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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Weekend Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 6

Leonard Schipansk[?] of 2[?]8 Piper St., [?] with a cyclist in Wills Street on Saturday afternoon. The Cyclist received treatment at the Hospital…

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Accident Cases

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 1

Accident cases treated today were:—H. T. Hawkins, an employee of Hutchcrson Bros.; treated for a bruised left elbow. L…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

H. T. Hawkins, an employee of Hutcherson Bros., suffered a bruised left [?]lbow yesterday. L. P. Hamilton, of 344 Eyre Street…

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Verdict of Accidental Death in North Mine Inquest Very Long Hearing Concludes

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury last night at the inquest into the circumstances of the death of Pietro Giobbi and Guiseppe Caropellotti. Death was due to injuries received in a fall of timber and mullock at the North…

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Death of Men at North Mine Was Accidental

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

The inquest into the North Mine double fatality, in which two miners, Guiseppe Caropellotti ' and Pietro Giobbi, were killed on February 24, ended last night with a finding of "accidental death'' by…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 4

A. K. Brown (Zinc) was treated at the Hospital yesterday and then taken home to 653 Chapple Street, suffering from lacerations to the back of the…

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Ex-"frogman" Drowned

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 4

London, April 13.—A former marine frogman, Gordon Marriott. 27, lost his life in a subterranean river in the famous Somerset caves…

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Girl Tells Police of Drowning

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 8

Sydney.—Three school girls told Port Kembla police today that they had seen a youth go, under a wave at Port Kembla beach,…

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Appeal To Road Users Obey Rules; Stop Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

Sydney, April 13.—More people were killed on open country roads than in built up areas, the Acting Superintendent of Traffic, Mr. W. R. Lawrence, said…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

F. Harris, of 539 Beryl Street, was treated for a bruised finger of the right hand, suffered at the Zinc Corporation. R. Theodorou (Zinc) was treated at…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 1

Several employees of the North Mine were injured yesterday. They included A. L. Andrews. 175 Williams Street. J Francisco. 683 Blende street. foreign…

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Holiday Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 1

In street accidents on Thursday two men were slightly injured. John Jenkins; of 158 Williams Street, suffered head injuries when…

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Freighters in Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 3

Manila, April 19.—Radio Corporation of an American marine station today picked up an S.O.S. saying that a British and an American freighter had…

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Fire On Ship; Two injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 12

Sydney.—Two members of the crew of the Swedish motor vessel, Kookaburra, were severely burnt when a fire swept through the…

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Boy Accidentally Shot by Mate

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 5

Sydney.—A 14-year-old schoolboy, Albert Thomas Myton, was accidentally, shot through the right lung at Honeymoon Bay, Jervis…

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Mr. F. T. Fels Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

Frank Thomas Fels was reported from the Hospital last night to be satisfactory. On Monday Fels was sitting on the…

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Accident Victim Lived Here

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 6

John E. John[?] who was killed in a motor smash at Bathurst on Sunday, was a former local resident. He lived [?] about 24 years ago and was the son of…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

Keith Fritsch of 86 Wickes Street, a miner at the North Mine, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for the injured forefinger of the left hand…

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£5,000 Damages For Man's Death Motor Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 3

Sydney. April 20.—The wife and family of a man who was killed in a road accident in August. 1947 were today awarded £5,025 16/5 damages. They are…

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Road Fatality

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 8

Sydney.—One man was killed and another seriously injured when a utility truck crashed through a road safety fence and dropped 110…

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