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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Death of Roy Tweedie. in Broken Hill Hospital. Injured While Working at the Pinnacles

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 2

A young man named Boy Tweedie died in the Broken Hill and District Hospital at 3.30 o'clock this morning. His death was due, it was reported, to…

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Great American Storm. Sweeps Several States. Hundreds' of Killed and Injured. (Reuter's Message.) Kansas City (Missouri)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 4

A terrible storm has swept sections of Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois. The death toll has reached a total of 126, but a number of other…

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Great American Storm. Veeps Several States. Hundress of Killed and Injured. (Reuter's Message.) Kansas City ([?])

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

A terrible storm has swept [?] of Arkansas, Missouri, [?], sad [?]linois. The death toll has reached a total of 126, but a number of other…

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Lord 'Kitchener and Staff Drowned. Warship Hampshire Treacrerously Sunk

Western Grazier · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

The warship Hampshire was mined or submarined off the West Orkneys Earl Kitchener and staff on board Very little hope of their being saved…

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Enemy Sobmarines. Attack Italian Transport. One Vessel Sunk. Many Soldiers Drowned. Rome

Barrier Miner · Sunday 11 June 1916 · page 1

Two submarines attacked three Italian transports in the Lower Adriatic, and torpedoed the Principe Umberto, which sank in a few minutes…

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Sydney Street Fatality. Woman Knocked Down by Motor-car. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Ada Saunders, who lived with her family at "Ailanthus Cottage," on the Edgecliffe-road, died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon as the…

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Eneny Submarines. Attack Italian Transport. One Vessel Sunk. Many Soldiers Drowned. Rome

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 4

Two submarines attacked, three Italian transports in the Lower Adriatic, and torpedoed the Principe Umberto, which sank in a few minutes…

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Iron Knob Fatality. the Inquest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 1

An inquest in connection with the death of A. Mizzi. at Iron Knob on June 2 was held in the Iron Knob school-room on the 3rd inst (reports the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. John Bachoosky, while employed on the 1200ft. level at the South mine, this afternoon sustained a severely lacerated arm as the result of a scat…

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A Bolt and a Collision

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

Some excitement was occasioned at the intersection of Argent and Chloride streets shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. A horse attached to a…

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Another Marconi Invention. to End Danger of Collision at Sea. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

At a meeting of the Marconi Co. today, Sir Godfrey Isaacs (managing director of the company) said that Signor Marconi in the near future…

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Battle in the Baltic German Convoy Attacked by Russians. German Cruiser and Destroyer Sunk. Also 14 Merchant Vessels. Whole of Cruiser's Crew Drowned. a 45 Minutes' Conflict. (Reuter's Message.) Copenhagen

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

A brisk naval encounter is reported from the Baltic. A German cruiser two destroyers, and eight armed trawlers were convoying fourteen steamers near Nykoping, 40 miles south of Stockholm. Six Russian destroyers and several submarines suddenly attacked the…

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A Bolt and a Collision

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 4

Some excitement was occasioned at the intersection of Argent and Chloride streets shortly after 2 o' clock this afternoon. A horse attached to a…

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British Naval Loss. Torpedo-boat Sunk. Collision in the Channel. London

Barrier Miner · Sunday 18 June 1916 · page 1

Official: The torpedo-boat Eden was sunk in a collision in the English Chan-, nel,last night. One officer and 30 of the crew were…

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Boy Drowned. the Proprietary Dam Paddock. Inquest This Morning

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Courthouse this morning by Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M.[?] coroner, into the circumstances attending the death of Roy…

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British Naval Loss. Torpedo-boat Sunk. Collision in the Channel

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 4

London, Saturday. Official: The torpedo-boat Eden was [?]unk in a collision in the English Channel last night…

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Railway Accidents. an Aged Man Killed. Sydney[?]

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 2

While attempting to alight from a moving train at Rhodes station on Saturday night Michael Mullaney (67), an aged man, fell between the carriages…

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First Aid to the Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1916 · page 4

Accidents are common to every household, and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies A bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment and…

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South Australian Aviator Injured. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1916 · page 2

Lieutenant A. W. Morey, "the last Adelaide Rhodes scholar, who belongs to the Royal Flying Corps, was flying at Gosport on Tuesday when his…

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Bicycle Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1916 · page 2

A young man named Roy Bryant, employed at the Zinc Corporation, was the victim of a bicycle accident on Tuesday night at about 5.30 o'clock…

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