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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Accident to Mr. Crossing

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident happened to Mr. A. Cressing, of Argent-streer, yesterday morning. A number of bullocks had been brought in to the…

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A Boy Drowned. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

Leonard Caldwell (14) was drowned in a basin at the Cataract yesterday. With four others he was bathing. He was unable to swim, and when he…

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Accidents, Fatalities. Run Over by a Train. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

The inquest on the body of John Greelish (35), who was run over by a train, resulted in a verdict of accidental death, no blame being attachable to…

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Accident at Block 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

An accident of a very painful nature occurred yesterday afternoon to a fitter named George Young, employed on Block 10. He was engaged at the…

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Accidents, Fatalities. a Squalid Tragedy. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

An inquiry was held at Ballarat yesterday into the deaths of the old couple, John and Mary Moran, whose decomposed remains had been found…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Two accidents, happily of a minor nature, occurred at the North and Central mines this morning. Richard Rowe, working at the 100ft. level of…

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Accidents, Fatalities. Lost Overboard. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Charles H. Field, of Evesham, Worcestershire, England (22), a saloon passenger from London to Wellington; was lost off the steamer Corinthic…

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Accidents, Fatalities. Walked in Her Sleep. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

Mrs. J. E. Goodfellow, hostess of the Commercial Hotel, Gawler, got up while a sleep and walked through an open window, falling to the ground 16ft. below…

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Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 7

An employee at the Proprietary mine named Fitzsimmons, was admitted to the Hospital this afternoon susffering from a dislocated knee. He was…

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Accidents, Fatalities. Man's Body Found

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, a man named Bates while walking galong the Silverton road, found the dead body of a man lying about…

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Accident, Fatalities. Fatality to a Schoolboy. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 2

Thomas Ryan, a lad 9 years of age attending the Westland School, on friday afternoon ran against another boy. He struck his head against a hatpeg…

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A Fatal Collision. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 2

While riding along a street in Castlemaine last night, two horsemen collided in the dark, and both man were thrown. One of them, Curtis…

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Electric Trams in Collision. Molbourn

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 2

Two electric tramcars collided at Ballarat yesterday afternoon. By some gross carelessness, it is alleged, they were both on the one curve, one car…

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Fatal Result of an Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 2

Thomas Considine, the minor who was injured in the Central mine on Friday afternoon, died at the Hospital yesterday shortly before 3 p.m. As already…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 2

A boy named "Wilfred ftFKellar, yesterday, at Tonnkoy Creek, accidentally shot himself dead with a pea rifle…

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Central Mine Fatality

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

The coroner (Mr. Stevenson, S.M.) opened an inquest with a jury of six at the Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the death of Thomas Considine,…

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Fatality Near Kapunda. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

C. G. Klcicke, a farmer and butcher near Tanunda, was working on Saturday in the hills not far from his home with two employees preparing for the…

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Tahiti Hurricane. Disappearance of Several Islands. Ten Thousand Persons Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

A terrific hurricane on the night of February 7 swept over and devastated, the island of Tahiti, in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Ten thousand persons…

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A Painful Tragedy. Accidentally Shot with a Pea Rifle. Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 1

James Garlick (20), a member of the Australian Infantry, Kyneton, was cleaning a pea rifle, and asked his mother, who was standing near, to hand…

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Belgrave Railway Accident. Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 1

tHE sitting of the commission of inquiry into the railway accident at Belgrave was continued to-day. Evidence was given by Thomas…

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