jury, at the Courlouse yesterday afternoon into the cirumstances surrounding the death…

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Drowned in the Loddon Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

George Barry (15) was drowned at Inglewood yesterday. He fell into the Loddon when out shooting game…

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The Central Accident Death of A. Pfitzner

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 4

Alfred Hermon Pfitzner who died at the Hospital this morning as the result of an accident which occurred to him last Monday week, as a brother of…

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Serious Mine Accident a Fractured Skull. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

Mr Arthur Wilson a member of the Tribute party working one of the leases at the North White Feather mine, met with a sprious accident…

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The Gembrook Railway Accident Court of Inquiry's Report. Faulty Road and Excessive Speed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

The court of inquiry (Judge Box, chairman) into the sensational railway smash at Gembrook a few weeks since, when a crowded, passenger…

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