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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Three Persons Drowned While Bath[?]ng at Brisbane Victims Are Young Men Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

A party of nine left Bald Hills, a suburb of Brisbane, for the Bribie passage, and travelled in a motor launch. Upon arrival at the passage…

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Motor Fatality Near Mount Victoria One Man[?] Killed [?] [?]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 1

A party of Sydney visitors returning from Mount Wilson were nearing Mount Victoria when the motor car in which they were travelling skidded and…

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Man's Leg Broken for the Third Time Accident at Dowlingville Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 1

A message from Dowlingville says that a man named Rowntree was ploughing on Monday, when his horses bolted and threw him off his machine…

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Jockey Clark Dies From the Effect of a Fall Oakbank Accident Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

The jockey, S. Clark, who fell with Encounter King in the Oakbank Hurdle Race on Monday, died in the hospital yesterday. He never regained…

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A Street Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

A man whose name was given as Hanrahan fell off a cart near the Junction Hotel this afternoon. He appeared to he rather badly injured, and the…

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Man Badly Injured by Sl0w During a Quarrel Alleged Assailant Remanded

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 1

During a quarrel outside Lenard's Picturelsnd last night at a little after 9.30 a man named A. Nickola was struck, and was afterwards taken in…

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Aeroplane Afire When 1700 Feet High One Aviator Is Injured (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, April 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 1

At Camden, New Jersey, a mail aeroplane caught fire when 1700ft. in the air. The piloit (Hogue) nosedived and his companion (Wright)…

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A Buried Shell Kills Nine Frenchmen Fatality While Ploughing Paris, April 9

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 1

Nine farm workers were killed near Lille as the result of the explosion of a buried German bomb, which they struck while they were ploughing…

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Accident to Storekeeper

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

During the week-end William Roberts, storekeeper, of Rowe-street, Railway Town, was burnt about the face and hands as the result of some…

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Story of the Accident to Steamer on Sunday Week Statement by the Captain

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 3

All was well when the s.s. Aughinish left Port Pirie. Sunday, April 4, dawned fine, with a beautifully calm se[?], when the steamer h[?]ve in…

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Aughinish Accident Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 1

It is stated that a survey is to be made of the locality where the steamer Aughinish struck a submerged object…

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Fatality in Perth Man Dies From Fractured Skull Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 1

Late on Friday night at the request of a city restaurant keeper Constable Cowie removed Michael Joseph Peck from the restaurant and placed him in…

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Adelaide Horse Maimer Resumes His Operations Another Animal Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

The horse maimer resumed his dastardly operations on Friday night at Keswick; and on this occasion was actually seen, but unfortunately made…

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Two Men Drowned the "Austeallan Workers" Loses Its Chief Artist Death of Claude Marquet and a Companion Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. Claude Marquet, the well-known black-and-white artist whose work in recent years has formed one of the leading features of the "Australian…

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Two Persons Killed in W.A. Motor Accident Several Others Injured Some in Dangerous Condition Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 1

One of the worst motor accidents ever experienced in West Australia occurred late on Sunday evening on the Kalamunda-road, about 12 miles from…

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Victor Harbor Man Drowned While Attempting a Rescue His Companion Saved Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 1

Mr. Samuel Godfrey Rumbelow a well-known resident of Victor Harbor, was drowned at Victor Harbor yesterday while attempting to rescue Miss Duall,…

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Two More Victims Of C[?]ar-a-bang Accident Six Persons Dangerously Ill Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 2

ROy Mann, who was injured in the Kalamunda char-a-banc smash on Sunday, died on Monday night, and an inf[?]ont died yesterday, making the fourth…

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Drowned in the Murray Ex-soldier Loses His Life While Watering His Horse Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 4

Robert Lacas, a returned soldier, aged 35 years, who owned a block at Kingston on the Murray River, was accidentally drowned on Sunday…

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Flight to Australia Further Details of Matthews's Crash Kay Internally Injured Flight Is Abandoned Weltevreden, April 19

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 1

Captain G. C. Mattnews says that the accident which wrecked the Sopwith Wallaby aeroplane and put an end to his endeavor to fly to Australia was…

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Char-a-banc Accident Sixth Victim Dies Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 1

Yesterday the sixth, victim—Frederick Noel Gibeon (19)r—of the Kalamunda char-a-banc accident died…

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