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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Drowned in Dam

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — When he sought to recover a tennis ball from a dam at Hendon Park Station, near Roma, James Batley (17), got…

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Pensioner Killed in Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — William Larkin (70), an old age pensioner, was knocked down by a bicycle near his home at Parramatta. His skull…

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Sleep-walker Injured in Fall From Window Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

James Gallagher (40), a store manager, of Eugowra, was found to-days lying between a city hotel and another building in George-street,…

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Youth Burnt in Accident Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 4

Shocking burns were received by Max Frisby, 19, when his clothing, sprayed with petrol, caught fire following a motor cycle accident on the…

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Boy Drowned in Golf Pond

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Getting out of his depth in a pond at the Eastlake Golf Course, John Marshall (10), of Botany-road, Waterloo, was drowned…

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Boy Drowned in Golf Pond

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Getting out of his depth in a pond at the Eastlake Golf Course, John Marshall (10), of Botany-road, Waterloo, was drowned…

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Jockey Injured While Schooling

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—E. M'Farane, jockey, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital suffering from abrasions and shock sustained, when Black…

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Bus Strikes Shop; Three Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A doubledecker motor bus crushed through a shop in Crow's Nest, injuring three persons. The bus collided with a…

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Bus Strikes Shop; Three Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A doubledecker motor bus crashed through a shop in Crow's Nest, injuring three persons. The bus collided with a…

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Four Persons Injured Pinned Beneath Buckboard

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

Four persons were admitted to the Hospital on Saturday night with seriout injuries following an accident or the Stephens Creek road. They were…

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Drowned in Waterhole Boy Disregarded Warning ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 1

Disregarding his parents' warning not to bathe, Harold Hartley Jackson, aged 18, of Charleston, a little town in the Adelaide Hills, was drowned…

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Vehicles in Collision Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

John. Highgate (62), of Botany, was seriously injured and five other persons were slightly hurt following a collision between a motor…

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Six Killed in Mid-air Collision

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

HONOLULU, January 27. — Six military aviators, comprising Lieutenant W. G. Beard and five enlisted men, were killed instantly when two…

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Drowned in Waterhole Boy Disregarded Warning ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

Disregarding his parents' warning not to bathe, Harold Hartley Jackson, aged 18, of Charleston, a little town in the Adelaide Hills, was drowned…

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Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 1

Percy Lionel May, of 537 Chapplestreet, was treated at the outpatients' department of the Hospital yesterday for injuries received when he…

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South Mine Fatality Inquest

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 1

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Edmond Kenny, who met his death at the South mine on January 22 was opened…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 1

Two miners, one from the Zinc Corporation and the other from the North mine, were treated at the Hospital to-day for crushed fingers…

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Railway Collision

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

NARACOORTE, Thursday.—When the Mount Gambler to Wolseley train took the wrong track in the Naracoorte railway station, it collided…

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Driver Fined in Court Failed To Stop After Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

When the car he was driving collided with a stationary car and damaged a mudguard Allen M'Donald failed to stop. This morning he…

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Three Killed in Collision 18 Injured When Lorry Overturns

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Two relief workers, Richard Mann and another man, whose name is believed to be Wolfmann, were killed and 18…

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