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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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A Fatal Collision Albury

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and a buggy at Albury on Sunday resulted in the death of Nellie Perrin (18) from a broken neck. Four men and three…

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Latest News Issue South Australia Drowned in the Torrens Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

Peter Moses (16), an Assyrian, residing with his uncle Antonio Moses in[?] Franklin-street[?] Adelaide, was drowned in the Torrens River on…

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Motor Car Fatality Priest Killed at Dunedin Christchurch (N.Z.), January 18

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

Father Francis Marlow, R[?]man Catholic priest of Dunedin, was krocked down and killed by a motor car on Sunday…

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Wrestling an Australian Injured in Match in America (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, January 16

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

A message from Spokane says that Arnie Arthurs, claimant to the Australian middleweight wrestling championship, is in hospital suffering from…

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One Killed and Two Injured When Car Overturned Inverc[?]gill (N.Z.), January 19

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

On Sunday a motor car overturned at Gore killing George Watson, a solicitor, and severely injuring two brothers, George and Roderick…

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Third Test Match. England's Injured Players Reported to be Improving Tate and Chapman Go Cheaply England 147 for Four Wickets

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 1

Adelaide, Monday. The weather was fine for the third days' play in the third Test match. Gilligan's leg is much better. The…

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Injured Englishmen

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 1

On Monday Gilligan said that the torn muscle in his leg was not troubling him much; the rest during the week-end had done a lot of good. He…

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Burning Fatality Aged Woman the Victim Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 1

Mary Collins, a widow, aaed 76 years, enveloped in flames, was dragged from her room at a boarding house at Cairns on Saturday night. She died…

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Aviation Accidents Two Airmen Killed and One Badly Injured. (Reuter's Message.) London, January 19

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 1

The British Air Ministry announces that as the result of accidents to two Bristol fighting machines at Ismailia and Ramleh respectively, on January…

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South Australia Coroner Conducts Inqulry Into Motor Car Fatality Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 4

Evidence given at an inquest this morning showed that an attempt made by the driver of a motor car to avoid a horseshoe lying on the Port-road…

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Fatal Railway Accident Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 3

A passenger train dashed into a buggy on the Lawrence Creek crossing near Beaufort on Saturday. Subsequently the mutilated body of Mrs…

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Enginedriver Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. Robert Aldrich, driver of the mail train from Bathurst to Dubbo, was on Sunday night struck on the head by a missile and rendered…

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Motor Lorry Driver Hurt in Collision with Trams Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 1

A motor lorry was caught and smashed between two trams in Oxford-street yesterday. The lorry driver, Harry Lee, was seriously…

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Two Boys Are Injured by Backing Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

An accident of a peculiar character occurred at the Grange on Saturday afternoon (says the "Advertiser"). Mr. R. D. Nicholls, M.P., who…

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Accident at Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

Con Burtt had his left leg bruised through getting it jammed between timber while working on the 400ft. level of the Proprietary mine this…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

S. Baldo was jammed against a truck when several tons of slime came away from a slime dam at the Proprietary mine to-day. He suffered a…

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Seamen Make Comment About Injured Fireman Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

As the fireman who was badly burnt in the engineroom of the Nairana, which was due to leave again far Tasmania yesterday afternoon, was being…

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Train Strikes a 'Bus Two Occupants Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

A motor 'bus plying between Rose-water and Adelaide came into collision with a train on the Dry Creek line at the Newcastle-street railway…

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Driving Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

At about 1.30 p.m., to-day an accident happened to a horse and dray, the property of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, at the…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

B. Fort suffered an injury to his right leg through a truck overturning on it while ho was working on the 400ft. level of the South Blocks mine…

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