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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Motor Car Hits Tram Three Men Badly Injured SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

Three men suffered serious injuries when a motor car in Which they were riding crashed with terrific force into a tram at the corner of Fitzroy and…

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Maisey Ferry Fatality Aged Man's Fall into Harbor Did Not Revive Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

A man believed to be George Thomas Hegarty, aged about 60 years, of Cronulla, was drowned when he fell into the Harbor from…

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Cause of Bush Fires " Many Starled By Accidents" MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

Sir James Barrett told members of the Victorian branch of the Australian Forest League that many disastrous bush fires were started by…

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Baby Found Drowned

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Audrey Biggs (14 months) was drowned in an irrigation channel at Koondrook yesterday. It appears that Mrs. Biggs…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 4

J. Rowse while uncoupling a truck on the 400ft. level at the South mine on Thursday had his leg caught in a chain. He was taken in the…

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Drowned In Dam

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

GRIFFITH, Saturday.—While playing near a dam at Ballingal, Gladys Kennedy (8) fell into the water and was drowned…

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A Miner Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 3

John Jones, a miner employed at the Zinc Corporation mine, was treated at the outpatients' department of the Hospital at 9.20 o'clock last night for…

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A Miner Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 3

John Jones, a miner employed at the Zinc Corporation mine, was treated at the outpatients' department of the Hospital at 9.20 o'clock last night for…

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Californian Earthquake. Death Roll, 120; 6000 Injured

Western Grazier · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 2

A death roll of 180, with 5000 injured, 1000 of them seriously, and damage to property reckoned at about £10,000 000 was revealed Sunday…

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Fishing Boat Overturns Two Of Occupants Rescued Third Drowned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 6

One man was drowned ana two others narrowly escaped a similar fate when, heavy seas swamped a fishing boat at Coalcliff, on the…

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Car Skids and Overturns One Killed; Five Injured FREMANTLE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

A Woman was killed and five people were injured when a car left the Perth-Fremantle road, at Buckland Hill, early yesterday morning…

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Car Skids and Overturns One Killed; Five Injured FREMANTLE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 5

A woman was killed and five people were injured when a car left the Perth-Fremantle road, at Buckland Hill, early yesterday morning…

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Motor Ship Blown Up 13 Survivors Are Picked Up All Injured (Special to "The Miner.") COLOMBO, March 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

The Norwegian motor ship Hannoy, 3999 tons, blew up 300 miles off Colombo on Tuesday night. The survivors spent 48 hours at sea in a boat…

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Motor Ship Blown Up 13 Survivors Are Picked Up All Injured (Special to "The Miner.") COLOMBO, March 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

The Norwegian motor ship Hannoy, 3999 tons, blew up 300 miles off Colombo on Tuesday night. The survivors spent 48 hours at sea in a boat…

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Drowned In Dam

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 4

GRIFFITH, Saturday.—While playing near a dam at Ballingal, Gladys Kennedy (8) fell into the water and was drowned…

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Injured Head

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

J. Quirk while working at the Central mine to-day partly fell through a set of timber and injured his head. He was taken in the ambulance to his…

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Injured Footballer Dies

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Reginald Tolhurst (28) died in the Newcastle Hospital yesterday after having suffered a fractured skull when playing, in a…

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Aged Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.— An elderly man named Lynch was admitted to the Lidcombe State Hospital last night suffering from severe bruises and cuts…

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Seaman Injured At Darlinghurst SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 1

Walter Keegan (32), a seaman, was knocked down by a motor car in Darlinghurst early, this morning and suffered a probable fracture of the…

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R.A.A. Guide Drowned In Murray While Bathing ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 1

Leonard Charles Burnard (31), a Royal Automobile Association guide, was drowned while bathing in the River Murray near Mannam early…

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