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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Fatalities and Accidents Police Patrol Motor Car Crashes Into a Post Occupants All Escape Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 1

All the metropolitan hospitals were busy on Saturday and Sunday treating persons injured in motor car and cycle accidents…

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Accident at Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

John Kemp slipped and injured his shoulder through falling against a rock while working on the 400ft. level of the Block 14 mina to-day. After…

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Motors in Collision

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Pascoe, licensee of the Mount Gipps Hotel, was driving a motor car in a northerly direction in Argent-street at about 5.30 p.m. to-day…

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Fatality at Sawmills Employee of 20 Years Killed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

Arthur Chlares Wade (55) was killed on Wednesday morning while working a circular saw at Wirrabara Forest sawmills. He had been at the…

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New South Wales Man Injured in Brawl Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

William M'Gregor, storeman of Railway-street, Belmore, was badly injured in a brawl at the corner of Burwood and Canterbury roads, Belmore, on…

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Mr. C. C. Berriman Killed in Motoring Accident Former Broken Hill Resident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Dimond, inspector of police, received a telegram from Mrs. Dimond last night stating that her brother, Mr. Cecil Clarence berriman,…

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Motors in Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

In connection with the collision which occurred yesterday between a motor car driven by Mr. J. Pascoe of the Mount Gipps Hotel, and a motor…

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Rider of Motor Cycle Killed in Collision Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 1

A head-on collision between a fourhouse furniture waggon and a motor cycle occurred on the Parramatta road last night and resulted in the death…

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Injured by Fall of Coal. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 1

A fall of coal at the Abermain No. Colliery yesterday resulted in a miner, Jack Cornish, being buried. He was extricated in a serious condition…

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Fatal Gun Accident Boy Dies From Injuries Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 1

Kenneth Rawlings (14), a son of Mrs. Rawlings, a widow, who conducts a small farm in the Modbury district, died in the Adelaide Hospital on…

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Accident at Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

H. Holder, a miner, had the back of his left head lacerated by it being jammed with a rock when he was at work on the 640ft. level of the…

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Accident at Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

T. Finley, when working on the 460ft level of the Proprietary mine this afternoon, was struck on the forehead with a windlass handle which had got…

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Ship's Cook Drowned

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

Hugh M'Bride, employed as cook on the steamer Palmer, a coastal vessel trading between Brisbane and the northern rivers of New South Wales,…

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Mrs. E. J. Eddy Injured in Melbourne Accident Condition Is Critical

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

Mrs. E. J. Eddy, of Oxide-street, who recently left Broken Hill for the purpose of spending an extended holiday with the members of her family in…

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MRS. E. J. Eddy Injured in Melbourne Accident (Continued from Page 3.) Knocked Down by Cyclist. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

Mrs. E. J. Eddy, of Oxide-street, Broken Hill, but temporarily living at 7 Gleneira-road, Caulfield, was admitted to the Alfred Hospital last night…

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Man Attempts Suicide Injured by a Tram Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

A young Italian rushed out of Hyde Park and threw himself at a tram which was proceeding along Elizabethstreet to-day. He shouted: "I want to…

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Collision in Mid-air Between Two Aeroplanes Two-officers Killed (Reuter's Message.) Montreal, February 24

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 1

A message from Compsorden, Ontario, states that Flight-Lieutenant J. H. White and Flight-Officer R. H. Cross were killed whpm their machine…

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Sandham May Be Chosen for the Fifth Test Match Bryan Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

Owing to Bryan's injury, he having strained a muscle in his thigh, he will probably not play, in the fifth Test as anticipated. Sandham will, therefore,…

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Injured Horse Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

When the Tarrawingee train was passing the outskirts of North Broken Hill yesterday morning it was noticed that a horse was lying on the side of…

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New South Wales Drowned While Surfing Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

While surfing at Narrabeen on Wednesday Harold Spooney, a local baker, was carried out and drowned. The fatality occurred at…

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