Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Thursday 29 June 193962101

BARRINGER. —On the 25th of June, at
Adelaide (result of accident), Harold, dearly
beloved husband of Hilda Barringer, of 8
Hinton street, Underdale (late S.A. Police
Force), and loving father of Doreen. Aged  
45 years

The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 - 1950) Friday 30 June 193962102

Police Driver in Fatal
Accident.
Former Peterborough Policw Officer.
When the police cut a hole in the
hood of a tourer car near Salisbury
on Saturday morning and levered up
a bent steering wheel to free the
driver, they did not recognise in
him a fellow Constable, Motor
Transport Driver Harold Barringer,
45, of Hinton Street, Underdale.  
They learned who he was from an
identification card in his clothing.
Barringer was admitted to the
Adelaide Hospital in a serious con-
dition, suffering from concussion, a
fractured jaw and severe facial
abrasions and lacerations, and died
at about 7.30 p.m. on Sunday.
Because of the time taken in
extracting him from the wreckage
of the car, Barringer was not ad-
mitted to hospital until about 2.45
a.m., although it is believed that the
accident occurred shortly after
1 a.m.
The car driven by Barringer
crashed into the rear of a stationary
lorry at a moment when efforts to
start the lorry were about to begin.
A tow rope had been placed in
position between the lorry, which
carried a 30-cwt. load, and another
lorry which was being started by
Frederick Arthur Brewer, of Hali
fax Street, Hilton. The lorry struck
was owned by George Simmonds,
of Simpson Street, Woodville, and
driven by Harold Lambert Heywood,
of Greenhill Road, Dulwich.
On patrol duty between Clare and
Adelaide, Motor Traffic Constables
McCallum and Clarke reached the
scene soon after the crash, to find
that Barringer's car had been forced
underneath the tray of the lorry,
and was badly crushed.  
With Brewer's assistance they ex
tricated Barringer, who was taken
to the Adelaide Hospital in an am-
bulance from the police garage, to
which he is attached. Barringer
was off duty at the time of the ac
cident, having returned the pre
vious day from Berri.
Motor Transport Driver Barrin
ger entered the mounted division of
the Police Force about 20 years
ago. He was stationed for about
five years at Peterborough before
he transferred to the foot division.
For the past 15 years he has been
connected with the police garage,
where for the last six years he has
been in charge of country removals.
He leaves a widow (nee Miss Hennig
formerly of Peterborough) and a
daughter.