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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1

E. Quinlivan (Zinc) bruised his spine yesterday. He was treated at the Hospital and then taken home to 149 Argent Street…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

W. E. Papst (Zinc) was treated by a doctor and then taken home to 175 Harvy street yesterday suffering from illness…

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Horse Drowned in Creek

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 8

A father and two sons narrowly escaped with their lives when they attempted to ford Stephens Creek in a horse and cart shortly…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

L. D. Grenfell (South. Delparts section was treated at the Hospital yesterday and then taken home to 2 Gossan Street suffering from illness…

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Injured Eyes

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1

D. Slater, a Zinc Corporation employee, was treated today for a foreign body in an eye before going home to 195 Cornish Street…

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Man Feared Drowned Is Alright Claims Clothes Found On Ferry

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1

Sydney, February 5.— A man whom police feared was drowned yesterday claimed possession of some clothes and a suitcase today. Following the discovery…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

D. Slater (Zinc Corporation employee) was treated yesterday for a foreign body in an eye before going home to 195 Cornish Street…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

W. Scymor (Hutcherson Bros.) bruised his right foot yesterday. He was treated by a doctor and then allowed to Co back to the C.P.S…

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Baby Drowned at Front Gate

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

Newcastle.—Joan Elaine Lovell, aged one, was drowned in Lake Macquaire. She lived with her parents in…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 1

J. Yourn, of 782 Blende Street (Zinc). and K. G. Couch. of 403 Chapple Lane (North), were both treated by doctors for a foreign body in the eye yesterday…

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Factory Accidents

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

London.—Factory accidents, many preventable, cost industry the equivalent of 25,000 workers (nearly 1,250,000 man-hours) during 1948. Mr. G. P. Parnett, Chief…

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Girl Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

An alleged hit-and-run motor cyclist knocked a girl from her bicycle on the South Road last night. She suffered an injured leg…

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Turf Notes— Hundi Injured

Western Grazier · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 2

Hundi escaped from his attendant at Flemington en Monday and sustained injuries which may prevent him from meeting his Autumn engagements. Hundi…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 6

M. D. Hoare (Hutcherson Bros.) was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a lacerated right hand and was later taken back to the C.P.S…

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Injured Back

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 4

An employee of the B.H. [?]ce and Produce Co., Charles Butcher, 430 Lane Street, was taken in the Civil Ambulance to the Hospital for an X-ray yesterday…

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N.Z. Hitch Hiker Drowned

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 1

Adelaide February 10.—Robert John Cormack (18). of Mourn Roskill. Auck-land who was on a hitch hiking trip round Australia, was drowned in a…

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Hit And Run Rider Girl Cyclist Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 4

A 29-year-old motor cyclist was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with failing to stop after an accident and negligent driving…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 2

W. J. Fuller (Zinc Corporation) was yesterday taken to the Hospital suffering from a foreign body in the eye and later home to 729 Lane Street…

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San Domenico Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 8

Melbourne.—The crack Sydney sprinter San Domenico ran a rusty nail into his near hind hoof while exercising at Flemington this…

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Man Injured in Squalid Quarrel

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 3

Sydney.—A sailor who allegedly attempted to rape a girl at Balmoral Beach last night was knocked unconscious by the girl's fiance, a naval rating attached to the Balmoral Depot…

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