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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Drowned at Port Pirie Port Pirie

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

During a carnival at Solomontown beach yesterday Ross Henry Honniball (12½) lost his life by drowning. Dozens of swimmers of all ages were…

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Unknown Man Found Drowned in the Torrens Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Another man was drowned in the Torrens River to-day, making the second in less than a week. The body has not yet been identified. The…

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Three-year-old Child Injured by Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Dulcie Williams, a little girl aged three years, was admitted to the Hospital last night suuering from concussion of the brain and abrasions to the…

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West Australia Son of Farmer Drowned While on Holiday Trip Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Ernest, the 11-year-old son of Mr. W. Yalcatchem, a farmer, who had come to Perth with his mother for a holiday, was drowned at Crawley…

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Motor Lorry Overturns and Kills Two Persons 20 Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

A motor lorry containing about 25 people returning from land sale at Sassafras overturned on Devil's Elbow, Tourist-road, last night with the result…

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Drowning Inquest. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

Dr. Ramsay Smith, the city, coroner, held an inquiry to-day into the death of Dennis M'Carthy, whose body was found in the River Torrens on…

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An Injured Back

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 4

Joe Borg injured his back through falling down a ladderway while working on the [?]ft. level of Thompsons shaft at the British mine this…

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Injured by Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 2

John Gorden James (14) was admitted to Ward 1 at the Hospital last night suffering from lacerations to the arm and forehead, as a result of being…

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Collision in Oxide-street Constable's Cycle Damaged

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

At 9.45 o'clock this morning a collision occurred in Oxide-street between a motor car driven by Mr. F. Goodhart, and a motor cycle ridden by…

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Boy Severely Injured. Murray Bridge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

William R. Barwell, a boy employed in connection with the erection of a silo for Noske Bros., fell from a height of 53 feet this morning. He…

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Trams Meet Head-on Two Drivers Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred in Central-square this morning when a tram jumped the rails at Orchard's corner and crashed head-on into…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 2

[?] Mat[?] a miner at the Pro[?] was driving a [?]dge to sprag a timber strut last night when he struck his left arm against…

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The Chapple-street Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 2

Further particulars regarding the accident to [?] Williams the threeyears-old child of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Williams, of 476 Chapple-street, North…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

H. Dolman, a braceman at the Junction North mine, was treated at the out-patients' department of the Hospital yesterday afternoon for…

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An Injured Arm

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

Edward Rernett (34). an employee of Tordown Station, was treated as an [?] at the Hospital to-day for an inj[?] to the arm. It is stated…

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Man Found Drowned. Dubbo

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

The body of an unknown man was found lying face downwards in shallow water of the river near Dubbo yesterday. His clothes were neatly…

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Storms in U.S.A. [?]Ght Persons Drowned and Three Barges Sunk (Reuter's Message.) New York, February 3

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

A message from Ashbury Park, New Jersey, says that eight persons were drowned and three barges foundered in a gale and a snowstorm…

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Mineworkers Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

Louis Balzarina, a miner at the Proprietnry mine was treated as an outpatient at the Hospital lost night for a Ireerated arm…

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Mineworkers Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

Louis Bailarina, a miner at the Proprietary mine, was treated as an outpatient at the Hospital last night for a lacerated arm…

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An Injured Arm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

L. Baigarina. a miner on the 1100ft. level of the Proprietary mine, suffered a laceration to the forearm last night as a result of being struck by a rock…

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