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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Left Injured in Street Man Hit By Cycle Sidecar

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 March 1933 · page 2

Struck by a sidecar, Charies Gapper, of 10 Argent-lane, was left lying on the road in Bromide-street at 11.15 o'clock last night till his calls for…

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Health Inspector Injured Mr. Davey's Hand Broken In Street Collision

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 March 1933 · page 2

Mr. S. J. J. Davey, assistant health inspector, was injured about 11.30 o'clock ' this morning when riding his motor cycle in Blende-street…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 4

While hauling timber in the South mine this afternoon M. Fitzpatrick caught his hand in the chain. He was taken in the ambulance to the…

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Gas Explosion in England Six Killed And 17 Injured an Aged Hero (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, March 27

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 1

Six people were killed and 17 injured in a terrific explosion at Gateshead to-day. A steam excavator which was working in the…

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Accident Victim Dies After 8 Months MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

Eight months after she had her spine fractured in a night collision between a car and a jinker in Batmanavenue, 75 yards from Princes Bridge,…

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Killed Leaving Range Trainee Shot In Head With Rifle Accidental Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 3

Struck on the right temple by a service rifle bullet fired at point blank range, in Kororoit Creek-road, North Williamstown, at 5.30 p.m. on…

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Injured At Work

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

While working at the North mine to-day, T. Coghlan, a motor driver, suffered a ricked side when loading sleepers on to a motor lorry. He was…

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Explosion at Factory Boy Killed; And 29 People Injured Fire Follows (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON. March 30

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

'A terrific explosion wrecked and set fire to a lavender distillery factory at Mitcham, Surrey, at 7 o'clock this morning, killing a…

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'Plane Crash in U.S.A. Five Men Killed And Nine Injured (Special to "The Miner.") VANCOUVER, March 31

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

Five men were killed and nine injured, two seriously, in a 'plane crash near Neodesha (Kansas) township to-day…

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Collision And Immersion

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Flying before a southerly gale off Sydney Heads yesterday afternoon the sailing boat Harmony collided with the Manly…

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Man Commits Suicide Accidentally Shot His Mother Remorse Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 1

Harry Alston Carter (24), postal assistant, of Alexandrin, died in the Hospital from the effects of gun shot wounds inflicted by himself…

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Pile Worker Killed Accident At Lock 8 River Murray a Local Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 1

LOCK 8 (River Murray), Tues. Patrick Joseph Farrell (50), a widower, of Broken Hill, was killed when he fell 23 feet from a…

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French Dirigible Crashes Two Members Of Grew Injured (Speelul to "The Miner."). PARIS, April 4

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 1

By an extraordinary coincidence at about the same time as the Akron crashed into the Atlantic Ocean the French dirigible E9 crashed into open…

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Car Struck by Train Two Men Badly Injured Over Bank Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

A serious accident occurred on the railway line at Rhodes early this morning when a goods train crashed into a motor car which had…

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Mishap to Everest Airmen Forced Down In Ranges Not Injured Purnea (India), April 4

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 3

Air-Commodore Fellowes and Cameraman Fisher made a forced landing safely to-day at Dinajpar, after a flight over Mount…

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Fatal Motor Accidents

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Deaths resulting from motor accidents in New South Wales last year numbered 304 compared with 318 for the previous…

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Motoring Accident; Second Man Dead

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—William Salisbury, garage proprietor, of Pennant Hills, who was injured when a motor car fell over an embankment on to the…

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Fatality Near Wentworth Accidental Death Say Coroner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by Mr. John T. Higgins, coroner, in connection with the death at Lock 8, near Wentworth, of…

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Escape From Drowning Boy Swept Quarter Of a Mile SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

Alfred Burns (10) had an amazing escape from drowning to-day when he was swept along a stormwater channel at Lidcombe for more than a…

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Fatally Near Wentworth Accidental Death Says Coroner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by Mr. John T. Higgins, coroner, in connection with the death at Lock 8, near Wentworth, of…

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