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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Hundreds Pay Tribute To Drowned Soldiers

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

Newcastle, March 14: Hundreds of people in Christ Cathedral and along the tu[?]eral routs on Wednesday's…

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Girl Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 8

An eight-year-old girl suffered a probable fracture of the ankle and concussion when struck by a motor car…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

North: C. Rummings, 341 [?] foreign body in right eye. [?]…

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Injured Cyclist Near Road for 4 Days

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

Redhill (S.A.): A young motor cyclist lay unconscious on the side of the road for four days after his machine had crashed near here. The youth, aged 17, was found…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 8

A. Dini (Zinc) who suffered a bruised knee, was treated and taken home to 172 Piper Street…

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17 Injured In Tram Smash

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4
Also in Barrier Miner

Brisbane. March 17: Seventeen people were Injured when a tram packed with people on their way to…

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Dies After Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 6

Adelaide, March 17.—Jack White, 74, of Portrush Road, Glo[?]lds, who received head [?] when he was…

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Girl Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 16

A six-year-old girl suffered shock and probable [?] when she collid with a motor car in Oxide…

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Japs Injured in

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 6

Washington, Thursday: The State Department said today the United States Government was investigating reports that Japanese fishermen had been injured…

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Woman, Child Hurt In Hit-Run Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 8

Local police are trying to trace a light-colored late model car which on Wednesday night ran down three…

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Victims off Accidents

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

It was reported from the Hospital today that Prank Winsor (21.), who suffered a fractured spine in a motor…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 1

J. May (North) who became [?] while working, was taken home to 224 Mica St. H. Plains (North) suffered…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 1

W. S[?]t (North) who lacer[?] left index [?] and [?] Street…

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Man Killed in Collision

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 3

Goulburn: A man was killed when his truck collided head-on with a semitrailer on the Fume Highway…

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Four in Hospital From Two Road Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

Over the week-end, four men were admitted to the Hospital following two motor vehicle accidents. There were several other minor accidents. The last week has been the…

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Death After Collision

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

Adelaide: A motor cyclist, seriously injured in a crash at Birkenhead on Saturday, died in Royal Adelaide Hospital…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 9

S. D. Ridley (Zinc) was treated by a doctor for a strained back, then taken home to 39 Morish Street…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

M. Wilson (Zinc), who suffered a foreign body in the right eye, was treated and then taken home to 197…

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Accident on Radium Hill Rail Line Man Killed, Seven Hurt

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

A railwayman was killed and seven injured in an accident involving a rail trolley on the Radium Hill line, between…

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