Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

459 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 23

South Australia. Fatal Tram Accident. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 4

Eileen Rowe, aged 16 years, residing in Rundle-street, Kent Town, was travelling by a Kensington tramcar to the city, when it is believed she jumped…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

First Aid to the Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 February 1917 · 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…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Street Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

Last Monday night, as Mrs. G. Hall was walking on the footpath under the verandah of the Tydvil Hotel, in Oxide-street, she was knocked down, she says,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

New South Wales. Two Brothers Drowned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 11 February 1917 · page 1

The body of Stanley Graham Whyte, 11 years of age, one of the victims of a drowning fatality at Narrabeen Lake on Friday, was recovered last night…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

New South Wales. Two Brothers Drowned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 1

The body of Stanley Graham Whyte, ll years of age, one of the victims of a drowning fatality at Narrabeen Lake on Friday, was recovered last night…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Fatal Motor Car Accident. a Boy Killed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 2

A motor-car, driven by C. P. Rowe, of Parkside, overturned through a tyre blowing out while rounding an elbow at Waverley Ridge, near Mount Lofty,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Street Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2

As Mrs. S. Jewell, with two other women, was driving along Argent-street in a two-seated buggy this morning, the pony drawing the vehicle…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Cinema Blaze. at a Free Entertainment for Children. Twenty-seven Persons Seriously Injured. and One Killed. Many Others Slightly Injured. Scenes at the Hospital. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 3

A cinematograph film which was being shown at a free picture show at the Boys' Brigade rooms, Surry Hills, Sydney, last night, caught alight, and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Railway Accident. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

At the Brighton railway station to-day, a train went foul of the interlocking gear. The front coach and portion of the second coach left the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

New South Wales. Drowned in Domain Baths. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 5

Phillip Oakes, aged 28, single lately living at Homebush, was found drowned in the Domain baths yesterday. He entered the water with a friend named…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

A Boy Drowned. in Tramway Company's Dam

Barrier Miner · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 1

A boy was drowned this morning in the Tramway Company's dam, situated in East Broken Hill and about 300 yards from the Block 14 Company's…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Tramcar Fatality. a Widow's Son Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 18 February 1917 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon Selwyn Lloyd Smith left his home in Toothill-street, Petersham, to attend a military parade at the Addison-road camp…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Drowning of Herbert O'neill. the Inquest

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1917 · page 4

An inquest was held at the Police Station, South Broken Hill, this morning by the coroner (Mr. T. Hall), into the circumstances surrounding the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Boy Drowned. in Tramway Company's Dam

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1917 · page 1

A boy was drowned this morning in the Tramway Company's dam, situated in East Broken Hill and about 300 yards from the Block 14 Company's…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Tramcar Fatality. a Widow's Son Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1917 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon Selwyn Lloyd Smith left his home in T[?]othill-street, Petersham, to attend a military parade at the Addison-road camp…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Triple Drowning Accident. Father, Son, and Daughter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

Mary Ann Hanshaw, aged 18, and her brother Frederick, aged 9, went into the Macintyre River on Sunday afternoon to bathe. Miss Hanshaw…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Buggy Accident and Drowning Case. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 3

At Gum Point Homestead, near Oxley, Albert Hart Mell was injured yesterday when his two horses bolted with his buggy. His son Albert ran…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

New South Wales. Sydney Journalist Drowned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

Thomas Burke Daly, a well-known Sydney journalist who lives at Bondi, was washed off the rocks at Mackenzie's Point, Bondi, yesterday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ships in Collision. British Vessel Sunk. ("The Times" Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4

The British steamer Mergyn has been sunk in a collision with another (unnamed) vessel…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

While alighting from a moving tramcar in Elizabeth-street last night. Thomas Malley, aged 18 years, and living at Alexandria, was knocked down…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →