2 Men Injured In Explosion At Zinc Mine
Two men were injured at the Zinc Corporation mine last night when an explosion occurred shortly before the completion of the afternoon shift…
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Accidents, 1941
589 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 30
Two Boys Drowned
INVERELL. Monday.—Two boys, Anthony Haddad (10), and Ronald Coorey (9) were drowned yesterday while swimming in the Gwydir River…
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DARWIN, Monday.—When an improvised boat overturned while three men were rowing across Manton River, at Manton Dam, 54 miles south…
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It was reported from the Hospital last night that the condition of the men injured in Friday night's accident at the Zinc Corporation is satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sequel To Street Collision Negligent Driving Alleged
THE story of a collision between two motor vehicles in Oxide Street on January 6 was told to Mr. M. S. Meagher, Acting S.M., in the Police Court today when the driver of one of the vehicles pleaded not guilty to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →L. Meenan Injured Melbourne, January 11
L. Meenan is having more than his share of bad luck. In the Normanby Trial Hurdle at Ascot today he rode Victory March and fell at the hurdle in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Type Of Nazi Bomb In Raids On London Harrowing Scene In Subway Many Killed and Injured (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 12
A new type of fire bomb it believed to have been used by the Germans in their raid on London last night. Harrowing scenes were witnessed when a…
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when an improvised boat overturned while three men were rowing across Manton Rivers at Manton Dam. 54 miles south of Darwin, at midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Killed, Six Injured Melbourne. January 13
When a utility truck containing 10 members or the Alexandra cricket team skidded and overturned at a turn on the road between Marysville and Buxton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Was Taken by Surprise Defendant's Reason for Collision Alleged Negligence by Car Driver
HOW he had been taken completely by surprise when a motorist turned to the right across the road in Oxide Street on January 6 was told by a defendant, Alfred Fitzsimons, in the Police Court today, in evidence in…
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When working on afternoon shift at the North mine yesterday. J. Sutch sustained injuries to one toe when it was hit by a fallag stone. He was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Low Level in Road Accidents (Issued by the Rood Safety Council of Now South Wales)
There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas-New Year holidays of…
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Ten stitches were inserted in a wound which Mrs. Pittaway, of Morgan Street, sustained to the lip when a bottle of hop beer exploded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Negligent Driving Charge Fails Oxide Street Accident
A charge of negligent driving against a shearer arising out of an accident in Oxide Street on January 6 was dismissed in the police Court yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collapse Of Tunnel Three Killed And 11 Injured
SYDNEY, Thursday.—When a tunnel under construction for the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway collapsed last night at Kerrabee, near…
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When working on afternoon shift at the Zinc Corporation yesterday, J. Straw-bridge was caught between two trucks and sustained abdominal Injuries. He…
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James Galloway, of Black Gate Station, has been transferred from the Wilcannia Hospital to the local Hospital for observation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Planes Crash Into Sea Two Officers Missing Believed Drowned SYDNEY, January 15
Two pilot officers are missing and are believed to be drowned following a collision between two R.A.A.F. pianos off ferrigal today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Men Crushed to Death Railway Tunnel Collapses Many Are Injured SYDNEY, January 16
Three men were crushed to death and 11 others narrowly escaped fata! injury last night, when a railway tunnel in the course of construction collapsed on them near Kerr Abee, 21 miles from Sandy Hollow. The dead are: Aubrey…
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There were fewer fatal read accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than were for the Christmas—New Year…
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