Mine Accident
At 5.40 o"clock yesterday. G. Warnock suffered an injury to one of heribs at the South Mine and was taken in the ambulance to his home at 510…
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Accidents, 1948
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Cyclone Wipes Out Small Town In N.T. No Persons Injured
Darwin, March 2.—A cyclone has wiped out the small isolated township of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria, 125 miles south of Groote Eylandt…
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F. J. Lennell was taken from the Zinc Corporation yesterday to a surgery for treatment for a lacerated index finger, then home to 118 Newton Street…
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L. Richards, dairyman, of 55 Wyman Street, suffered a cut arm today. After treatment at the Hospital he was allowed to go home…
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Sydney, March 3.—Police found two corpses in coffins in on "ordinary looking" car. They stopped it after it had narrowly avoided a collision, it was stated in the North Sydney Court today. The driver of the car, Henry Maxwell…
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Ross Carnie of 85 Harris Street sustained a possible fracture of the left leg while working at the Zinc Corporation yesterday, and he was admitted…
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An Injury to his forearm was sustained yesterday by Gil McDonnell, a miner at the South Mine. After treatment, he was taken home to 43 Thomas…
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In a collision between a motor cycle and push bike at the corner of Oxide and Chapple Streets on Thursday night the push cycle was badly damaged, but…
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Reg Hunnan (17), of 88 Wyman Street, suffered hand injuries at the Globe Timber Mills yesterday afternoon. Work he was grinding…
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After treatment at the Hospital yesterday for an injured right forearm. W. S. Rogers, of North Mine, was taken to his home at 142 Ryan Street…
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MELBOURNE—Accidents earlier in the week caused, the death in Royal Melbourne Hospital of a youth and an elderly women. They…
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Newcastle, March 7—Two youths were drowned this afternoon when they were washed off the rocks at Cungi reef nearby Bogey Hole Baths. The victims…
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HOBART. — When a yacht, competing in the annual Betsy Island race, jibed round the island, Roy Gilbert (18), of Hobart, fell…
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Four persons were admitted to the men's surgical ward at the Hospital on Saturday night and the early hours of yesterday morning as the result of…
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Two accidents on Saturday night resulted in four men being admitted to Hospital. Three were involved in motor cycle collisions…
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SYDNEY.—Two youths were drowned when they were swept from a reef while searching for bait, 150 yards from Newcastle…
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H. C. Nott sustained a strained back at the Zinc Corporation yesterday. After treatment he was taken home to 193 Chloride Street…
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Mr. C. Johnston, of North Mine, was treated at the Hospital today for a lacerated finger. He was later allowed to go home to 233…
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ADELAIDE.—Jockey W. Selby was injured, while schooling Silverstead over fences at Cheltenham, and was removed to Royal…
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B. L. Hail was taken from the Zinc Corporation to the Hospital yesterday for treatment for a foreign body in the left eye. He was later taken to his…
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