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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

1,311 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 66

Fatal Motor Car Accident Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 4

Through a tyre bursting a motor car driven by Frederick Ray, fibrous plaster manufacturer, of Camberwell, capsized at Woodend on Saturday…

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Victoria. St. Kilda Drowning Case Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 1

Samuel Beard jumped from the St. Kilda pier deliberately with his wife in his arms. When his [?] first told the police that she fell through giddiness…

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Accident at South Blocks

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 1

When Chris Mox was barring down a chute which had hung up on the 600ft. level of the South Blocks to-day the dirt came down with a run and he…

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Accident at British Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 2

While A. L. Clarkson was filling a bucket for the aerial train at a chute on the British mine last night a stone rolled out and fell on the toes of his…

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Miner Severely Injured at South Greta Colliery Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 4

At the South Greta colliery yesterday Andy Brummell, a miner, who served five years at the war as a stretcherbearer, was blown up in a gelignite…

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Railway Accident. Three Carriages Derailed of English Express Train (Reuter's Message.) London, March 17

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 1

Three carriages were smahed in a sensational derailment of the Northern express at Brompton, Yorkshire. There were many miraculous escapes…

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Prince of Wales. Film of the Accident Exhibited in London (Reuter's Message.) London. March 17

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 1

A film of the accident to the Prince of Wales which has been screened in London shows that spectators were on the course, and possibly the Prince…

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New South Wales. Dispute Over Identity of a Drowned Man Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 1

An inquest was held yesterday on the body of a man which was floating in Lake Macquarie. Two police witnesses identified the body as that of Jack…

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South Australia. Two Brothers Injured. by Motor Car Starting Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 4

At Balhannah yesterday R. Kelsey, of Balhannah, was starting his motor car when it moved forward, passing over his brother, A. Kelsey, breaking both…

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Prince of Wales. Reference to Accidents in House of Commons Speaker Powerless to Act (Reuter's Message.) London, March 18

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 1

The question of the Prince of Wales riding accidents has been raised in the House of Commons. Colonel J. T. C. Moore-Brabason asked whether it waS…

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Fatal Motoring Accidents Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 4

A motor cycle driven by a nam named Carr grazed the mud guard of a motor car driven by Charles Dott, of Port Melbourne, last night. The motor…

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Accident at Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 2

While loading slimes at the Proprietary nine yesterday afternoon J. Dunbar became jammed between a retaining wall and a railway truck, with the…

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Accident at Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 2

S. A. Langley let a spanner fall on one of his toes while working at the Proprietary mine yesterday, resulting in the toe being broken. He was taken…

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Accident at South Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 2

J. T. Doyle, while engaged in barring down on the 700ft. level of the South mine to-day, fell through a set of timber and injured his back. He was…

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The City of Accidents

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 March 1924 · page 3

Our fears, as a rule, are out of all proportion to facts. Recently we had a food poisoning scare, and everyone was examining tinned food. Then a…

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Rescue From Drowning

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 4

An act of bravery was performed at Kembla Heights, Mount Kembla, the hero being Charles Harrison (10), son of Mr and Mrs. A. Harrison, of…

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New South Wales. Fatality at Cordeaux Dam Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 1

As the result of a fall from a ledge 20ft. high to the ground at Cordeaux Dam on Saturday, Thomas Evans (27) fractured his skull. He died in the…

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General Cable Neis Comedian Found Drowned (Reuter's Message.) London, March 22

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 1

Mr. T. E. Dunville, a comedian, who mysteriously disappeared from London yesterday, was found drowned at Beading to-day…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cyclist's Death Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

Leonard Alfred Lawrence (18), of West Perth, when returning on a [?] bicycle from a training camp, [?] with a motor car. He died in hospital…

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Surfing Fatality. Man Saves Four Lives Then Loses His Own Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

After saving four lives at Mandurah, yesterday Arthur Lakeman (23) lost his own. A number of people who were surfing, including four women, one of…

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