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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Aerial Attack on Freiburg. People Killed and Injured. Buildings Damaged. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 2

A Berlin official communique says:— "Twenty-three aeroplanes attacked Freiburg on Saturday. Twelve persons were killed and 27 injured. The…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. Inquest Opened and Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 1

The Coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.) conducted an inquest at the Courthouse this morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Michael…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. Funeral of Mr. M. J. Mahoney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 4

The funeral took place this afternoon of Mr. Michael Joseph Mahoney, who died at the Hospital yesterday as the result of injuries received in a motor…

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A Stabbing Affray. a Cabdriver Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 22 April 1917 · page 1

In the course of an altercation between two men at the corner of Market and Castlereagh streets last night L M'Hveen, a cabdriver, was stabbed in…

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New South Wales. Child Drowned in Street Channel. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 3

During the rain John Kennedy, 7 years of age, was swept away and drowned in a stormwater channel at the corner of Elizaheth-street and Etonville…

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Drowned by Storm Waters. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 2

The body of John Kennedy, the boy who was drowned in the storm-water channel at Croydon on Sunday afternoon, was recovered yesterday…

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Daylesford Mine Fatality. a Fall of Stone. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 4

Daniel Sullivan, a married man with five children, was working at the North Ajax mine, Daylesford (Vic), to-day, when a mass of about eight tons of…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. Finding of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 1

The City Coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.) conducted the adjourned inquiry at the Courthouse this morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Daylesford Mine Fatality. a Fall of Stone. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 1

Daniel Sullivan, a married man with five children, was working at the North Ajax mine, Daylesford (Vic), to-day, when a mass of about eight tons of…

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Victoria. Fatal Motor-cycle Collision. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

As the result of their motor-cycle colliding on the Geelong to Melbourne[?] road, Harold Williams, of South Melbourne, was killed and Edward Coates,…

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Destroyers Shell Ramsgate. People Killed and Injured. Buildings Damaged. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

The Admiralty reports:— "Last night several enemy destroyers opened fire in the direction of Ramsgate. The fire was immediately…

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Fire in Monitions Factory. One Worker Killed, Four Injured. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

The Press Bureau reports:— "A fire and a small explosion in a munitions factory in the north of England this morning killed one and…

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Acting-premier Injured. While on a Motor-car Trip. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 29 April 1917 · page 1

While on a motor-car trip to the South Coast yesterday aferntoon Mr. Fuller (Acting Premier) and his son met with injuries through the car…

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"Shooting the Shute." Three Boys Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 4

Two boys, Laurence Porter (15), of Bondi, and Bert Pottie, of Waverley, were injured yesterday afternoon. through becoming impaled on splinters…

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Accidents at the North Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 4

At the North mine this afternoon Mr. S. Racknoff, a miner, while employed at the mine in filling ore into a chute, fell down the chute, with the…

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The Proprietary Dam Drowning Case. the Inquest. Verdict of Found Drowned

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 4

At the Courthouse this afternoon the City Coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.) conducted an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of David…

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Drowned in Proprietary Dam. Man's Body Found. Inquest This Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

A boy who was near the Proprietary Dam this morning noticed the body of a man floating on the water. He informed the caretaker of the dam, who…

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New South Wales. Young Woman Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 4

Dorothy Willis (19) was the victim of a shooting accident at her home in Bondi-road, Bondi, yesterday afternoon. John Bennett, a returned, soldier, wno…

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Vehicles in Collision. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

George Shale, a lorry driver, Charles Ashley, an engineer, and William Thomas Walsh, a tramdriver, were injured in collisions between a…

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Aeroplane over London Four Bombs Dropped. One Man Killed, Two Persons Injured. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

The Press Bureau announces:— "Early this morning a hostile aeroplane dropped four bombs on the out-skirts of the north-east of London…

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