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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

1,317 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 66

Buses in Collision Statements by Parties

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

Mr. W. B. Brock informed a "Miner" reporter to-day that when the "Silver Dove No. 1" bus was crossing the intersection of Piper and Bonanza…

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Injured by Fire Engine Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

In George-street, city, yesterday a fire engine struck an elderly woman named Mrs. Hill who was alighting from a tram. She suffered a fractured…

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Aeroplanes Collide One Occupant Drowned (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 2

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

A message from Malta states that two aeroplanes, the Fairey and the Flycatcher, collided. Both fell into the sea. The Flycatcher sank immediately…

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Cyclist Taken to Hospital After Street Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 1

William Gebier (2[?]), who resides at 68 Thomas-strcet, was admitted to the Hospital this afternoon suffering from injuries caused by a collision with a…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

Joseph Connell, of 35 Argent-street. attended the outpatients' department of the Hospital yesterday to receive attention to a shoulder which be…

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Man Found Drowned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

The body of John Grant (74) was found in a river at Bush Grove, 388 miles from Sydney, yesterday. An iron guard rail was attached by a rope…

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Hospital Patient Drowned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

At Casino on Saturday a man undergoing hospital treatment escaped and was drowned in the river. Reginald Sinclair was being treated for a…

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A Boating Accident Three Persons Drowned Auckland (N.Z.), February 7

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 4

Three persons were drowned when a rowing boat capsized on Hamilton Lake last night. The victims were:…

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Goods Train Derailed Engine Crew Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 4

Travelling, it is stated, at 30 miles an hour, a goods train crashed into a dead end at North Goulburn at 1 o'clock on Friday morning, and broke…

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Motor Cyclist Killed and Brother Injured Wollongong

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

Kenneth Mitchell was killed and his brother was injured when the coupling of a motor bike and sidecar parted and the machine somersaulted at Albion…

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Motor Racing Eldridge Badly Injured (A.p.a. Message.) Paris, February 5

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

Eldridge, a prominent motorist, was engaged in an attempt to beat the five and 10 kilometre records when his machine overturned while travelling at…

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Car Crashes Into Wall and Kills Young Man Two Others Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

As the result of a motor car crashing into a brick wall at Brookvale on Saturday night Ernest Stanley Bond (24), of Lilyield, was killed. His neck…

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Speedway Fatality Motorist Dies in Hospital [?]Llowing on Injuries Fourth Fatal Crash [?] the Maroubra Track Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 3

While driving a motor car at a speed of 85 miles an hour on the Maroubra speedway on Saturday night, Fred Barlow was thrown over…

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A Scalding Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 4

While Mr. George Bain, of Williamstown, near Adelaide, was attending to the radiator of a car, the water, which was boiling, bubbled up and struck him…

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Fatalities and Accidents Woman in Motor Car Killed by Cart Shaft Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

Mrs. Ellen Cruise (73) met her death under extraordinary circumstances at Tempe on Saturday. She was riding in a motor car driven by her…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

P. D. M'Namara, a timbennan at the South mine, was struck on the head with a stone when he was engaged in repairing a chute on the…

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Injured by Falling Hammer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

When Mr. Herbert Carroll, aged 21, of Howell-street, Hawksburn, was walking past the State Savings Bank building in Elizabeth-street, Melbourne,…

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Alleged Motor Thief Involved in Accident a Woman Injured Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

A man who stole a motor car last night had not proceeded more than two miles when he was involved in an extraordinary accident. He failed to…

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Heir to Millions Injured London, February 6

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

The present Lord Bearsted, who will inherit the bulk of the fortune of £4,000,000 left by his father, fell from his horse while out hunting in…

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Double Drowning Case Boy and Girl Disappear Off Melbourne Jetty Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

A man named Farquharson was fishing from the end of the jetty at Geelong when he met two children who said they were from Melbourne…

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