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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Injured in Brawl

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

Believed to have been struck on the head in a brawl Jack Mack was taken to the Hospital at 6 o'clock on Sunday evening by Constable…

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Drowned Over Week End Father And Child At Tuncurry SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

Thomas Shersing (33), of Tuncurry, and his daughter Dawn (2) were drowned in the Wollomba River on Saturday night when a skiff in…

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Woman and Children Drowned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.— Mrs. May and her three children were drowned when their boat capsized in the MacIntyre River, 30 miles from…

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Painful Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

Mrs. W. J. Beaton, wife of Sergeant Beaton, of the North police, who resumed duty to-day, had an unenviable experience while holiday making…

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Shot Dead by Accident Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

Ronald Hammat, aged 18, of Victor Harbor, was accidentally shot dead at Hall's Creek, about four miles from Victor, about noon yesterday…

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Victorian Drowning Cases

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A report received from Maffra states that Gina Palligrini (11), the daughter of an Italian laborer, and John Herbert…

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Collision of Motor Vehicles

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 2

A report has been made to the Central Police by T. G. M'Cubbin, a lorry driver, of 181 Morgan-lane, that at 9.40 o'clock last night when…

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Painful Accident (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 4

Mrs. W. J. Beaton, wife of Sergeant Beaton, of the North police, who resumed duty to-day, had an unenviable experience while holiday making…

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V.C. Rescues Drowning Child (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Philip Goldsberg (3) had a narrow escape from drowning in a muddy pool at University Park last night. His brother…

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Hit-and-run Motorist Four Men Injured In Adelaide ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

Four men were injured, two seriously, when the motor car in which they were travelling came into collision with another at the corner of…

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Lorry Hit by Train Driver Fatally Injured Another Man Crushed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

Two men were fatally injured in accidents yesterday. One was killed in a level crossing smash and a driver was crushed by a drum of petrol…

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Brawl at Balmain Hotelkeepers Injured SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

In a brawl outside an hotel at Balmain early this morning two persons were injured, and the police made six arrests before order was restored…

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Four Drowned in River Survivor Charged With Vagrancy BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 9

The body of Phyllis Gray (7), another of the victims of the M'Intyre River boating fatality, was found on the New South Wales side of the…

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Four Drowned in River Survivor Charged With Vagrancy BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 3

The body of Phyllis Gray (7), another of the victims of the M'Intyre River boating fatality, was found on the New South Wales side of the…

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Two Airmen Drowned 'Plane Falls Into River Nen Jammed in Cockpit Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

Nose diving out of control a Moth 'plane crashed into Cook's River not far from the Mascot aerodrome this morning, and…

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Injured at Bielpajah

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

The first accident in the history of the unemployed wood camp at Beilpajah occurred yesterday when Mr. A. G. Reynolds was struck by a…

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Boy Drowned at Mylor Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 4

While the attention of hundreds of people at Silver Lake, Mylor, was attracted to the rescue and subsequent resuscitation of a young woman…

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Two People Drowned in the Murrumbidgee

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mrs. M. Daveron (25) was drowned yesterday while swimming in the Murrumbidgee River near Darlington Point…

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Gerald Patterson Hurt in Car Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—When the car in which he was travelling from Inverloch to Leongatha came into collision with another car, Gerald…

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3 Injured in Smash Car Turns Over Three Times Man Badly Hurt (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition.) SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 4

A sedan car turned three complete somersaults when the off-side rear tyre blow out on the Great Western Road at Prospect early this…

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