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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Fatal Burning Accident. Death of a Child. Parents and Sister Also Burned. Inquest This Afternoon. Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday last a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. James Collins, a returned soldier, living in the Tarrawingee district, which resulted in the…

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Corporation Workman Electrocuted. One Fatally Injured. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

A fatal electrocution accident occurred yesterday opposite the Perth Town Hall. Isodore Varian, a corporation employee, was at work on an…

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Fatal Burning Accident. Death Oe a Child. Parents and Sister Also Burned. Inquest This Afternoon. Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

On Tuesday last a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. James Collins, a returned soldier, living in the Tarrawingee district, which resulted in the…

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A Fatal Collision. Between a Tram and a Motor Car. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 4

Dr. Cockney was driving two friends in a motor car yesterday when the car ran into a tram at a tramway crossing. The car capsized and was…

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Volcano in New Zealand. in Rotorua Area. Accommodation House Wrecked; Occupants Injured. Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

A volcanic eruption in Waimandu, in the Rotorua district, on Sunday wrecked the Government accommodation house and injured the custodian…

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Private John M'mahon Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 6

Mr. Joseph M'Mahon, of Fox and Co., has been advised by the officer in charge of Base Records that his brother Private John M'Mahon, was admitted…

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Sydney Railway Accident. a Crash of Carriages. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 4

A number of carriages while being shunted at the Central Station yesterday, crashed into a platform. Considerable damage was done. A woman…

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Motor-car Fatality. Boot Manufacturer Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 8 April 1917 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Wentworth K Wallace, linotype operator, living in Falcon-street, North Sydney, waa motoring in the vicinity of Figtree when he…

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Accident to Mr. W. Berkholz

Barrier Miner · Sunday 8 April 1917 · page 1

Yesterday, at noon, while Mr. W. Berkholz, licensee of the Hillside Hotel, was preparing his motor-car prior to taking it out of its shed, the…

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Fatal Shooting Accident Auburn Resident Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 8 April 1917 · page 1

A fatal shooting accident occurred at Picton yesterday, when Robert Ibbet[?], a visitor from Auburn, was killed. His companion was in the act of placing a…

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Ballway Collision in Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 3

The Melbourne correspondent of the "Register" reports:— A serious accident was narrowly averted outside the Princes Bridge…

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First Aid to the Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 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 a roll of…

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Port Adelaide Fatality. Two Wharf Laborers Killed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

George Edwards (55), of Quebecstreet, Port Adelaide, and Peter Blast (59). of Castle-street, Glanville, described as wharf laborers, were both…

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Cab Accident at Mitcham. Three Persons Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Owing to a cab capsizing at Mitcham yesterday Private S. Stuart had five of his ribs fractured. His condition is serious. Mrs. M. Clarke, of…

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Collapse of a Balcony. Three Men Injured. Sydney, Friday

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

Three men who were engaged in removing furniture from a house on Bridge-road, Drummoyne, yesterday afternoon, were badly injured through…

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In Broken Hill. Commander [?]Oodhart Drowned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

"The Times" (London), of February 8 last, states that it has received news of the death of certain officers, in addition to those whose names had at that…

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Double Burning Fatality. at a Railway Camp. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 4

Two men at the Cootamundra district railway camp, believed to have been Denis Murphy and Frank M'Donald, were burnt to death in a tent…

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Burning Fatality at Kent Town 15-Year-old Girl the Victim. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 4

A burning accident occurred at Kent Town on Saturday afternoon in a kitchen attached to the rear of premises occupied by Mr. Harry Leech,…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. Collision in Bromide-street. Mr. M. M'mahony Killed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

A collision with fatal results occurred in Bromide-street, off Lane-street, at about 9 o'clock last night between a motor car and a horse and sulky…

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LIEUTENANT W. F. DUNN, M.L.A., INJURED. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

The Premier yesterday received a cable to the effect that Lieutenant W. F. Dunn, M.L.A. for Mudgee, is at present in a Boulogne hospital…

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