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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Linesman Badly Injured Falls 30 Ft. on Picket Fence Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

Falling 30 feet from a telegraph pole, Stanley Hemme, a linesman, received awful injuries when he was impaled on a picket fence…

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Linesman Badly Injured Falls 30 Ft. on Picket Fence Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

Falling [?] feet from a telegrapa pole, stanley [?] a linesman, received awful injuries when he was impaled on a picket fence at…

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Aerie Doings French Airmen Crash in Assisting Another Two Killed: One Injured (Special [?] "The Miner.") Paris, January 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

At an aviation school at Istros, in South France, two airmen observing a 20-year-old pilot in difficulties jumped into a second 'plane and flew to give…

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Aerial Doings French Airmen Crash in Assisting Another Two Killed; One Injured (Special to "The Miner.") Paris, January 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

At an aviation school at Istres, in South France, two airmen observing a 20-year-old pilot in difficulties jumped into a second 'plane and flew to give…

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Train Smash in India Express Train Collides with Stationary Train 6 Killed and 14 INJURED (Special to "The Miner.") Calcutta, January 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

Six persons were killed and 14 injured when the Peshawar to Lucknow express, entering a Btation after midnight, collided head on with…

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Train Smash in India Express Train Collides with Stationary Thain 6 Killed and 14 INJURED (Special to "The Minar.") Calcutta, January 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

Six persona were kilted and 14 injured when the Peshawar to Lucknow express, entering a station after midnight collided head on with a…

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Motor Cyclist Injured in Collision with Car

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Eileen O'Connell, of 300 Chloride-street, was turning a motor car belonging to Donald Roy Cukebread in…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

B. Morrone had his foot bruised by a truck falling on it when he was working at the Central mine last night. His injury was given attention…

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Drowned in the Murray Albury

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Ivor Foulkes Parry (17), a clerk employed at the Commercial Bank, Albury, was drowned in the River Murray yesterday while swimming…

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Two Cases of Drowning at Kerang, Victoria Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

The body of an unknown man was found on a sandbank in the River Murray near Kerang, Victoria, on Saturday. A bicycle and clothes were…

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Fatalities and Accidents Lorry and Motor Van Come Into Collision Seven Men Arrested Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Setting out in a lorry for the beach early yesterday morning, nine young men had a collision on the Bay-road, Plympton, with a motor van. The…

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Collision on South Road Motor Cyclist's Leg Broken

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney Cecil Williams, of 121 Gaffney-stiett, was driving a motor car containing five paseeners along the South-road in front of the Central…

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Cyclist Fataily Injured Collided with Motor Car Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 4

Maurice Templer (17), a clerk, of Glenelg, died in the Adelaide Hospital early this morning from head injuries suffered in a collision between a…

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A Broken Hill Man Injured in Adelaide Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. Stanley Hillcock (20), a boilermaker, of Broken Hill, was riding a motor cycle along Ward-street. North Adelaide, on Saturday afternoon when…

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Two Brothers Drowned at Alexaner Heads Where Fishing Off Rocks Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Two brothers, Lionel and Raymond Eisenmanger, aged 32 and 29 years respectively were drowned at Alexander Heads yesterday. They were…

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Man Believed Drowned When Crossing a Creek Search for His Body Cairns (Q.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Extensive searches are still being made for the body of Frederick Graham, who is believed to have been drowned on Sunday, January 5, while…

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Ice Waggon Horses Bolt When the Brakes Fail the Driver Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

TWO youths and a girl narrowly escaped death at Bellevue Hill to-day when two horses attached to an ice waggon bolted. The waggon crashed…

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Motoring Accidents Car Turns Over Oodla Wirra

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

En route to Broken Hill, a motor car driven by two young men suddenly backfired and burst into flames. In an attempt to remove the engine,…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

—C Lindford had one of his toes injured by, a truck falling on it when be was waking at the British mine last night. After being the given…

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Motor Car Capsizes Man Killed; Another Injured Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

Charles Fisher was killed and D[?]gnl Drummond critically injured when a motor car in which they were riding swerved at Kedron and…

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