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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Sensational Motor Accident. Wonderful Escape of Occupants

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

Seen afternoon on Wednesday, an Overland motor lorry, owned by Mr W. J. Finch, cordial manufacturer, and driven by Albert Watzel, with…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 1

F. Bertram, while engaged in stoping operations at the Junction North mine last night, was badly bruised by some falling timber which came away…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

R. Wellington had a toe fractured while working at the North mine this afternoon. The injury was caused by a piece of timber falling from a set which…

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Fire in Zebina-street Owner and Fireman Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 2

A three-roomed wood-and-iron house, situated at 321 Zebina-street and owned and occupied by Mr. H. J. Bache, was, together with its convents,…

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Yesterday's Holiday Wet Day in Sydney Man Drowned at Bronte Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 3

The holiday in Sydney and district yesterday was maried by a strong southerly wind and misty rain. Passengers carried by rail showed a…

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Welsh Railway Swash Latest Reports Now State 17 Killed and 16 INJURED (United Service Message.) London, January 28

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

The latest official figures of the casualties due to the crashing of the Manchester to Aberystwyth express into a local train near Newtown are…

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Welsh Railway Smash Latest Reports Now State 17 Killed and 16 INJURED (United Service Message.) London, January 28

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 1

The latest official figures of the casualties due to the crashing of the Manchester to Aberystwyth express into a local train near Newtown are…

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Mine Fatality Bock Fall at Great Boulder. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 1

Bert Barrett was killed by a fall of rock at the Great Boulder mine yesterday. Mr. Barrett was a single man…

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Motor Car Capsizes Six Occupants Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

Six persons were injured when a motor car struck the side of a stationary tram on Prince's Bridge last sight and overturned, pinning its…

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Collision in France 10 Killed and 47 INJURED (Reuter's Message.) Paris, February 3

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 3

Ten persons were killed and 47 injured as the result of a head-on collision between a passenger and a goods train near Limoges…

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Tram Smash at North Sydney Three Vehicles in Collision Fifteen Persons Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

A tram smash occurred at North Sydney shortly after 5 o'clock.p.m. yesterday. A tramcar from Ridge-street crashed…

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Fall Lown Mullock Pass Accident to Shift Boss at Occidental Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 4

At the Occidental mine about noon on Friday last, a shift boss named John Wilson, who resides at Wrightville, fell down a mullock pass…

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Five Sydney Men Injured When Lift Crashed Down All Taken to Hospital Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 1

Five men were injured in a lift accident at Foley Brothers, produce merchants, of Sussex-street, early yesterday morning. They were:—Stanley…

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Fatal Fall From Train Liverpool Station Accident Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 3

Willam Olliffe Pasfield (31) fell from a train at Liverpool yesterday and was killed. Pasfield saw service with the Australian Imperial Force. He…

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Man Buried Alive Fatality at Great Lake Hydro-electric Works

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

The story of how Peter Henderson, tha navvy who was buried alive at the hydro-electric construction works at Great Lake, Tasmania, met his death…

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Fatal Inrush of Water in a Ballarat Mine Two Men Drowned Their Mates Escape Ballarat

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 2

Two men were drowned at the Lal Lal mine, Ballarat, last night, consequent on an inburst of water from the old workings…

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Thirty-two Pensons Killed in American Train Smash Collision at Michigan (Reuter's Message.) Chicago, February 28

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 4

Thirty-two bodies have been recovered from a fearful railway wreck which occurred at Michigan Quay. A Canadian train was derailed while…

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Accidents in Melbourne Railway Passenger Killed Motorist Badly Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 1

C. B. Dowie, a clerk employed at the National Bank in Collins-street, fell from a Sandringham electric, train on to the rails when coming to the…

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Smelters Fire Inquest at Port Pirie Coroner's Finding Fire Accidentally Caused

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 2

An inquest on the fire which occurred on January 25 at the, Dwight and Lloyd plant of the Broken Hill Associated Smelters was held at tue Port…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 4

The Wilcannia police received word on Saturday last that a lad named James Vincent M'Cormack, 17½ years of age, son of Mr. M'Cormack,…

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