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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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[?] Burning Accident. Young Lady the Victin. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 4

Miss [?]oria May Francis, daugh[?] of [?] [?]ranmcis, Morongla Creek, [?] [?] in cooking, when her [?] [?] fire. She was so badly…

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Big Railway Accident. Glen Innes Mail Train. Collides With Brisbane Mail. Number of Passengers Injured. Railway Official Interviewed. Soldiers' Experiences. Woman's Miraculous Escape from Death. A Pile of Wreckage. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

A collision occurred on the Northern line at 4.25 yesterday morning between the mail train which left Sydney for Glen Innes at 7.34 the previous night…

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An Old Lady's Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

At Umberumberka on Thursday evening Mrs. Tilomas Humphrts, an elderly lady, fell whilst getting out of a trap and broke her [?]ip. She was brought up…

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The Railway Collision. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

The inquiry into the recent disastrous railway collision at Murrurundi was opened at that township yesterday…

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Jockey Severely Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

Lubrook whilst running in the Willowbank Handicap at the Brunu races yesterday fell and the jockey, W. H. Jordan, was seriously injured…

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A Sensational Accident. At Buckjumping Exhibition. The Staging Collapses. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

A sensational accident occurred at the buckjumping exhibition in Prince Alfred Park Inst night, when the whole af the staging of the chilling seats…

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A Man Injured. Adelaide, Tue[?]day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

Thomas Heath, (63), of Charles-street, Kensington, was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from concussion of the brain, caused…

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A Fearful Railway Accident. Bendigo and Ballarat Trains Collide. Wreckage Catches Fire. Agonising Scenes Witnessed. Forty Persons Killed. Large Humber Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 4

A fearful railway accident, the most appalling in the history of Victoria, occurred last night when just as the 10.50 Bendigo and Ballarat passenger…

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Steamer and Launch Collide. The Launch Sinks. Four Persons Drowned. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

A tragic affair happened in Dunedin Harbor on Saturday night. A number of volunteers and others were proceeding to the Heads in a launch to…

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Motor-car Accident. Two Men in the Hospital. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

At Dapto yesterday Dr. Rea (of Drummoyne), Walter Vaughan (of Chatswood), and Kranit Shirley (of Balmain) were driving a motor-car, when…

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Serious Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

A serious accident occurred this morning to a man name J. Bartlett, single, aged 37, employed as a laborer at the Proprietary mine. He was loading the drum of a…

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Accident to Lumper. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

As a picnic train was leaving Aldgate station on Saturday evening, Francis Sawford, 21 years of age, a lumper at Port Adelaide, who was a passenger,…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

Albert Martin, a lad 11 years of ago, was accidentally shot with a pea rifle whilet out rabbiting with another boy yesterday…

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Railway Accidents. Alarm in Sydney. Caused by Victorian Disaster. Accident at Werris Creek. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

The railway disaster in Victoria, coming after so many accidents in New South Wales, has caused considerable alarm in Sydney regarding travelling…

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The Racing Fatality. Inquest Held To-day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. T. Hall, held an inquest at the Courthouse this afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of the jockey "Billy" Jurratt, who…

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Accident to a Tram. Goes Down an Incline. Nine Persons Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

Last night a tram standing near the terminus at Bondi, containing a number of people, suddenly went backward down the incline and struck the sand…

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Fell From the Express. An Old Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A passenger, an old man about 80 years of age, travelling on the Broken Hill express last night, fell from the outside platform of a carriage on which he was…

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The Victorian Railway Disaster. Identifying the Dead List of Injured 128. Driver of Bendigo Express. Known As "Hell-fire Jack." His Statement Oe the Accident. Messages Oe Sympathy. _ FROM [?] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

Additional particulars relatives to the Victorian railway disaster are available. Among the dead so far identified…

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Yesterday's Third Edition. the Railway Disaster. Latest Particulars. Forty-two Killed. Seventy-four Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

Latest particulars, show that 42 persons were killed in the disaster which happened to the Bendige and Ballarat passenger trains at Sunshine…

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The Murrurundi Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

The Government yesterday decided to appoint an independent board, consisting of a president and two assessors, to inquire into the Murrurundi railway…

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