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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

Charles Cauchi, a miner employed at the Proprietary mine, was treated at the Hospital to-day for an injury to a knee. He was later allowed to…

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Seven Killed in Crash Electric Trains In Collision (Special to "The Miner"). LONDON, April 2

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

SEVEN people were killed and 30 injured when two electric trains collided near Battersea Park station on the southern railway during the…

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Seven Killed in Crash Electric Trains In Collision (Special to "The Miner"). LONDON, April 2

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

SEVEN people were killed and 30 injured when two electric trains collided near Battersea Park station on the southern railway during the…

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Widower Killed in Gun Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

PERTH, Saturday. — Leonard Crampton (48), a widower with six children, was found dead beneath a fence on "his property at Denmark…

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Favorable Air Accident Statistics

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Stating that air accident statistics in Australia compared favorably with other countries, the Acting Minister, for…

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Widower Killed in Gun Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

PERTH, Saturday. — Leonard Crampton (48), a widower with air children, was found dead beneath a fence on his property at Denmark…

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Accidentally Killed; Wonthaggi Verdict

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The inquest into the death of the 13 victims of the Wonthaggi State coal mine disaster was concluded late yesterday,…

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Accidentally Killed; Wonthaggi Verdict

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The inquest into the death of the 13 victims of the Wonthaggi State coal mine disaster was concluded late yesterday,…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 3

Colin Couch, ot 469 chapple-lane, an apprentice at the North mine, was admitted to Ward 1 to-day with a broken arm which he sustained when he tell…

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Cricketer Injured by Stone

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 7

During the progress of the cricket final at the Western Oval this afternoon, C. Grant, fielding at the mid-wicket boundary near the graudstand,…

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Narrowly Missed Death Prospector Falls Down Shaft at Allendale Mine Second Accident on Way to Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 1

THE condition of Mr. Alf Thompson, who had a miraculous escape from death when he fell down the Prince of Wales shaft at the old Allendale mine on Saturday afternoon, was to-day reported to be…

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Footballer Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

I[?] Hall fractured his collarbone [?]t training when he collided with W. Bridgewater. Hall showed promise with Centrals last season and great…

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20 Injured in Train Crash

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

LONDON, April 14.—The Irish mail train from Holyhead, Wales, to London was running into Crew station when the restaurant car and another…

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Shaft Accident Victim Recovering

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

The condition of Alf Thompson, who was severely injured-when he fell down a shaft at the old Allendale mine last Saturday was to-day…

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Car Through Fence Driver Avoiding Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 1

When the driver'swerved sharply to avoid crashing into an oncoming lorry, a single seater motor car crashed through a fence at the corner of…

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Car Through Fence Driver Avoiding Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 7

When the driver swerved, sharply to avoid crashing into an oncoming lorry a single seater motor car crashed through a fence at the corner of…

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Foot Crushed in Rail Yard Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 3

PORT PIRIE, Saturday.—When he fell beneath a railway truck in the Solomontown yard, Ronald Keith Bickley, of Square-street,…

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Foot Crushed in Rail Yard Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 3

PORT PIRIE, Saturday.—When he fell beneath a railway truck in the Solomontown yard, Ronald Keith Bickley, of Square-street,…

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Tragedy Overtakes Dance Party Man and Woman Killed; 2 Others Injured Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 1

RUN down by a motor tr[?] home from a dance s[?] day two people were jured at Reservoir…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 3

Falling stories were responsible for four accidents in the mines to-day. Men treated at, the Hospital were:— William Sinclair, timberman on the…

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