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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Mill Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

W. Smith was walking in the North mine mill to-day when he slipped and fell down some steps, suffering slight concussion of the brain. The injured…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

W. Smith, a minor employed at the North mine, was admitted to Ward 1 at the Hospital last night suffering from slight concussion of the brain…

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New South Wales Fatal Motor Car Accident Molong

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

John Dunleavy was badly injured in a motor car accident at Yullundry Bridge yesterday. He died before he could be taken to the Molong…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

Charles Wilkinson (14) was killed while out shooting yesterday 40 miles from Tambellus. Death is believed to have been due to a gunshot wound…

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Accident at South Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

A. Gething had his right foot bruised by slime rolling on it when he was at work on the South mine this morning. He was taken in the…

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Vehicles in Collision Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

A motor car and a horse-drawn vehicle collided at Rochdale last night and several persons were Injured. Both vehicles overturned…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

[?] Borris was treated at the Hospital to-day for an injury to the shoulder. R. Bent had an injured [?]inger…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

J. Nancarrow, a miner, had the toes of his left foot bruised by a stone falling on them while he was at work on the 14[?] level of the North mine…

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A Double Collision Cyclist's Skull Fractured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

Carl Hanses, of Long-street, Queenstown, was riding a Bicycle along Commercial-road[?] Port Adelaide, on Tuesday night, when he collided with a…

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An Italian Drowned Disappears From Vessel. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 1

At about 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning as the Ormonde was steaming up the bay a steerage passenger named Dominico Mattee, an Italian marble…

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Motor Car Fatality Driver Is Acquitted of Unlawfully Killing Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

After a second trial on a charge of having unlawfully killed Francis Edward Preston, who lost his life in a motor car accident, Er[?] John…

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Accident at British Man Falls Into Chute

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

"Junger" Rose, a local horse trainer, was badly injured at the B[?] tish mine this afternoon. From the particulars which could be obtained it…

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Motoring Accident Man Seriously Injured. Bathurst

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 1

Three well-known racing men had a remarkable escape when a motor car leapt over a precipice 30ft. deep near Milltown yesterday. Fred Clifton, the…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

M. Vugi had the big toe of his right foot crushed by a stone which fell on it while he was working on the 1200ft[?] level of the South mine…

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Man Injured by Motor Car Dies in Hospital. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 1

At 7.52 o'clock on Wednesday night a man aged 65 years[?] and believed to be a local resident, was crossing St. Vincent-street, Port Adelaide,…

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Accident at Bottle Factory

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

G. Nunan (16) suffered cuts in the hand when working at Shelley's bottle factory to-day. He was taken to the Hospital and admitted to Ward 1…

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Rescued From Drowning

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

Lieutenant-Colonel Denehy, D.S.O., commanding the 57th Battalion, in camp at Seymour, took a leading part in rescuing two trainees from…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

W. Craney, a tracker at the British mine, had one of his eyes injured by a scat which struck it while he was at work to-day. The injury received…

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Woman Found Drowned Forbes

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

Mrs. Eillen Martin Smith, Condobolin-road, Forbes, wh was missing from her home, has been found drowned in a dam at Old Anglesey. The body…

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South Australia a Greek Drowned. Berri

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

Yesterday a Greek named Stembolas was drowned in the Murray River near Katarapko Island. He had not been long out from his native…

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