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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Week-end Traffic Accidents Three Injured In Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

Three motor cyclists were injured when two motor cycles collided at the intersection of Williams Street and Silverton Road early Saturday morning…

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Boy Drowned In Creek

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Tamworth.—Working by the light of power lamps, police and civilians recovered a boy's body from a creek at Attunga…

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Drowned In Shallows

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

Wollongong.—A man who could not swim, struggled so violently in shallow water when he fell out of his boat that he got out of his…

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Injured at Test Match

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

London, February 12.—Forty people were injured in a clash when a cricket enthusiasts broke a police cordon at the end of the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

T. McIldenna (Hutcherson Bros.) was trested for an injured leg yesterday and sent home to the C.P.S. Barracks. A. Tweedie (North Mine) was taken to…

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Men Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

The following North mine employees were injured at work today:— J. Manjariotis, of 537 Chettle…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

A Shaw (North Mine) suffered a lacerated left leg. After treatment he was allowed to go to his home at 592 McGowan Street…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 3

Sydney.—A drowning boy fought off two others who tried to save him in a dam at Dubbo. The boy sank when the others…

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Woman Fatally Injured When Struck By Taxi

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 3

A woman struck by a taxi in Lane Street, between lodide and Zebina Streets last night was dead on arrival at the Hospital. The woman was Mrs Florence O'Dwyer, aged about…

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Miner Killed When Sand Pass Bursts Underground Fatality At Zinc Corporation

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

Charles Webster Burns (35) employed on the Zinc Corporation was fatally injured yesterday when a sand pass burst on the 13 level. This was the first underground fatality for the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

Zinc Corporation employees taken name yesterday included J. Brady, 64 Cobalt Street, foreign body in left eye, L. Helbend, 325 O'Farrell Street, illness…

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Treble Fatality

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

Adelaide.—Death of a young man in the Clare Hospital to-day took the fatalities from a car and semi-trailer collision…

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Lane Street Car Fatality Taxi Passengers Critical of Street Lights

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 7

Giving evidence in the Coroner's Court at the inquest of Mrs. Florence O'Dwyer yesterday, two Newcastle men described street lighting at the point of the collision as "deplorable" and…

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Man Convicted for Driving Under Influence Following Collision on Wilcannia Road

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

A man was convicted in the Police Court yesterday on a charge of driving a vehicle while under the inuence. He was Leo Norman Kerin, who was involved in a collision on the Wilcannia Road on January 14. Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., imposed…

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Boy Receives £6,000 Damages Badly Injured When Hit By Car

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

Sydney, February 15.—A seven years old bay, Ian kenneth Jones of Park Street, [?] who was badly injured when he was knocked down by a…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

F. A. Thomas ([?] Section, South Mine) was taken to the Hospital and X-rayed for illness. A. R. Keddy (C.P.S.) received…

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Cars Collide: Man's Arm Badly Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

It was feared that a man might have to have tils right arm amputated following a collision between two cars on the Mildura Road last night about twelve…

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Child ls Fatally Injured By Car At North B. Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 9

Margaret Anne Gould, aged 4 years 11 months suffered fatal head injuries when she was run down by a reversing car at 5.45 p.m. yesterday. The accident occurred at the rear…

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Child Fatally Injured at North Run Over by Reversing Car

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

A four-years-old girl was fatally injured when she was knocked down and run over by a reversing car next door to her home at North Broken Hill late yesterday afternoon. She was Mary Anne Gould, of 761 Brady Street, aged 4 years 11 months…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

L. Hill (Hutcherson Bros.) was treated by a doctor yesterday and then taken home to 186 Ryan Street. He had a lacerated scalp…

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