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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Shooting Fatality. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 4

At South Lismore on Saturday, Mr. Robert Roney's little son obtained possession of a loaded revolver. The weapon went off, and the bullet passed…

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Accident to Steamer. Propeller Blades Damaged. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

The steamer Madgeburg, of the German-Australian line, while being moved from the Proprietary wharf at Port Pirie to the Federal Dock…

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Accident Whilst Picnicking

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 4

On New Year's Day, a lad named Owen Lewis, son of Mr. Lewis of the Silverton Tramway Company, was the victim of a rather severe accident at…

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Accident at Bega Races. Three Jockeys Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

At Bega races yesterday three horses came down in the Nursery Handicap, and their riders Delaney, Ramsay, and Neilsen, were seriously, injured…

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Collision at Sea. in a Dense Fog. a Steamer Founders. Twelve Lasciars Perish. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

In a dense fog off Tuskar Rock, Ireland, yesterday the Ellerman steamer Arcadian, bound, from London to Glasgow, and Busra, foundered three…

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Seized with Cramp. Professor Stevenson Rescued From Drowning. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

Professor Stevenson, the exponent of the art of in jitsu (Japanese wrestling) was rescued from drowning at the Glenelg baths yesterday afternoon by…

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A Lake Tragedy. Young Girl Drowned. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

Alice Anderson, aged 18, one of a party of picnickers, was drowned in Lake Banham; near Gingin, on Sunday afternoon owing to the capsizing…

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A Wallaroo Fatality. Man Falls Down Hold. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

At Wallaroo yesterday whilst loading wheat into the steamer Queen Alexandra. George King (24) met with a fatal accident through the rope…

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A Boy Injured. Cut in the Head. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 4

Roy Coates, a boy residing at Albert Park, received a severe cut in the head to-day through the door of a railway carriage swinging open and striking…

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A Damaged Steamer. Result of a Collision. Returning to Mersey for Repairs. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

The steamer Ayrshire, which was damanged in a collision with the Arcadian off the coast of Ireland, on Sunday, is unloading its cargo with…

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A Vehicular Accident. Victim Succumbs to Injuries. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

After lingering in an unconscious condition for eight days Mrs. George Lewis, one of the victims of the vehicular accident at Linton, after a…

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Accident at De Bavay's

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 4

At about 1.30 o'clock this afternoon a single man named Arnold, employed as a fitter at tbe.De Bavay's new mill, slipped oh a plank, and received bruises…

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Slight Shunting Accident. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

A slight shunting accident occurred in the North-terrace railway station yard yesterday morning. Shortly after the arrival of the Molbourne…

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A Mining Fatality. Braceman Killed at Gympie. Searching for the Body. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

At the Scottish Gympie mine yesterday Ralph Hay, a braceman, was riding from the base to the surface with the intention of altering the slack…

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Attacked by Elephant. Man's Ribs Fractured and Collarbone Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

During a performance of Wirth Bros.' circus at Hamley, Bridge yesterday, the man in charge of the elephant was either struck or knocked…

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Senator Millen Injured. His Leg Fractured. Through Sulky Overturning. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

Senator Millen (a member of the Federal Government) had his left leg fractured at Burren Junction, in the North-Western District, on Tuesday,…

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German Accidents and Suicides. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

Many ice accidents occurred in Germany at the New Year's festival, 12 people being drowned. Twenty suicides and attempted…

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A Wharf Laborer Injured. Falls Down a Hold. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

John Warn, a wharf laborer, was working on board the steamer Hamstead at Port Adelaide yesterday when he fell from a position in the…

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A White Cliffs Sensation. Narrow Escape From Drowning. Dr. Jude Nearly a Victim. White, Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

A number of young men went out to bathe, in a tank two miles from White Cliffs last night. One of the number. William Coulter, the son of…

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A Sensational Incident. Collision in Mid-ocean. French Barque and Light Less Ship. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

The loss of her master, Captain Perrott, during a heavy gale was not the only sensational incident that happened to the French barque Marechal…

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