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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Batsmen Injured By Bowlers

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Three batsmen belonging to suburban teams were treated at the Melbourne Hospital during the week end as the…

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Escapees From Raid 5 Nearly Drowned; Saved By Police SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 3

Police raided a two-up school on the bank of Cook's River at Botany yesterday afternoon. More than 50 players were present when the alarm…

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Stockman Drowned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.—Paddy Noble, a colored stockman, was drowned in the flood waters of the Laura River, near Cairns, while attempting to cross…

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Motorist Nearly Drowned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—George Salvage (26) narrowly escaped drowning when a sedan car which he was driving to Newcastle ran through the…

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Injured At Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Con Tsoigos while working at the South mine to-day was injured by a falling stone. He was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital and…

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Touched Live Wire; Boy Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Danny Fay (9) miraculously escaped death at Goulburn to-day. Being dared by his companions to touch a live wire at…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 3

While filling dirt at the South mine at about 7.15 last night Mr. G. Giles, who resides at the corner of Bromide and Lane streets, was struck on the…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 3

While filling dirt at the South mine at about 7.15 last night Mr. G. Giles, who resides at the corner of Bromide and Lane streets, was struck on the…

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Scene of the Port Noarlunga Drowning Tragedy

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 6

Inset—A party of searchers with a dragnet. Left to Right: Messrs. A. Price, B. Rayner, J. Sauerbier, and V. Whalan. PEOPLE WHO FIGURED in the drowning tragedy at Port Noarlunga on Monday. Top—Irene and Vera Bowen, who were rescued. Bottom—The four victims. Ray Kennedy, Mavis Dodd, Daphne Dodd, and Charles…

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Waverley Drowning Case

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The coroner to-day returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of John Charles Pinkerton (11), who was drowned in…

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Workless Youth Drowned

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

TOCUMWAL, Monday.—A young man aged about 18 years who was travelling in search of work, but whose name is not known, was…

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Injured Boy In Park; Foul Play?

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Detectives, are investigating the case of Allen Buntalse (13), of South Melbourne, who was found wandering in…

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Boat Capsizes in Waterhole Boy Drowned; Body Not found MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

While three small boys were attempting to row a small corrugated iron boat across a waterhole in the Merri Creek, East Brunswick, the…

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Factory Wall Collapses Firemen, Injured By Hot Bricks Melbourne Fire Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

Two firemen were crushed when a wall collapsed to-night in one of the worst fires Melbourne has experienced in recent years. They…

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Death After Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Carmelius Mulligan (70) died at the Sydney Hospital early this morning. He was working on the wharf at Pyrmont on…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 2

J. Scott while working underground at the South mine last night was accidentally hit on the shoulder with a hammer. He was taken in the…

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Sutton Forest Collision; Four Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A collision between a lorry laden with wood and a motor car at Sutton Forest, near Moss Vale, on Sunday night, resulted…

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Injured Miners Improving

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—William Levy and William Edgar, two miners who were badly injured by a full of earth in the Mount Stewart mine last…

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Man and Child Drowned Swim In Dam; Cramp Suspected SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

A double drowning tragedy occurred at Weethalle, near Coolah, yesterday, when Richard Blader (24) and Patrick Ticehurst (5) lost their lives in…

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Girl Drowned At Wagga

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Florence Eden (19) was drowned while bathing at Wagga. Roy Carter, a pupil of the local high school, made a heroic…

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