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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Swimmer Drowned Seized with Cramp Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

Henry Williams (32) was swimming in a large waterhole nt Morningside when he was apparently seized with cramp, sank, and was drowned…

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Lorry Strikes Dray Two Men Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

Struck from behind by a heavy motor lorry on West-terrace, Adelaide, yesterday morning, a dray, loaded with gravel, was pushed for about 40 feet…

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Meuindie Drowning Case

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 2

The remains on Thomas M'Manus (19). of Broken Hill, who drowned in the River Darling at Monindie on Friday last [?] brought into Broken…

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Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 7

Virgin[?] Mirtini was riding a motor cycle in Oxide-street this afternoon when he collided with Percy Birmingham, of 381 Oxide-street who was…

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Motoring Fatality Young Woman the Victim Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 8

Muriel Helen Fishwick (17) of Roseville was killed last night when a car in which she was travelling near, Kiama capsized when taking a hairpin bend…

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Motoring Fatality Young Woman the Victim Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

Muriel Helen Fishwick (17), of Roseville, was killed last night when a car in which she was travelling near Kiama capsized when taking a hairpin bend…

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Marist Bros. Scout Injured at Mootwinge[?]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

At the recent camp of the Marist Brothers Scouts at Mootwingee an accident occurred last Tuesday week to Allan Breu[?]nan, aged 14 years, who…

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A Youth Drowned in Cook's River To-day Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

Paul Taylor (17), of Joseph-street, Ashfield, was drowned in Cook's River at Undercliffe to-day…

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Drowning Cases Nurse Loses Her Life While Bathing in a Dam Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

Miss Jessie Walsh (25), a nurse, was drowned while bathing in a dam at Boho last night…

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Harvesting Accident Youth Impaled on Pitchfork Nhil[?]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

The l6-year-old son of Mr. C. J. Brinsmead was londing hav on a waggon when he overbalanced and fell from the top of the load. The…

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Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

Virgino Mirtini was riding a motor cycle in Oxide-street this afternoon when he collided with Percy Birmingham, of 981 Oxide-street, who was…

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Fatalities and Accidents Five Drowning Cases Reported in New Zealand Auckland (N.Z.), January 25

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

A boat capsized in Waiuku channel near Auckland yesterday, and Peter M'lntosh, radio engineer (31), and his wife, Lucy (29). were drowned. Their…

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Zing Corpn. Mine Fatality Inquest on the Victim Accidental Death Is Finding of Jury

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Laurence Allred Rubenacb, who was killed at the Zinc Corporation on…

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Man Drowned in Namoi River 10 Miles From Gunnedah Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

Beforo the eyes of his wife, who clutched their six weeks old baby, George Burohcle (42), of Gunnedah, was drowned yesterday in the Namoi…

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Motor Truck Over Bank One Dead. One Injured Mareleslield

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 3

A motor truok loaded, with timber on which two district residents were riding. crashed over an embankment into the River Angas this afternoon, and…

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Motor Truck Falls 10 Feet Into Bed of a Creek Seven People Injured Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

Seven persons were injured and others had remarkable escapes yesterday when a motor truck conveling 13 passengors from Toowoomba to Lockyer…

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Fatalities and Accidents Man Drowned at Griffith in Irrigation Channel Griffith

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 1

John Haines, father of Jack Haines, the former middleweight boxing champion of Australia, was drowned last night in the main irrigation channel…

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Child Drowned at Mackay Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 1

Henry Breckenridge (8) was catching lobsters in a hole about 8ft. deep at Mackay when he overbalanced, fell into the water and was drowned…

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Airman Injured Swinging Propeller Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

When swinging the propeller of his aeroplane at the Essendon Aerodrome on Saturday afternoon, Gilbert Matthew Stevenson (35), of…

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Explosion at Rubber Works One Dead; Several Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 1

The door of a tube curing vat blew out at the Dunlop Perdriau rubber works at Montague last night, several men being injured, while Frederick…

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