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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Another Saturday Smash. Tram and Coach Collision

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

At about 9.15 on Saturday morning as the Uraidla mail coach was crossing Burnside-road, a f[?]w miles out from Adelaid, on its way to [?]e city, an…

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Saturday Night Disaster Terrible Adelaide Smash. Train and Motor Car Collision. Mother and Son Killed. Father Seriously Injured. Two Miraculous Escapes

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

The Millswood railyway crossing has in the past been the scene of many tragic accident, (says the "Mail.") On Saturday evening another awful…

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Drowned in Three Feet of Wate? Effects of Heat Apoplexy. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

Charles F. Eveston, 47, a resident of Randwick and well-known in bowling circles, was found dead in the dam at Breadalbane yesterday. He had gone…

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Queensland Bathing Fatality. Sergeant's Two Sons Drowned. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Charleville stating that the two sons of Sergeant Connolly, aged 12 and 14 years, were…

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Collision at Sea. Copenhagen

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 4

The Danish steamer Axel co[?]ded with and sunk a German tugboat off Cuxhaven. Six men were drowned…

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Russian Mine Fatality. St. Petersburg

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 4

A cage fell down a shaft of a mine at Ekaterinosdav. Eleven men were killed and five injured…

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Inquest on William Davis. Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

The Coroner also conducted this morning an inquest on the body of William Davis, the second victim of the explosion, who died at the Hospital on…

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Disastrous Boiler Accident. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 4

A valve blew out of the liner Araguaya at Southampton. Two men were killed, two are in a precarious condition, and several more were seriously…

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The Millswood Tracedy. Bridge or Subway to Be Placed on the Scene of the Accident. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

The Government has lost no time in deciding to take action in the direction of making a repetition of Saturday's terrible accident at Millswood…

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Aviation Double Fatality. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

Aviators Ma[?]donald and Ingles were testing a new biplane at Greenwich when the engine exploded and they fell in the Thames, both being drowned…

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The Miliswood Tragedy. the Injured Recovering

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon Dr. H. H. E. Russell, who is attending Mr. Eli Leach and Mr. A. H. Padman, who were injured in the collision at Millswood,…

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Ore Train Smashed Up at Pirie Remarkable Accident to a Rake of Otrucks. No Persons Injured. Port Piric

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

A serious railway smash occurred yesterday at the Proprietary Company's smelting works. A rake of 12 trucks partly loaded…

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Boy Drowned in the Surf. Within Sight of His Mother. Gallant Efforts at Rescue by Companions. Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

A drowning accident was reported from North Fremantle last night, the victim being William Pope, aged 10, With two companions the boy entered…

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Another Train and Motor Smash a New Zealand Disaster. One Killed and Three Others Injured. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

A motor car containing a party of visitors from Hastings, collided with a train at the Kaukapakapa railway crossing, north of Auckland, yesterday…

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Accident at Block 10 Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

A youth named collicott, aged 17 years a son of the underground manager of the Block 10 mine, had one of hrs legs broken above the ankle at 4…

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The Slime Bin Fatality Inquest on the Victim. Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 8

At the Courthouse this mroning, the coroner, Mr. T. Rall, conducted an inquiry into the death of the laborer, August Robert Kaires (or Kaupeer),…

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The Slimes Bin Fatality. Inquest This Morning

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. T. Hall, oponed an inquest at the Brokon Hill Courthouse this morning into the death of August Robert Kaires, who was suffocated in a…

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Fell Doww a Shaft. Fatality at Kalgoorlie. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

Denis Donovan was being lowered down a shaft on a claim at Pinjin yesterday when the rope broke and he fell a distance of 70ft. His neck was…

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Bank Manager's Death. Verdict of Accidental Shooting. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

A sensation was caused at Cohuna, Vic. yesterday. Norman M'Leod, manager of the Union Bank was found dead in his banking chamber with a…

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Sulky Fatality. Accident on the South Coast. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 1

A sulky containing three men employed on the deviation works on the South Coast toppled over the side of the road and down a bank of about 10…

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