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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Horse Dashes Into Tramcar Car Passenger Killed and Two Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

A horse attached to a dogcart got out of control on the St. Kilda-road last night and dashed into a street cable tram at the Domain-road…

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Horse Dashes Into Tramcar Car Passenger Killed and Two Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 1

A horse attached to a dogcart got out of control on the St. Kilda-road last night and dashed into a street cable tram at the Domain-road…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 4

F. Kennedy, while engaged doing some rigging work at the Proprietary mine to-day, had a small bone in his right foot broken by a falling wheel…

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St. Kilda Road Collision Second Death Reported Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 1

The collision between a jinker and a cable tramcar on the St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, on Thursday night in which a waitress was killed, has resulted in…

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Crossing Keeper Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

Thomas Barnes, who is employed by the Silverton Tramway Company as a crossing attendant at the Oxide-street crossing, was jammed between some…

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Adelaide Street Accidents a Woman Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 1

A collision between the bolting horses attached to a trolly and a tramcar occurred at Torrensville yesterday. One of the horses was killed and the car…

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Accidents Near Hobart a Man Killed & 2 Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 4

There was a series of accidents near Hobart during the week-end (says a report in the "Journal"). A young man named Lleweliyn Spotswood, or…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured Wheel Comes Off Sidecar While Going at Steady Pace Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 1

A wheel coming off his motor cycle sidecar while riding with his wife in King-street. Newtown, shortly after 9 o'clock last night resulted in such…

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Motor Car Collision Woman Seriously Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

Last night as the result of a motor car collision in Cook-road, Central Park, just after 9 o'clock, five persons were injured…

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Nhill Fatality Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

An inquest into the death of Eileen Maude Evans, who died of injuries sustaned at the Nhill Railway Station on Thursday of last week by being run…

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Fatality After a Social

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 3

A fatality occurred at Wagga (N.S.W.) early on Saturday morning (reports the "Daily Herald"). Captain Arthur Tuck, officer in…

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Trams Collide at Randwick Twenty-five People Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 1

Twenty-five persons were more or less seriously injured in a tram accident at Randwick at about 11.30 o'clock last night, and three waggons from the…

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Girl's Terrible Death. Nhill Railway Accident

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 2

News of a railway accident at Nhill, as the result of which Miss Hazel Evana, aged 16 years, met with a terrible death, was brought to Adelaide…

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Express Train in Collision Sixty Persons Injured (Reuter's Message.). London, January 22

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 4

Reuter's Arras correspondent reports:— "A serious accident befell the Paris express through a broken coupling, the…

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Men Injured at South Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

Two accidonts occured at the South mine hit night. On the l1200ft. level W. Johnston had his wrist lacerated by a falling stone. After receiving…

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Charge of Manslaughter Against Motor-car Driver Collision with Cyclist

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 1

Last October, on the Port-road, near Hindmarsh a collision occurred between a motor car driven by Ernest Warburton Jeanes and a bicycle ridden by…

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South Mine Fatality (Continued from Page 1.) Inquest Will Be Opened at Courthouse To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Perry, City Coroner, stated this afternoon that he will conduct an inquest at the Courthouse to-morrow afternoon at 2.15 o'clock into…

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Mine Fatality Fall of Slimes Young Man Smothered at South Mine To-day Youth Has Narrow Escape Vain Efforts to Rescue

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Arnold Mitchell (22), who resided with his parents at Hebbard-street, South Broken Hill, met his death at the South mine at 10 o'clock this morning as the…

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Other Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

At midday the ambulance was called to Thompson's shaft section of the British mine, where a single man named Lockie O'Loughlin, an assistant…

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Accident to Driver

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Arising out of the more serious accident befell another one. All the available drivers with their horses and vehicles were requisitioned to cart the…

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