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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Motoring Accidents Two on Toowoomba Range Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 2

Almost simultaneously two accidente occurred on the Toowoomba Range on Sunday. The first occurred when a car's…

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Level Crossing Fatality Quirindi Man Killed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 2

Thrown from the railway line against a telegraph post by the Tamworth express at a level crossing near Quirindi last night, Patrick Magill…

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Collision of Lorries a Chinaman Killed I Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 2

A Chinese market gardener's lorrj crashed into a disabled motor lorry Btnnding by the roadside at Flemington last night and a Chinaman, whose…

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Grazier Found Dead Killed by Rifle Bullet Accidentally Discharged Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 1

Mr. Oswald F. Norton, grazier; was found iying dead against a fence near his home at Wombalano, 21 miles from Walcha. He had taken a riffe to…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge Seventh Fatal Accident Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 2

James Campbell, who lost his life when he fell from a great height from the North Shore Bridge yesterday, is the seventh victim since the structure…

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Boy Shot Dead at Baerami Believed an Accident Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 2

The Denman police are investigating a shooting case which occurred at Baerami on Monday, when a boy named Doran was shot dead. Doran, who…

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Fatal Buning Accident Man Injured in Tent Bathurst

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 4

David Reid (66), of Melbourne, was shockingly burned when his tent caught lire, and he died in the Bathurst HesPital a couple of hours after admission…

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Saved From Drowning Girl' and Her Brother Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 3

Betty Judge, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. P. Judge, of Somerville-road, Maribyrnong, risked her life in the Maribyrnong River to save her…

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Fall Down Lift Well Cake Manager Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 4

Stanley Allison (34), manager of the Express Cafe," Gilbert-phace, opened the door uf the lift on the ground floor of the cafe and fell 25ft, to the…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

At the North mine to-day U. L. Anthony, a mill hand, was, helping to carry out some repairs when he fell from a staging and suffered a lacerated…

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Girl Drowned Body- Recovered Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

A drowning accident'occurred in the [?]arwon River at Mungindi, at [?]clook this inorning, the victim being Suzanne Brady (15), who dived into…

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Four Persons Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

The latest details of a terrific hailstorm at Murrurundi on Thursday show that practically half the houses in the town were unroofed. Four persons were…

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Engineer Injured Wife Collapses at News Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

On the news of an accident to William Leslie (65) on his first day at work after 18 months being taken to his wife at Albert Park. she collapsed and…

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Hail Storm at Murrurundi Boy Injured by Hail, Stones Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 6

Further reports regarding the hall storm at Murrurundi last night state that all electric power was cut off during the downpour. Dead poultry…

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Fatalities and Accidents Youth's Skull Fractured by a Cricket Ball Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 1

Within a week three persons have been struck on the head by cricket balls and had their skulls fractured. The latest victim is Esmond Bartley…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 2

R. Campbell was injured at the North mine at 10 o'clock this morning when,a piece of iron fell on his toe. He was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital…

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Duck Shooting Accidents in Victoria at Opening of Season Man Drowned: One Missing Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 3

One man was drowned, another, whose upturned boat has been found, is missing, and a boy was shot when the duck shooting season opened…

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Car Strikes Culvert One Dead; Two Injured Mount Gambier

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 1

A buckboard overturned on the Portland road this afternoon, one of the passengers being killed outright, while two others had to be taken to…

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Chinaman Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 1

Jimmy Winn, a Chinaman, was admitted to Ward 1 of the Hospital today in serious condition following an accident in Oxide-street about 12.30…

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Hairdresser Sued Customer's Eye Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 3

Kathleen Elizabeth M'Kenzie, typist, about August 20 of last year, went to the hairdressing establishment of Sparnon and Priest, of Collins-street,…

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