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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 2

G. Tonkin (North) suffered laceration of the left knee. He was treated and taken home to 581 Fisher Street…

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Record set 'by accident'

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

Williamstown district runner Neil Robbins on Wednesday "accidentally" burst into world class by sensationally establishing a new Australian six miles record in a special…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

North: B. Chisla, treated by a doctor and taken home to 425 Piper Street, strained right thigh…

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£15,000 Claim After Motor Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 4

Melbourne.: A 49-years-old man whose counsel claimed he had been "wrecked" by road-smash injuries, asked a Supreme Court jury for £15,000 damages…

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£15,000 Claim After Motor Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 4

Melbourne: A 49-years-old man whore counsel claimed he had been "wrecked" by road-smash injuries, asked a Supreme Court jury for £15,000 damages…

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Vehicles in Collision

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

Slight damage was caused to a car yesterday when it collided with a truck in Crystal Street about 2.50…

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Minister Is Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 8

Capetown: The South African Minister of Finance, Mr. Nicholaas Havenga, 71, suffered severe shock in a…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

[?] Power (Zinc), who injured his right foot, was [?] and taken [?] to Thomas [?]…

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Accidents Cost £50m. Yearly

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 12

Telbourne: On the Job accidents cost Australia 600 lives a year. Mr N. A. Gibbs. Manufacturing…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

[?] Williams (Zinc) suffered [?] wound of [?] He was [?]…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

L. Pratt (South) was taken to hospital for treatment after suffering a bruised back and injured arms…

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Star Runner Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 11

Adelaide: The Olympic sprint champion (Marjorie Jackson) received minor injuries in a road accident…

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Three Men Badly Injured in N.b.h. Explosion One Still Very Serious

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

Three men were badly injured, one very seriously, in an explosion in a stope on the No. 18 level at the New Broken Hill Consolidated mine yesterday.[?]…

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Star's "Stupid Accident" in Using Capsules

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 8

New York, Friday: Corinne Calvert, the French film actress, was taken to a Los Angeles hospital after she had swallowed a number of capsules in what police…

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Star's "Stupid Accident in Using Capsules

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 8

New York, Friday: Corinne Calvert, the French film actress, was taken to a Los Angeles hospital after she had swallowed a number of capsules in what police…

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Pillion Rider Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 12

A youth who was dragged about 16 yards under the front wheel of a motor cycle in an accident on Saturday…

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Wedding Bell Injured Singer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 2

London, Mon.: Part of a tower of 114-year-old St. Matthews' Church, Overseal, near Burton-on-Trent. collapsed…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 8

E. Meinwee (North), suffered an injured right [?] He was treated by a [?] and taken home to 99 Crystal…

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Talked Into Accidents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 5

Canberra: "Inattentive driving" caused by anything from a passing blonde to a conversation with a passenger…

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