Mine Accidents
K. C. Hart, of the Zinc Corporation, suffered lacerated fingers of the lett hand yesterday and was treated at the Hospital and then taken home to 332…
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Accidents, 1950
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Freak Accident
Detroit February 20.—Two sleeping people second storey bedroom fell into the street yesterday. The freak accident occurred when a motor car…
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Frederick William Doherty died of secondary shock caused through his injuries, said Dr. H. G. Hammond before the coroner (Mr. C. K. Ward) in the Coroner's Court today. Mr. Doherty was involved in an accident in the deisel shed at the Crystal…
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Sydney, February 22.—50 minutes in intense darkness was spent by hundreds of travellers when electric trains blacked out and stalled in tunnels below the city…
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G. Treleven (North Mine) was treated at the Hospital for an injured eye and then taken to his home, at 248 Williams street…
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Yesterday four rail trucks were derailed near Bromide Street near the oil companies' yards when shunted trucks hit some stationary petrol tankers. The direct cause of the accident is not yet known…
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A car driven by Mrs. G. Fisher, of the Zinc Collates, collided with a utility in Chloride Street, near Williams Lane, yesterday. The car was slightly damaged,…
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Sydney.—Accidents at two coal mines near Lithgow yesterday cost a miner his life and a 10-year-old boy his right leg…
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Sydney.—William Patrick Roach 8. of the Government housing settlement, Beverley Hills, was drowned while swimming with…
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Adelaide, February 23:—Eleven passengers were injured (two seriously) today when an engine struck the rear carriage of the train for Gawler at Kilburn…
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Adelaide, February 23.—The National Road Safety Council chairman (Mr. T. G. Paterson)) told the Chamber of Automotive Industries conference today…
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Mr. C K. Word, S.M., in the Coroner's Court yesterday found that Frederick' William Doherty died in the Hospital on January 27 from shock following a broken pelvis and other injuries accidentally sustained on January 26 at the diesel…
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Both vehicles were slightly damaged in a collision between a car and utility in Chloride Street near Williams Lane yesterday afternoon…
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Two Zinc Corporation employees were admitted to Hospital following accidents yesterday. They were H. Hood, 250 Cobalt Street, who suffered…
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Newcastle.—A man was drowned when a wave swamped a rowboat at North Head, near Wyong, yesterday. Two other men in the…
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Brisbane. February 23.—An exploding lamp on a station property at Hurford. near Texas, has resulted in the death of a man and burns to five other people…
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Sydney, February 26.—Four men were killed and at least six other persons were injured in road accidents in New South…
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Two minor road accidents were reported to the police at the week-end. They both occurred on Saturday. K. Carnie, of Morish Street, reported…
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When he fell to the roadway while trying to board a bus in Williams Street on Saturday night. Kenneth Rook, of 476 Argent…
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Adelaide.—A four-year-old boy was drowned off the jetty at Arno Bay. He was Graham Allan Pobke,…
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