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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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The Broken Hill Express. Meets With an Accident. At Tarlee Station. Nobody Seriously Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 4

A correspondent at Tarlee telephoned the following message to the Adelaide press this morning:—" The Broken Hill express met with an accident thisdd…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Sheep Roasted to Death. Fatality to Serub Cutter. Much Damage" to Property. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

One of the most disastrous fires experienced in the Yankalilla disrict in the memory of the, oldest inhabitants began last Friday, and raged during…

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Broken Hill Express. The Accident at Tarlee. Railway Commissioner's, Report. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The Railway Commissioner, Mr. Pendleton, has supplied the following information concerning the accident to the Broken Hill express at Tarlee…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 4

The adjourned inquiry into the death of John Edward Kelly, who was killed by being run over by a tram on Saturday afternoon, was held this afternoon…

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Motor Car Accident. In the Bowral District. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

Information has been received of a motor car accident at Bowral yesterday. The details are meagre, and no particulars are known of how it occurred. A…

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The Tarlee Train Accident. Broken Hill Passengers Unaffected

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

Inquiry made at the office of the general manager of the Silverton Tramway Company, Mr. C. Eley, this morning elicited the information that no official…

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Big Mine Fatality. Killed by a Fall of Stone

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred in the Proprietary Company's Block 12 lease at about 3 o'clock this morning, whereby a man named Thomas Brew,…

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Collision of Steamers. Caused by a Fog. a Boat Missing. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

During a fog yesterday the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Amsterdam collided off the Hook of Holland with the British steamer…

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The Bowral Accident. Sergeant Nowlon Still Unconscious. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

Sergeant Nowlan, who was badly hurt in the motor car accident which accurred at Bowral on Tuesday, has not yet regained consciousness…

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New South Wales. Motor-car Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

In the moter-car aeeident which occurred at Bowral on Tuesday it appears that the springs of the car gave way and the tray bamped to the…

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Big Mine Fatality. the Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

The noting coroner (Mr. M'Kensey, S.M.) held an inquest this afternoon at the Court house into the death of Thomas Brow, who was killed by a falling rock in Block 12 of…

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A Tram Fatality. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

A woman at present unknown was knocked down by a tramcar in South Melbourne last night and killed. Later…

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A Burning Fatality. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

Nellie Creatin, the wife of an engine-driver on the railways, was carrying a kerosene lamp at her residence. Ballarat East, late last night, when the lamp…

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Collision of Steamers. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

Tt transpires in connection with the collision of the steamers Amsterdam and Administer, off the coast of Holland, that the Amsterdam's missing…

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Kitchener's Sister-in-law Drowned. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

Lord Kitchener's sister-in-law, the widow of Arthur Kitchener, whilst suffering from insomnia, climbed through the porthole of the steamer…

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A Serious Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

James Enright and John Kennelly, prospectors, were sinking a shaft at Sweeney's Creek 35ft, Enright charged two holes, and after the firing got…

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Railway Accident. Carriage of Excursion Train. Overturns Near Stanwell Park. List of Casualties

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

The curriage of an excursion train from Wollongong left the rails neari [?]thanwell Park on Saturday and bumped half a mile, finally…

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Railway Accident. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4

An express at Wimbledon dashed into a local train last night during a heavy fog, with the result that 12 persons were seriously injured…

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Drowned in the Baths. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

A young man unknown[?] wh[?]le bathing in the baths at St. Ki[?]da yesterday[?] was drowned. Although brought to the surface directly he was seen to…

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Mining Accidents. a Charge Explodes. Two Men Injured. Struck by a Drill. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

A miner named Charles Butler, who ow[?]s a small mine near Craven's Cr[?]ek, Gloucester, fired a shot, and, the whole charge not expl[?]ding, he and…

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