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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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More U.S. Plane Crashes 42 Dead, 8 Missing, Many Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

New York, January 20.—Forty-two persons were killed and 61 injured, and eight are missing following major plano…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 4

R. C. Smith (North Mine) was token home to the Wilcannia Club Hotel after treatment for a sprained right ankle yesterday…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

H. Suckling (Zinc Corporation) was yesterday admitted to Hospital after he had taken ill at work. D. Lloyd (North Mine) was…

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Mine-accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

Yesterday L. M. Heath (Zinc) suffered a bruised right knee at work. He was taken home to [?] Beryl Street…

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Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

An employee of the Public Works Department at Stephens Creek was injured at Mount Gipps last night…

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Boy Hurt in Collision

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

When he was knocked from his cycle in Oxide Street, near Lane Street, last night, a 15-year-old boy…

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Man Found Injured After Alleged Brawl

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Police received a report early this morning that a man had been found injured in the yard of the Mount Gipps Hotel about 11…

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Men Injured, Homes Burned by Bushfires

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Sydney— Huge bushfires, which early today were sweeping many parts of heat scorched New South Wales, have resulted in at least two men being seriously injured; loss of 10 homes and probably more; and the death of hundreds of cattle…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

R. Elston (zinc Corporation), 96 Wicks Street, was taken home alter having a bruised left instep X-rayed at the Hospital…

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Seriously Injured At Mount Gipps

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 3

Robert Garris (38), who was found lying injured in the yard of the Mount Gipps Hotel on Thursday night, was…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

R. A. Lanthois (North Mine), 102 Hebbard Street, was treated yesterday for a foreign body in the left eye…

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Man's Injury Accidental?

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 9

Police believe that Robert Gorrie, a 38 — year- old Queenslander who with head, injuries, was lound in…

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Car-cycle Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

A youth received Hospital treatment after a collision between a car and a bicycle yesterday, but was later allowed to leave…

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Family of Three Drowned

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

Melbourne. — Five people drowned in Victoria at the weekend. Three of them were from…

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Drowned in Lake

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

London, Monday. — Six members of one family were drowned at Kilreay, County Derry, Ireland, when…

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8 Drowned in India

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 2

Calcutta, Monday. — At least eight people drowned in the Hooghly River when a gangway collapsed under a…

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5 Injured in

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 8

New York, Monday.— A Capitol Airlines Skymaster, carrying 23 people, suddenly plunged 2200ft. in a nose dive early today and injured five passengers…

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Boy Drowned In Swimming Pool

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 6

Sydney, January 28.—The body of a nine years old boy was found in 16ft of water at Enfield Olympic Pool today…

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Three Drowned In Creek Tragic End To Camping Holiday

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 2

Melbourne, January 28. — A South Melbourne wharflaborer, his wife and their young son were drowned in Gunbower…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

A. L. Scott (Zinc), 329 Morgan Street, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a probable fracture of the great toe of the right foot…

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