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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Blatch Beats Turiello Italian's Wrist Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Alf. Blatch (9.12[?]), lightweight champion of Australia, scored a technical knockout over Saviero Turiello (10.2), an…

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Ex-mayor Sues Ex-minister £1500 Claim From Car Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An ex-Minister of the Crown and an ex-mayor were the principals in a jury action heard before Justice Sir Thomas…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

While at work at the North mine to-day Charlie Pictza suffered an injured hand when a stone fell on him. He was taken in the ambulance to the…

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The Zinc Corporation Fatality Evidence at Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 1

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Francis Roy ("Nigger") Harris (34), who was killed at the Zinc…

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Five Injured In Truck Smash

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

INVERELL, Friday. — When a truck somersaulted on the Busseararoad, about nine miles from Inverell, five men who were returning from a…

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Zinc Corporation Fatality Accidental Death Is Finding of Jury Evidence that Francis Roy Harris (34), the victim of the fatality at the Zinc Corporation mine on March.4, was one of the best miners on the mine, was given by a shift boss at the inquest into the circumstances surrounding his death, which was heard in the

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 6

The following jury was empanelled: John Thomas Lee (foreman), Jack Leverington, Herbert Ayers, Samuel Caple, John James Trevarrow,…

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Man and Wife Hurt in Car Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 3

MOUNT GAMBIER, Saturday. — In a car collision, Mr. and Mrs. E. Bucknall, of Suttontown, were injured. Mrs. Bucknall was admitted…

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Man and Wife Hurt in Car Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 7

MOUNT GAMBIER, Saturday. — In a car collision, Mr. and Mrs. E. Bucknall, of Suttontown, were injured. Mrs. Bucknall was admitted…

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Woman Injured When Car Plunges 20 Feet On To Rocks SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 6

While a sedan car was passing over a bridge at National Park it skidded and crashed 20ft. on to the rocks, between two of which it…

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Another Drowning in Queensland Floods

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—The second drowning in the Queensland floods is reported from Ewan,,where a stockman named Barney Langham lost his…

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Cyclist In Collision With Stall Condition Is Serious

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 3

The condition of Bruce Turner, of 356 Kaolin-street, who was admitted to the Hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning suffering from…

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Man Crushed to Death in Car Collision

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Crushed in the wreckage of a motor car on Hume Highway, Cabramatta, William David M'Kenzie, (33), of Auburn, was fatally…

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Rescued From Drowning With Rope MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 4

Two people had narrow escapes from drowning near Apollo Bay. It appears that a woman bather was carried out to sea by a strong…

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Men Injured by Falling Stones

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 4

Lacerations to the scalp were sustained yesterday by P. Hirschausen, an employee at the South mine, when a stone fell on his head. Mr…

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"Billy" Duncan in Car Accident Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 2

W. ("Billy") Duncan, jockey, was driving his car along High-street, St. Kilda, when he ran into a verandah post in swerving to avoid a collision…

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Knocked by Cyclist Injured Child Now In Hospital

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 3

Ronald, Gardiner (3), son of Mr. Rowland Gardiner, of 352 Sulphidestreet, is in the Children's Ward at the Hospital suffering from abrasions…

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Inquest Next Friday Street Fatality Victim

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 3

The coroner (Mr. S. A. Thornton) will on Friday next at 2.15 o'clock open an inquest into the circumstances associated with the death of Mr…

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Man's Ashes Scattered Where Sons Drowned

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Pupils of the Bos Hill High School were givcn a holiday in remembrance of one of their masters, Mr. George Gilbert…

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Dam Bursts in Mine Visitors Injured; Two Critical KALGOORLIE

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 6

Four persons were injured when a dam of water burst on the bottom level of the Iron Duke mine, of Gold mines of Kalgoorlie, Ltd. Three of…

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Station Owner Killed Wife Badly Injured White Cliffs Residents ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 6

A man was killed and two women [?]njured in a collision between a Glenelg tram and a buckboard at the Wayville crossing to-day…

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