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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Accidents on Mines 7 Fatalities Last Year

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 3

Seven fatal accidents—five underground and two on the surface—occurred on the mines during the year 1833. This information was made…

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40 Motoring Accidents Week End List In Adelaide (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition) ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 4

After one of the worst week [?]ds for accidents known in Adelaide a final check to-day revealed that there were more than 40 smashes in which…

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Car Driver Fined Did Not Stop After Accident ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 4

John Willis, parking station proprletor, of Carrington-street, Adelalde, was round guilty in the Traffic Com on a charge of having, failed to stop…

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Left Moving Train: Girl Badly Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—While an electric train was passing through the Carlton railway station at nearly 40 miles an hour Elsie Short (11)…

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Boy and Girl Drowned

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

PERTH, Friday. — A brother and slater were drowned, in the presence of their mother, in the Swan River, at Bayswater. They were Lesley…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

While working in the South mine to-day on the 917ft. level, Neil Colman, of 113 Nicholls-street, was struck on the foot by a stone. He…

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Three Men Badly Injured in Explosion

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z), January 18.— Three men were badly injured following a terrific, explosion in a city factory here to-day. One of the men had…

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Fatal Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Albert William Taylor (26), of Bendigo, was killed and Francis Maurdent Cowan (24), critically injured to-day…

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Three Drowning Cases in Victoria

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Samuel Williamson (20), was drowned in a dom on his father's farm near Mildura. Williamson went to the dam…

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Three Drowning Cases in Victoria

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Samuel Williamson (20), was drowned in a dam on his father's farm near Mildura. Williamson went to the dam…

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Car Struck by Tram Three Occupants Injured ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 9

Three persons were injured when the motor car in which they were travelling was struck in the middle by a tram, carried about 10 yards,…

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Car Struck by Tram Three Occupants Injured ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

Three persons were injured when the motor car in which they were travelling was struck in the middle by a tram, carried about 10 yards,…

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Warehouse Falls Gale Blows In Side Five Killed; 9 INJURED (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 9

When a six-story warehouse a Hull collapsed in a gale to-day five men were killed, nine were badly injured, and one is missing…

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Warehouse Falls Gale Blows In Side Five Killed; 9 INJURED (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

When a six-story warehouse at Hull collapsed in a gale to-day five men were hilled, nine were badly injured, and one is missing…

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Parentage Disputed Tumut Double Drowning Evidence at Inquest Tumut

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

"The only reason I can give for my wife taking the boy Fred with her is due to the fact that I have disputed with her a number of times…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 1

E. Williams, an employee of the Zinc Corporation, suffered a crushed foot when a stone fell on his foot at the mine this morning. He was…

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Men Swept Off Rocks and Drowned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 23:— It transpires that the drowning of three men at Nuggets was caused by the men being swept off the rocks by…

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Mildura Drowning Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 1

The body of John Harvey De Brenni (19), of Buck-street, who was drowned in the River Murray at Mildura on Monday afternoon was…

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Station Man's Painful Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 2

ORANGE, Wednesday. — James Huckle, a well-known station manager, was admitted to hospital with his face and eyes shockingly injured as…

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Drowned in Murray Man Went In Fully Clothed Murray Bridge

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 2

The body of Timothy Claude Delaney, 41, a returned soldier, has been recovered from the Murray at Murray Bridge. Delaney and a mate, H…

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