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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Victoria. Accident at Stawell. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

George Collis was caught in the spindle of a chaffcutter. at Stawell yesterday and injured severely. His con dition is critical…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

Instructions have been given for the, commencement of actions against the Railway Commisioners in about 35 cases, of persons injured in the…

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A Fatal Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

Michael Costello, who fell on the Pavement in Sussex-street on Thursday, is dead…

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A Drowning Fatality. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

John Cook, while net fishing on the Macleay River on Seturday fell into deep water and was drowned…

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Fatally Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

E. [?] a carpenter's laborer fell 25[?]t from a scaffolding at Coledale on Saturday sustaining fatal injuries…

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New South Wales. Pea Rifle Fatality. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

R. M'Gillivray, ll years of age, accidentally shot himself dead with a pearifle while rabbiting at Binalong yesterday…

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A Painful Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Hoskins, of the firm of G. and C. Hoskins, proprietors of the Eskbank ironworks, met with a painful accident on Saturday[?] He was…

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A Railway Fatality. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

Additional details relative to the death of John London show that on Saturday night, while walking along the railway line between Korumburra…

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Accident to Nurse Copley

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

Nurse Copley came into collision with a shying horse near the comer of Bonanza and Eyre streets, South Broken Hill, to-day and was very badly…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

James White, a shift boss at the Diamond Creek mine, was yesterday evening killed by a fall of earth. He was 52, and was unmarried…

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Accident at a Colliery. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

A fitter named George Williams, employed at the Duckenfield colliery, was being hauled up No. 3 shaft yesterday, when something went wrong with the…

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Collision in the Harbor. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

The Balmain New Ferry Company's steamer Lady Carrington and the tugboat Warning collided in the harbor this morning. The stem of the rudder…

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A Buggy Fatality. Lady Crushed to Death. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

Mrs. Carson, a resident of North Pine, near Brisbane, was killed on Sunday through the horse attached to the buggy in which she was an…

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Accidentally Shot. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

News has been received from Hughenden that Richard Eades, a wild dog scalper, accidentally shot himself at Mount Emu on Friday. He was found…

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Miss Tittell Brune. Meets With an Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

Miss Tittell Brune last night, in "Peter Pan," in springing forward slipped and wrenched her ankle. For an instant it almost scomed as if she…

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Accident at the Big Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 5

A miner named George Francis, engaged on the 640ft. level of the Proprietary mine, received bruises and abrasions to his left shoulder last night…

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A Burning Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 4

Teresa Barkley (33) was last night sitting before the fire in her residence at Bendigo, when a spark flew out and set her clothing on fire. She is not…

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Accidents and Fatalities

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 6

Mrs. Thomas Stoverns, a young married, woman, rodding at Suako Valley, Victoria, became ill anti died before s doctor could be summoned, the cause…

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A Railway Accident. "Carriage Cleaner "Knocked Down. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

Alfred Nantes (60), a foreman carriage cleaner, employed on the Victorian Railways, was crossing the line at the Jolimont railway yard yesterday, when…

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An [?]Eroplane Accident. in North Carolina. Wright Brothers' Estate. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent in North Carolina, U.S.A., states that the Wright brothers yesterday made a circular flight, in the a[?]roplane…

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