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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 1

V. H. Nicholls (Zinc Mine) was treated at the Hospital and then taken home to 250 Williams Street for a foreign body in the left eye…

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Vehicles in Collision

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

Driver of a van which crashed into a parked car in Oxide St. near Chapple Street. about 9.40 o'clock last night escaped injury,…

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Girl Drowned; Punt Capsize

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—Miss Marie Robertson, a telephonist, was drowned when a punt capsized while crossing…

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Station Employee Injured

Western Grazier · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

Joseph Burn (18), employed at Topar[?] Station, suffered a probable fracture of the shoulder when he fell from a bridge on the station on Saturday…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

G. Young (South Mine) was yesterday taken to 38 Thomas Street after Hospital treatment for a bruised right shoulder and knee…

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Causes Of Road Accidents

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 7

Carelessness was the greatest single cause of accidents, said the South Australian Commissioner of Police (Mr. Ivor B. Green) in his…

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Bus and Car in Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 7

A bus and car were damaged in a collision near the intersection of Gypsum and Bourke street, about 6.50 p.m. yesterday…

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3 Drowned In Richmond River

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 4

Sydney.—The body of a third victim of the Richmond River Valley floods was recovered by the police early today near Coraki. The Lismore police have not yet…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

R. W. Burbin suffered strained back muscles at tho Zinc Corporation yesterday and was taken to 168 Mica Street alter treatment…

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Two Men Drowned

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—The body of a Polish migrant (Aleksander Nasarenko, 33) has been recovered by the police from the Macquari[?]…

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Steward Drowned in Surf

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 11

Sydney.—Francis Joseph O'Connor, a steward in the liner Stratheden, was drowned while surfing in an unpatrolled…

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Week-End Accidents Man Knocked Down by Bus

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 2

Ivan Hazel wood, of Wolfram Street. sufered minor injuries when knacked down by a bus in Bromide Street on Saturday. He was crossing the road…

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Wedding Party Drowned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 9

New York, January 29.—All six members of a wedding party, including the newly married bride and bridegroom, were drowned…

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Minor' Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

Edward John Jones. 128 Brail Street, collided with the rear wheel of a service ridden by a young girt on Oxide street about 4.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

P. C. Schlpanaki (Zinc Corporation was taken to 14 Paffon street yesterday after treatment at the Hospital for lacrated fingers of the left hand…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

Zinc Corporation employees Injured yesterday Included J. Shaw, who returned to the mine after Hospital treatment for a lacerated finger; C…

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Slight Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

A car driven by James Talbot, when backing out from the kerb hear Silver City Motors at 3 p.m. yesterday, collided with a van being driven cast in [?]…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Mine employees taken to Hospital for treatment yesterday included: J. steele (C.P.S.) foreign body in the right eye; A. paull (N.B.H.) laxeated scalp and…

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Hude Girl Drowning

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

Sydney—An open verdict was returned on the death of a woman who was drowned in the Hawkesbury River on January…

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Cyclist Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

A 15-year-old cyclist was treated at the Hospital after being struck by a car near the intersection of Gossan and Blende Streets last night…

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