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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Drowned In Fall From Launch

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 3

Sydney. December 31.—Robert Hard Peyton, 73. of Benaroon Road. Lakemba. was drowned yesterday…

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4 Shot in Accidents

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

Perth: Four people died in shooting accidents in the Christmas- New Year holiday in Western…

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Missing Boy Found Drowned

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

Melbourne, January 4.—A search by police and 70 volunteers for Edward Joseph Monaghan, 4[?] who had…

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Man Drowned in Murray

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 4

Adelaide: Goolwa police and fishermen are still searching the Riiver Murray for the body of a…

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Safety Writer Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

New York, Monday: Miss Rebecca Gross, editress of tlae "Lock Haven Express", Pennsylvania, lost both legs…

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No Accidents For Returning Holiday Makers

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 2

Until late yesterday no accidents had been reported from the many motorists returning to Broken Hill for…

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Three Injured In Fall At Yarra Glen

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 4

Melb., Jan. 6: Three jockeys were injured in a crash at the Yarra Glen meeting today…

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Straight Roads Are Most Likely Accident Spots

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

Canberra: Drivers are more likely to be inattentive and accidents are more likely to occur on straight roads than on othert apparently more dangerous, types of thoroughfare…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 3

A 26-year-old motor-cyclist was hurt in a collision with a motor vehicle at the corner of Buck find Beryl…

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Woman Is Injured in Smash

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 5

A woman passenger in a utility which collided with a taxi in Williams Street last night, suffered…

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Woman Is Injured in Smash

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 12

A woman passenger in a utility which collided with a taxi in Williams Street last night, suffered…

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Outback Collision

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

Two vehicles were damaged, but no-one was injured in a collision on the Quinyamble Road, about 110…

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Injured Face

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

Mr. M. Johnston, of 755 Beryl Street, was taken to the dental clinic room from the North Mine today. He…

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Drowned When Swimming River

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney, January 11:—John William McLeod. 39. married, of Wollongong Road, Arncllffc, was drowned on…

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Vehicles in Collision

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

A motor lorry knocked down 12 feet of cement brick fence in Patton Street today after it careered on…

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Injured in Dive

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

Sydney, January 11.— Phillip Ladd, 20, of St. Giles Avenue, Greenwich, was seriously injured yesterday…

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Road Clinic for Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

Paris, Tuesday: A mobile medical unit to treat road accident victims on the spot started operating at…

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Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 12

A man who was found on the South Road lying near an overturned motor cycle, was later admitted to…

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Boy Aged 6 Drowned

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

David George Lilley, 14, of Fortuna Avenue, Croydon was drowned on Saturday while swimming in the…

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Injured Miner "Satisfactory"

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

The condition of Mr. Charles Neilson, who was seriously injured at the North Mine on Thursday…

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