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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Motorist killed Four Others Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.— Thomas Cummings (31), watchman, of Newcastle, was killed and four others were injured when a motor car…

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Workless Camp Brawl Two Men Seriously Injured Knives Used Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 3

As a result of a brawl—in which sheath-knives are said to have been used—at the Second Valley…

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Man injured By tractor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 3

MACKAY (Queensland), Tuesday. —While ploughing soft ground at Mount Ossa, Paul Schneider had a dreadful experience. A tractor…

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Cut to Pieces by Train Level Crossing Collision Two Men Dead Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 3

Two men were cut to pieces when a motor truck was wrecked in a collision with a train at the Yeerongpilly level crossing on the Fairfield…

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William Keats Death Finding Of Coroner At Inquest ACCIDENTAL

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was given by Mr. G. S. Goldie, coron at the Courthouse this afternoon when the inquest was conclude…

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Injured At Work

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

C. Ashwood while w[?]king at the North mine last night suffered a crushed foot ns a result of a fall of ground. He was taken in the…

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Trams Collide; Four Persons Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Four people were injured, two of them seriously, while several others suffered from the effects of shock this morning…

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Two Sisters Drowned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.—A tragedy involving the deaths of two little girls occurred at Pindi Pindi, 40 miles from Mackay, yesterday. The…

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Los Angeles Is Shaken by Severe Earthquake Many Hundreds Of People Are Seriously Injured (Special to "The Miner") Los Angeles, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

Many hundreds of people were injured, some fatally and 200 seriously, in an earthquake which shook Los Angeles and other Californian cities…

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Saved From Drowning

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—While wading in shallow water at National Park yesterday Jacqueline Pender (6), of Newtown, fell into a deep hole and…

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Mildura Drowning Case

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 2

MILDURA, Monday.—Peter Joy, a fruit picker, of Ouyen, was drowned at Mildura on Saturday night. While crossing the river in a boat with a…

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Level Crossing Collision

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Ernest Moore with his wife was driving along Spring Hill road to Wollongong when the ear was struck at a level crossing…

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Boy Cyclists Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 2

The sons of Mr. W. Kelly, caretaker of the Western Oval, and Mr. F. Whitelum, of Shelley's factory, were involved in a cycling accident on…

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Injured While Diving

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 3

A young man named Ferguson suffered head injuries while diving in the rock hole swimming pools near Umberumberka yesterday. He is…

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Man Found Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 3

Ernest Opie was found in an unconscious condition on the footpath near the Commercial Hotel at 10 o'clock on Saturday night. His…

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Injured By a Fall

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— When John Summers (34), of Pennant Hills, fell 30 feet from a scaffolding at Anthony Horden and Sons' premises to-day he…

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Tried Out a Motor Cycle Rider Injured And Later Is Fined

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 3

Before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, Bruce Henry Turner wus charged with having on February 27 driven an…

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Los Angeles Earthquake Hundreds of People Injured (Special to "The Miner") Los Angeles, March 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 4

Many hundreds of people were injured, some fatally and 200 seriously, in an earthquake which shook Los Angeles and other Californian cities…

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Californian Earthquake Death Roll, 130; 5000 Injured Property Loss (Special to "The Miner") Los Angeles, March 12

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

A death roll of 130, with 5000 injured, 1000 of them seriously, and damage to property reckoned ut about £10,000,000 was revealed…

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Barrister Found Drowned

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Mr. Henry Malcolm (62), a well known solicitor and barrister, was found drowned in the bay between St. Kilda…

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