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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Worker Falls Head Foremost Into Vat of Boiling Pulp Preserving Works Fatality

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 4

The Adelaide "Herald" states:— "There has been a noticeable tendency lately to allow fatalities to occur and to say that no inquest is…

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B.h. Signaller in London Meets with Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 3

Mrs. E. H. Nicholls, of 185 Chloride-street, has been informed by the military authorities that her son, Signaller L. M. Nicholls, was admitted early…

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M,ning Accidents. Two Hospital Cases

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

C. Wilson, trucker, had his ribs fractured at the South mine this morning. He was barring from a chute when the bar struck him. Dr. Hains attended…

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Steamers for Australia. One in Collision Off Dover. (United Service Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The following steamers have departed for Australia:—City of New York, Palermo. Perim, and City of Cairo. The steamer Australien collided with…

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Returned Soldier Drowned Adelaida

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

George Morgan, 28, a returned soldier was drowned by the capsizing of a boat at the Outer Harbor yesterday afternoon. The body has not yet been…

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Steel Works Fatality. Explosion of Cylinder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

John Henry Ryan, 36, of Stationstreet. Waratah, met a fearful death laat Tuesday morning (says the Newcastle correspondent of the "Evening…

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Washed Overboard. Two Men Drowned Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 1

The captain of the Kadina, which arrived at Port Pirie yesterday, reported that Peter Fraser and Charles Sjoblom were washed overboard and…

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Man Falls 400 Feet. Fatality at Kalgoorlie Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 1

John Brown, aged 71 years, was killed at the Perseverance mine, Kalgoorlie, yesterday. Brown fell a distance of 400ft. down…

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Milkvendor Drowned. Further Rain Predicted. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 1

A total of 4in, of rain fell yesterday in the 24 hours. The Commonwealth Meteorologist predicts further heavy falls for to-day in the southern and…

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Steamer Sunk Alongside Pier' Result of a Collision Hobart

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 1

The steamer Westralia, when changing berths yesterday morning, collided with the channel steamer Star as she was lying alongside a pier. The Star,…

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Series of Accidents. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 1

Mr. Cross, a farmer at Doves Plains, near Kadina, had his hand cut off yesterday in a chaffcutter. Messrs. Bennett and Willcox, two…

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Two Men Fined for Assault After Motor-car Accident Mr. M. M'taggart Attacked. Medical Evidence of Injuries Statement by One Defendant Magistrate's Remarks

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 2

John Stephen Flynn and Victor George Summers appeared before Mr. A. Gates, Deputy S.M., in the Police Court this morning, charged with…

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Drowned at Eden. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 1

A woman has been drowned and a man is missing as the result of the floods at Eden, on the South Coast…

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Great Floods at Bega Boy Drowned in Creek

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 1

The Bega correspondent of the "Sun[?] day Times" supplies the following details ot the floods already briefly reported by telegraph:—…

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Motor Car Street Accident. Man Knocked Down Driver Charged in Court Case Is Dismissed

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

Robert George Bewsell was charged in the Police Court this morning, be[?] fore Mr. A. Gates, Deputy S.M., with having on February 22 driven a motor…

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Miner's Head Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 11

While at work at the South mine last night a miner named A. Camp was hit on the head by a picce of rock. He was spawling at the time that the…

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Miner's Head Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

While, at work at the South mine last night a miner named A. Camp was hit on the head hy a piece of rock. He was spawling at the time that the…

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11 British Soldiers Killed in Collision Between Trains in France. SEVENTY-FlVE INJURED. (Reuter's Message.) Paris

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 9

A message from Amiens states that on March 5 a British leave train, while proceeding to Rouen, collided with a troop train, and was wrecked…

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Accidents This Morning

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 11

Two accidents occurred along the line of lode this morning. The first was at 11.15 at the Block 14 mine, where L. Walsh had his foot bruised…

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Accidents This Morning

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 1

Two accidents occurred along the line of lode this morning. The first was at 11.15 at the Block 14 mine. where.L. Walsh had his foot bruised…

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