Fitter Injured
A fitter at thc North Mine today suffered burns to the hands and legs when oil he was heating 4over a furnace burst into flames. The…
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Accidents, 1948
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Mine Accidents
H. M. Butcher, of 746 Beryl street, a Zinc Corporation employee, suffered a probable fracture of the big toe of the left foot yesterday. He was taken to…
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James McLennan, of 346 Hebbard Street, South Broken Hill, who suffered a dislocated shoulder in a fall yesterday, was reported today from the Hospital to be comfortable…
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At 2 o'clock yesterday morning a man was found injured in Hebbard Street, South, and the police were notified. The man was James McLennan, 346 Hebbard…
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Sydney, January 8.—Two linesmen were injured today, one seriously, when a telegraph pole on which they were working snapped off three feet from…
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Norman Thomas suffered burns to his hands and legs at the North Mine yesterday. He was treated at the Hospital, and then allowed to go home to 397…
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The condition of the victim of a riding accident in South Australia on December 29, Miss, Joy Childs, was today reported from…
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Melbourne, January 9.—John Murphy (22), of Broken Hill, was drowned at Lorne this afternoon, with four companions he was caught with a strong…
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MELBOURNE.-Caught in the undertow while surfing at Lorne yesterday afternoon, John Leo Murphy (22), of Broken Hill, was drowned.-Murphy, who was with four companions, was…
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Morris O'Connor (13), of 287 Morish Street, South Broken Hill, sustained a fractured left arm at the South Park this morning…
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Sydney, January 9.—Appealing to motoring and parents to assist in protecting children from accidents the Executive Vice-President of the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner Finds Max Nicholls Was Accidentally Killed
At an inquest held at the Courthouse yesterday the Coroner, Mr. N. C. Hawet, found that Maxwell Alfred Nicholls died from injuries accidentally received when…
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Adelaide, January 8.—In a spectacular crash at Morphettville crossing early today Adelaide's crack lightweight jockey, R. C. (Mick) Medhurst, [?]…
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When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a car at the intersection of Lane and Brazil Streets at 5.20 p.m. on Saturday,…
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LONDON, January 11.— Ten people were injured today when firearms and tear gas were used in a clash between police and agitators at Pintoja…
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Adelaide, January 11.—A seven-year-old girl was killed and three adults and two children injured when a car in which they were travelling collided…
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On Saturday a collision occurred between, a motor car and a motor cycle, and as a result the mot[?] cyclist was admitted to Hospital…
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Accident cases on the mines today were Peter Bevan, Sputh mine injured Anger on right hand and taken home to 85'Cobalt St…
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MELBOURNE.— Peggy Oliver, 16, of Munday Street, Bendigo, was killed when a truck in which she and three others were travelling…
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Goulburn, Jan. 11—Following a fatal accident early today when Laurie John frey (22), soldier, was killed, police charged the driver of the truck with…
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