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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Accidental Death Of Boy At Parkes Theatre Wall Collapse

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

Sydney, January 25.—Graphic evidence was given today at Parkes of the collapse of a picture theatre wall there last Saturday week. The District…

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Man Killed in Truck Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

Maitland, January 25.—A Newcastle man was killed and two other men suffered injuries and burns when a truck in which they were riding crashed into…

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Child's Death Accidental Killed By Falling Timber

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr. F. L. McNamers, returned a finding of accidental death through timber from a stack falling an the child, when…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

J. Scougall (Zinc) was X-rayed at the Hospital yesterday for an injury to an ankle He then returned to his home. Albert Slater (Zinc, was X-rayed for…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

Melbourne, January 25.—Motor-cycle casualties in the 12 months to June 30 last totalled 5,857—an average of 16 a day, and representing a ratio of 60…

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Man's Back Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

Leonard Robinson, of 98 Argent Street, a carpenter employed by a contractor at the Zinc Corporation, suffered an injured back and was…

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Mildura Bus Overturns But Nobody Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

One of Mr. C. W. Maiden's Mildurn buses everturned the other side of Lanzwell yesterday, but fortunately none of the seven passengers or driver were…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 6

J. Francis (North) was treated for a lacerated right forearm and taken home to 104 Wicks Street yesterday. S. Horne (South) suffered a bruised…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

Leonard Robertson, of 98 Argent Street, suffered an injured back at work yesterday. He was conveyed to Hospital and admitted, where his condition is stated…

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Fatal Crash Of Two Fliers Accidental

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Yass, January 27.—A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Yass district coroner today when he completed his inquest into the death of two fliers…

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Motor Cycle Accidents Man Seriously Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 7

A motor cyclist suffered serious head injuries when his machine collided with a post on South Hill about midday yesterday…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

M. Miller (North) was treated at a doctor's surgery yesterday for a punctured wound in the left leg. He was later taken home to 176 Cummins Street…

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Minor Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

J. Nardell[?] was admitted to the Hospital yesterday suffering from burns to the eyes suffered from a flash when he was oxy-welding at his garage in Blende…

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Traffic Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

There were two minor traffic accidents in the city this morning. A car driven by Graham Albert Kruger, of 554 Argent Street, was…

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Man Injured In Motor Bike Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon at about 4.20 o'clock a young man received rathe bad injuries in a fall from a motor cycle on the Menindee Road near the…

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Accidents on Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 8

K. J. Daly, miner at New Broken Hill, today injured the fourth finger of his left hand. After treatment he returned home to 329…

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Remarkable Accident Women Injured By Fallen Tree

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 4

Sydney, January 30. — Two young women were seriously injured today by a falling tree which plunged 60 feet down a strop stope and crushed them…

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Three Killed Planet in Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

New York, January 31. — A Pan American Constellation with 23 passengers and a crew of ten yesterday collided with a single engined private…

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Man Injured In Street Fall

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

shortly after midnight last night Samuel Harris, of 615 Beryl Street, was found by police lying on the footpath where he bad fallen in…

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Condition Of Injured Motor Cyclists

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 5

Mervyn Evans, who suffered a fractured knee cap abrasions and slight concussion when he fell from his motor cycle on Sunday afternoon, was stated from the…

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