Mine Accidents
At the Zinc Corporation yesterday C. H. McKenzie crushed a finger of his right hand. He was taken to a surgery for treatment then to the Hospital for X-ray…
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Accidents, 1946
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Mine Accidents
G. J. Woolcook, a t'mberman at the North mine, fell off a staging while working underground yesterday and suffered abrasions and a bruised scalp and back…
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Cessnock, April 16.—Caught in a fall of coal at Pelew Main Colliery last night, Charles Mitchell (41), a miner, was killed instantly…
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Newcastle, April 16.—A few minutes after he got out of bed this morning, a slab of rock weighing more than two tons crashed through the wall of the…
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W. J. Rowe, South Mine, was treated at then Hospital yesterday afternoon for la[?]atons to the left forearm. He was taken home to 147 Chlordie Street…
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Andrew McDougall (8). residing with his parents at 345 Oxide Street, was admitted to the Hospital yesterday afternoon with a probable fracture of the…
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P. W. Fox, employed by a contractor at the Zinc Corporation, was yesterday taken to his home at 532 Brasil Street, with a severely lacerated fourth finger…
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When he was knocked from his bicycle at the corner of Oxide Street and Williams Lane about 4 p.m. on Thursday, Andrew…
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Two persons were injured in an accident on the Silverton Road at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, according to a report made to the police…
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J. HA[?]ock suffered lacerations to the jaw and a bruised finger of his right hand at the North mine last night. After treatment at the hospital be was conveyed…
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F. W. Vine, a mullicker at the North mine, bruised a toe on his left foot while at work today. He went home to 266 Wolfram Street…
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While riding a buckjumper at a rodeo show last night, Bob Harris, a member of the troupe, was thrown. The horse trod on…
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While crossing Oxide Street, near Morgan Street, last night, Mrs. Jane Campbell (58), of 344 Morgan Lane, was struck on the…
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Charles Mercieca was using a wool hook at the Crystal Street station this morning when it slipped and entered his left forearm…
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Barry Reardon, aged 8, was injured in Bromide Street about 3.15 yesterday afternoon. He was was riding down Marks Street on…
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E. R. Tucker injured the fingers of his right hand at the Zinc Corporation last night. After Hospital attention he was taken to his home at 291 Chloride Street…
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Mervyn Johnstone, a laborer at the Zinc Corporation, injured his right eye while at work this morning. He was taken to the…
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In a collision between a bus and car in Oxide Street near Cobalt Street on Friday, slight damage was done to the bus and the…
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London, April 28.—"Annie," the 1000lb. German bomb which was dropped in St. James' Park in 1941, exploded at 7.12 p.m. on Friday—four hours later…
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Yass. April 29.—The bodies of two men in a had state of decomposition were recovered from the Murrumbidgee River below Burrinjuck Dam today. They were…
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