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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Butcher Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

While working in his shop in Micastreet yesterday afternoon Mr. J..H. Roberts, butcher, received a deep cut on the middle finger of his left hand…

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Road Toll Is Lower Drowning Deaths

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), March 18.— Figures which showed that more lives were lost in New Zealand this summer by drowning than in road…

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Miner Seriously Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

Although it is known he sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and a fracture of the left leg, the full extent of the injuries received…

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Men Injured Near Stadium Foreigner Charged In Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 3

TWO men were injured as the result of a disturbance outside the Stadium on Saturday nignt. One of theirs Michael Isaac Martin, was…

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Miner Dies in Hospital Was Injured At Zinc Corp

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

AFTER two blood transfusions had been made and his right leg had been amputated from above the…

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Member of Parliament Seriously Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 3

DUBBO, Tuesday.— A car driven by Mr. J. Lawson, M.H.R., crashed into a culvert near Dubbo early this morning. Lawson was seriously…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 3

William O'Connor, of 622 Cummins-street, a miner employed at the North mine, was treated at the Hospital to-day for lacerations to the face. Ernest…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 6

Four mine employees and one employee from the Globe Timber Mills were treated for injuries at the Hospital yesterday. They were M. Alagich,…

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Mine Manager Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 6

BENDIGO, Saturday. — While climbing a rise in the Central Red, White and Blue mine James Neilson, aged 62 years, mine manager, fell a…

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Zinc Corporation Mine Fatality Witnesses Tell How A. Bagnall Met His Death Was Accidental Says Jury

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 3

AFINDING of accidental death was returned by the jury at the inquest in the Coroner's Court this afternoon before the Coroner (Mr. R. Donaldson) into the death of Alfred Thomas Bagnall, who died in the…

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Traffic Accidents

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1

Slight damage was done to two motor cars in an accident at the intersection of Iodide and Argent streets shortly after 7 o'clock this morning…

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Gladys Moncrieff Injured MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 4

Gladys Moncrieff, the well-known Australian singer, was seriously injured when a car in which she was travelling with her manager, Mr…

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Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The police are satisfied that Keith Edward Jennings, of Balcowlah-road, Manly, who was found by his mother hanging…

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Jockey Noble Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

Kicked by a horse William Noble (82), jockey, was admitted to Ward 1 at the Hospital to-day suffering from head injuries. This afternoon…

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Four Injured in Sewer Explosion

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A terrific explosion, believed to have been caused by a petrol seepage, occurred in a sewer channel beneath the…

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Road Accidents

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

Considerable damage was done to a motor car which was being towed along the Wentworth-road yesterday when it overturned. Mr. B. Wright,…

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Men Injured in 'Plane Explosion

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

LONDON, April 4.—Three members of a demolition squad of the Royal Air Force were seriously injured to-day by an explosion in a…

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Collision Of Ships Recalled Court Fixes Liability Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

Mr. Justice Dixon, in the High Court to-day, decided that James Patrick and Co. Ltd should not be liable to damages exceeding…

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Death Was Accidental Inquest Held On Mr. Dal Pozzo Workmates Tell of Falling Stone

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 1

A FINDING of accidental death was returned by the jury at the inquest to-day into the death of Mr. Matteo Dal Pozzo (47) in the Coroner's Court before the Coroner (Mr. M. S. Meagher). Mr. Dal Pozzo died in…

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Holiday Accidents ll Deaths In State SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 2

There were ll violent deaths in the State yesterday in one of the most tragic holidays in the history of the State. A car driven by Sir Harry…

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