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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

W. G. Carlaw was admitted to the Hospital yesterday from the Zinc with a bruised Jaw and lacerated scalp. He is comfortable…

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Injured In Jump From Plane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 6

BERLIN, March, 19— Brigadier General Telford Taylor, U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremburg trials and 11 other Americans, including…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 1

A. S. White, of the North Mine, suffered a strained bark yesterday. After treatment he was taken heme to 190 Sulphide Street…

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Stop Press Drowned in Lake

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

PORT LINCOLN— Gabriel Fay (25), was drowned in a lake about 10 miles from hore, while out duck sheeting…

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Children Saved From Drowning

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE—Three girls escaped drowning 150 yards off Mordialloc beach. A life-saver brought two ashore. Later a boy…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 1

Frank Innes was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a lacerated kit arm and index finger suffered while at work at the South Mine. After…

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Star Port Injured in Track Trial: Mine Host Breaks Record

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 4

Sydney, March 23.—Star Port, Victorian Doncaster contestant was badly injured in a track mishap this morning and will not race at the A.J.C. Autumn…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

E. Daley was taken to the hospital yesterday and admitted with punctured wounds on the body and Foreran. His condition last night was stated to be…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 1

H. McNeil of the North Mine was treated for strained muscles of the abdomen and back. W. E. Marsden sustained a strained…

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Crop Of Accidents For Easter Young Man Falls From Adelaide Express

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 1

A young man who believed to have been seriously injured when be fell from the train to Adelaide carrying the Easter holidaymakers near Cockburn last night…

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Injured at Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

D. F.Flanagan was X-rayed at the Hospital for injuries he received, working at the C.P.S. today. Later he was allowed to go…

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Couple Injured In Motor Cycle Mishap

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 5

A man and a woman were involved in a motor cycle accident on Saturday night and both were admitted to Hospital…

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Nine Injured in Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE— Nine men were hurt when a three-ton truck over turned after a collision with a country passenger bus on Dequette…

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Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 6

ADELAIDE— An elderly man, who is deaf, blind in one, eye, and has only partial sight in the other, was knocked down by a motor…

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Men Hurt In Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY— A tram was wrecked in a collision with a tally loaded garbage truck at Waverley this morning, but the…

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Man And Wife Injured In Car Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

A man and his wife were injured, the husband seriously, when the light of their car railed on Monday night and the car crashed into a bridge…

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Four Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

The following men were injured at the mines todayrA. G. Halliday. 557 Beryl Street,, bruises and abrasions on the leight knee, taken…

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Utility in Collision with Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

When his vision was obscured by dust raised by passing cattle on the Stephens Creek road at 7.30 p.m. on Monday. Leslie Ferry's utility col[?]leded with one…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

John Fobister, 149 Bismuth Street suffered injuries to the thigh yesterday at the North Mine. He went home after treatment at the Hospital…

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Mr. M. Mawby In Car Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

Mr. M. Mawby, director of mine exploration with the Zinc Corporation was involved in a car accident over the Easter week-end and…

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