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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3
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H. Claydon. of the North Mine, was treated at a doctor's surgery for an injured back and then taken home to 480 Argent street…

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£175 for Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Details of a claim for damages were given today in the District Court. Allan Burke claimed £150, plus…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

A. Robins (Zinc Corporation), was taken to the Hospital suffering from a foreign body in the right eye and later went home…

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Drowned Baby Police Allege

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

Adelaide—Allegations that a 60-year-old woman had drowned her unmarried daughter's…

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Unlimited Damages For Injured Bus Passengers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

Sydney, February 28.—Mr. Justice Kinsella in the Supreme Court [?] ruled that injured bus passengers were entitled to collect unlimited…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 3
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J. Brown (Zinc Corp.) was treated for bruised left thumb yesterday. He was taken home to 643 Blende Street. J. Croft was treated for a lacerated…

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Minor Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Yesterday about 3.10 p.m. a woman driver struck a bicycle in Wills Street, near Gypsum Street. The cyclist reported to the police that…

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Shocking Tragedy Told in S.A. COURT Drowning Of Baby; Incest Alleged

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

Adelaide, March 2.—A sensational story of the alleged killing of a newly born baby at Apamurra, 9 miles from Mannum, was told in Mannum Police Court by Detective Harvey today when charges were laid against a laborer, his wife and…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

P. Lawn (South Mine), 327 Patton Street, suffered a punctured wound of the left arm yesterday. After treatment he was taken home…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

L. Quintrell (North Mine) was treated at the Hospital yesterday for an injured foot and taken home to 538 Lane Street J. McKenzie (North Mine), who…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

Rider of one of two motor cycles which collided at the intersection of Gaffney and Gypsum Streets about midnight on Saturday…

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Two Seriously Injured Place Crashes On Beach

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

Sydney, March 5.—A pilot and passenger of a Tiger Moth plane which crashed on the beach one mile south of Brunswick Heads on the North…

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Two Killed in Motor Cycle Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 5

Warren, March 3—Errol Cope (18) and John O'Neill (18) were killed last night when a motor cycle they were riding collided with a motor car. Both youths…

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Week-End Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

Shortly after midnight Saturday two motor cycles collided at the intersection of Gaffney and Gypaum [?] and as a result John Sy[?] 175 Chappie…

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Shots Fired in Bar Scuffle; Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 8

Sydney.—A man was shot in arm and leg in a crowded bar at the Oxford Hotel, King Street, Newtown, at 5.45 p.m. yesterday…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

P. Murphy was X-raycd at the Hospital yesterday for a bruised left knee suffered at the South Mine and was later taken to 424 Piper Street…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 3

C.P.S. employee A. Bastian was admitted to the Hospital with a scalp wound yesterday following a fall in which he struck his head on a piece of steel…

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Sands in Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 10

Newcastle.—The British Empire middleweight boxing champion (Dave Sands) was in a car accident at Stockton yesterday, but…

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