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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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A Railway Fatality. Death of a Wood Merehant. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

Joseph Dulon, a wood merchant, was run over by a Passing train at Geelong on Saturday night and was killed…

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A Burning Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 4

Annie Ericksen, a woman 60 years of age, was standing near a fire in a copper at Richmond to-day, when her dress caught. She was horribly burnt…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 1

A minor named M. Sheehan had the toes of his left foot crushed in the Proprietary mine this afternoon. He had been working on the 1000ft. level, and…

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Thrown From His Horse. [?]nd Seriously Injured. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The youngest son of Mr. C. A. Piesse, M. L.C., a lad of about 14, rose early yesterday morning with the Intention of, bringing in some hortse, Some time…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 4

A fitter named Henry [?] Berriman, working in the mill at the Central mine, had his hand jammed with a boring machine this morning and had two…

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Machinery Accident. Boy's Arm Crushed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

George Tarbutt, a lad. 14 years of age, employed as a piercer in the Excelsior woollen Mills, was yesterday caught in the machinery, and was…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

Willman Wilson, a miner, who was injured on the 400ft. level in Block 13 on December 31, became so bad last evening that Dr. Macgillivray ordered…

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Petersburg Railway Accident Official Inquiries. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 1

The Railways Commissioner has received a report from the district officers who inquired into the cause of the railway accident at Petersburg.He…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

Twice last night the ambulance was called to Block ll. On the first occasion it was to remove a trucker named Gresham Sanders, who had bruised one…

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New South Wales. a BURNlNG FATALITY. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

A child of 4, the son of F[?]ancis Greenwood, a compositor, of Hamilton, died yesterday from the effects of burns. The child went to bed with the…

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Fearful Explosion. Eighty Persons Killed. Over 200 Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 7

English files to November 30 give particulars in telegrams from Berlin correspondents of the terrible disaster at Witten, Westphalia, on the 28th…

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Accident at the Proprietary. Mun's Arm Torn Off

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 8

A shocking accident occurred at the Proprietary, mine shortly after 11 o'clook' this morning. A young man named H. H. Hunt, aged 20, a laborer,…

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Found Drowned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 1

The body of an unknown man was found floating in the Parramatta River this afternoon…

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A Railway Fatality. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

Mrs. H. Evans, a resident of Guildford, was crossing the railway line, when she was knocked down by an engine. She sustained injuries from…

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A Boy Drowned. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

Harry Johnson, 16 years of age, whilst swimming a pony at Williams town yesterday fell off and was drowned…

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Huge Tidal Wave. Over Three Hundred Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

A disastrous tidal wave has engulphed portion of the island of Tanah, off Sumatra, where 300 people were drowned. At Pulo Babi 40 deaths…

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A Bathing Tragedy. Three Children Drowned. Members of One Family. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

A distressing case of drowning occurred at Point More, Geraldton, on Friday evening, in which three children lost their lives. About 6 o'clock five…

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The Mill Accident. Death of the Victim

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 1

The man H. H. Hunt, who was shockingly injured in the old mill at the Proprietary nine this morning, died in the Hospital this afternoon, between…

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Accident at the Proprietary. Man's Arm Torn Off

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at the Proprietary mine shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. A young man named H. H. Hunt, aged 20, a laborer,…

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Proprietary Fatality. the Inquest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

The coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J P.) held an inquest at the Courthouse to-day into the death of Henry Herbert Hunt, the young man who died at the…

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