Country Road Accident Figures
Road Accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed a substantial increase for the three months ended September 30 last, by the latest…
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Accidents, 1945
533 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 27
Four Men Injured in Street Brawl
SYDNEY.—Four men were injured, one seriously, in. a brawl outside a hotel at Balmain yesterday afternoon: Knives were drawn during a dispute…
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Melbourne, January 2.—Carried out to sea by a strong undertow when swimming at Mordialloc, June Saker, 21, of Conley Avenue, East Brunswick, was…
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Adelaide, January 2.—Douglas Samuel Harold (driver), Walter Georg Rice, and Mantice Joseph Mullins (of Broken Hill). Sergeants in the RAAF and stationed at…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Artificial eyes made from water-clear plastic that can be tinted to duplicate every appearance of the natural eye are…
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A car and a lorry were damaged yesterday as the result of a collision. No one was injured. John Pemberthy Reed, of 724…
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MELBOURNE. — Missing from his home in Eleanor Street, West Footscray, for nearly two hours, William Leslie Douglas, aged 6 years and 11…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The film, actress Susan Peters was shot through the abdomen when a 22 calibre rifle was accidentally discharged at…
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Sydney, January 5.—During the past 14 months 190 persons were injured, several of them fatally, whilst on railway prem[?]ses of in trains from cases…
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MURRAY BRIDGE.—Ronald Arthur Gregg (15), was drowned in the Murray at the week-end. When he did not return from a…
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When she fell while playing on the lawn at her home at 64 Thomas St. on Saturday night, Marlene Murray (5½) suffered a broken left arm. She…
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London, January 7.—The Danish Press Service says that a German troop transport carrying 3,000 German soldiers on Saturday collided with a German…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Jan. 7.—A man and woman were injured when a passenger express from Auckland to Wellington was derailed near Raurimo…
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Two South Australians were involved in miner traffic accidents on Saturday, one involving slight personal injuries. Mr. George Thomas Earshaw (53)…
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Ernest Melbourne, of [?] Cummins Lane, a miner at the Zine Corporation, suffered a [?]ated sh[?] while at work today. After Hospital treatment he was…
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Henry Lehman, of 39 Nicholls St., a miner, at the South mine, was treated at the Hospital today for a ricked hip…
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AUCKLAND.—When a shell with which he had been playing exploded, Donald Lowe, 14, had his right hand blown off. his left arm broken, and…
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[?] Hartley, an employee of the South Mine received [?] at work but night which resulted In a braised, back. He was taken to Dr.[?]…
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Geelong. January 11.—When he fell through the roof of a building at the Phoenix Wool Co. at Marnoch Vale this morning, Stuart Whelan, 18, of Fitzroy…
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Henry Lehman, of 39 Nicholls Street, a miner at the South mine, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a ricked hip. E. A. Parkins suffered abrasions to the…
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