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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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New South Wales, the Buninyong Collision. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 1

Respecting the Buninyong collision, the opinion is generally expressed in nautical circles that had the barque Criffel been towed with a shorter…

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Accidentally Shot. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 4

Arthur Dunne accidentally shot himself in the jaw in Sydney to-day with a revolver. His is, howover, recovering…

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An Albany Sensation. Mysterious Disappearance of a Minister Reported Drowned. But Believed to Have Gone to America. Perth,Friday

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 4

An Albany telegram status that a profound sensation has been caused by the disappearance of the Rev.T.James, Methodist minister, in,that town, who…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident. Boy Killed in Adelaide.. Adelaide,thursday

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 4

Clarence Lawson, a boy, whilst riding a bicycle along Hindley-street on Tuesday, collided with a vehicle driven by J.W. Shannon, which was coming…

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An Albany Sensation. Mysterious Disappearance of a Minister. Reported Drowned. But Believed to Have Gone to America. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

An Albany telegram states, that a prefound sensation has been caused by the disappearance of the Rev. T. James, Methodist minister in that town, who…

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Accident at White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

"The Winer" correspondent. at White Cliffs wrote the other day:— A miner named Johnson met with a severe accident yesterday.While…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

The 3-year-old daughter cf Mr. G. Howell, of Shepparton (Victoria), was severely burned about the head, body, and legs through her clothes igniting…

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Accident at Block 13

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 3

The visits, of the ambulance to the mines have been frequent of late. On Saturday night a call came from Block 13. Harry Cowe was boring at the…

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Railway Accident. a Guard Has Hand and Arm Cut Off. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

At Shepparton railway station to-day Guard Harry was engaged in shunting, and was riding on a buffer, from which he fell. The result was that…

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Accident at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 2

Harry Grant, a miner, employed on the Proprietary. mine was working in Block 11, on the 800ft. level, this morning, when a rock rolled off a heap…

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Unusual Mine Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

A block and tackle fell 200ft. down the Victoria Proprietary mine at Bendigo yesterday, and smashed the right arm of John M'Pherson, who was…

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Mine Fatality Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 4

Daniel Cronin, miner of Bendigo, was killed to-day by a fall of stone at Hustlers Royal Reserve, in Pall Mall. The deceased's neck wiis broken. He…

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Scaffolding Accident Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

Some scaffolding at a brickyard at St. Leonards, North Sydney, gave way yesterday, and two workmen, who were upon it were injured by falling a…

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Accident at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

Walter Cunningham, a miner, employed on the Picprietary mine, was working this morning on the 640ft level in Block 12 when a piece of…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 8

Jack Curry, a. miner, employed on. the South mine, was working to-day in the new shaft, af the 800ft. level, when he bored into an old pop. The pop…

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A Cycling Accident. Constable Badly Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 2

Late on Saturday night Constable Trotter, of the Broten Hill police, was thrown from his bicycle and so badly injured that he had to be removed to…

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Serious Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 2

A young man named Moore, while mustering cattle at Yarrowitch, near Walcha, in the Armidale district, New England, yesterday was seriously…

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Late Professor Curie. and His Untimely Ending—the Result of an Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 3

Very little was said in regard to the death or Professor Curie, and yet no more important scientist has flourished in the last 50 years. Crushed under a…

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Terrible Railway Fatality, Killed at a Crossing. Heroic Attempt to Avert an Accident. The Rescuer the Victim. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

Henry Dent, railway crossing keeper at Coglin-street, Hindmarsh, was run over and killed by a train yesterday afternoon. Dent had not…

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Gembrook Railway Smash. a Badly-injured Boy. Rival Claimants for Compensation. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 1

In the Practice Court to-day Nollie Hornby, motlier of the boy Francis Hornby, who was badly injured in the Gembrook railway smash, applied for a…

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