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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

533 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 27

Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 7

J. Hopkins was taken from the North mine to the Hospital last night and admitted suffering from a fractured left leg and a lacerated…

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Outraged And Drowned

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.—A disclosure that Albert Edward Crutcher (11), who was found dead face down in water in an of d brick pit at Granville yesterday afternoon, had been brutally outraged and drowned has resulted from a postmortem examination. When found the boy's body…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

N. H. Buchecker suffered a bruised right foot at the Zinc Corporation today. He was treated by ambulance men and then taken to his home at…

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Flying Doctor's Difficulties. Injured Boy At Maree

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Leaving on Saturday for a long flight to Mungerannie Station in desolate sand hills in the north or South Australia with no outstanding landmarks for miles…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 4

N. H. Buchecker suffered a bruised right fool at the Zinc Corporation yesterday. He was treated by ambulance men and then takes to his home at…

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Jockey H. Badger Severely Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE. — Harold Badger, Victoria's leading jockey, was seriously injured when the car he was driving from Somers crashed into a…

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Jockeky Badger Injured May Not Ride Again MELBOURNE, March 10

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 4

When his car left the road while negotiating a bend and crashed into a tree near Bittern last night, Harlod Badger Victoria's premier jocker,…

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Cage Accident At North

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 1

A quite unusual accident occurred at the North mine yesterday when the electric power was suddenly cut off from the winding engine at the new…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 4

F. McInnes suffered a lacerated scarp at the Zinc Corporation yesterday afternoon, when a piece of timber struck him on the head. He was given…

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Soldier Killed And 14 Injured In Train Smash BRISBANE, March 12

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 1

One soldier was killed and fourteen others were injured, two railway trucks were wrecked and five badly damaged while the line was temporarily blocked…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 1

C. T. Tumbers, an employee at the South mine, suffered a contused little finger of the left hand while at work today. He was taken to the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

Charles Tumbers, of 238 Oxide Street a miner at the South Mine, suffered on injured ringer yesterday and received treatment at the Hospital…

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Injured Finger

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 1

When a spanner he was using at the Zinc mine today slipped. John Hoare suffered an injury to the finder. He was taken to the surgery of Dr…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

Arthur C. Kimm[?]s, of 39 Rockwell Street, a boilemaker's apprentice at the Zinc Corporation, had his hand trapped in some shears…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

At the Zinc Mine yesterday John Hoare suffered an injury to the finger He was taken to the surgery of Dr. Richards for treatment and then to the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 3

S. Wiseman fell on a stone at the North Mine last night, the middle finger of his right hand being cut After treatment at Dr. Boscence's home…

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3 Drowned Near Robe

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

ADELAIDE.— Three men were drowned and one saved when a dinghy overturned about two miles offshore from Nord Crena Bay, near…

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Boat Overturned Three Men Believed Drowned Adelaide, March 22

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 4

Archibald Nell McArthur (64), single, grazier, of Millicent, was drowned, and Hugh Sutherland (44) baker, married, of Kalangadoo: and Sydney Whitehead…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 3

Keith Spencer, a miner at the Zinc Corporation, residing at 226 Wills Street, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for injuries to a finger…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 1

At the Zinc Corporation last evening. W. L. P. Dixon suffered a laceration to the forehead. He was treated by Dr. Bocence at the latter residence…

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