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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

1,129 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 57

Household Pets Cats, Dogs and Birds. Hundreds Drowned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 19

As a result of the recent floods in the Thames Valley hundreds of drowned pets—cats, dogs and birds—were collected in the inundated area of…

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Motor Accident an Annoyed Magistrate. Resents Police Inspector's Comment

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 19

At the conclusion ol the hearing of a traffic case at Forbes, when a verdict had been Riven for the defendant Inspector Woods, in charge of the Forges…

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Motor Accidents. the Cause and Cure

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 10

Motor accidents are of very frequent occurrences round about Sydney, and when the police do sheet home a charge of reckless…

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Peculiar Accident at Nyngan

Leader · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 2

“No game was ever worth a rap for [?] to play. Into which no [?] mishap could ever find [?]is way” was [?] in no [?]…

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Fatal Collision Man Killed at Dubbo DUBBO, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 2

Lloyd Buckley (40), a farmer, of Dubbo, was killed in tragic circumstances to-night. Accompanied by his brother, he was proceeding from…

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Pinned Under Tree Man Injured at Yetholme

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

Through a tree falling on him and pinning him to the ground at Yetholme yesterday, Mr. Herbert Turner, a well known resident, suffered severe…

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Burning Fatality at Forbes

Leader · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 2

A shocking burning fatality is reported from Forbes, where on Saturday last the 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Green, who live a…

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Blast Furnace Explodes Workmen Killed and Injured BERLIN

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 2

A blast furnace at Doelklingen works exploded to-day and the molten metal cut off the escape of several workmen. Two bodies have been…

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Blast Furnace Explodes. Two Killed; Many Injured. BERLIN

Leader · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 2

A blast furnace at the [?] works exploded, and the molten metal caught the workmen, cutting off their escape. Two bodies which have been…

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Two Killed Railway Crossing Fatality AUCKLAND, N.Z., Tuesday. Two more railway crossing fatalities have occurred

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 2

An unknown man was run down by a train near the Auckland Gaol and killed. The Rev. Tremaine, Anglican minister at Rongotea, was driving…

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Broken Hill Street Fatality Broken Hill

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 1

Alfred Edwards, 73, an od ago pensioner, died in hospital this morning. He was admitted on Christmas Eve suffering from a fractured skull…

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Dubbo Railway Fatality

Leader · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 8

A shocking railway fatality, occurred at Dubbo, on Monday, when a well-known known resident of B[?], Mr. Lawrence Lloyd Buckley, was killed by a train…

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Drowned in Boiling Water. Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

George Taynor, 57 yours of age, a traveller living in Loftus-streot, city, was filling a hath at his residence this morning, when he collapsed and fell…

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Clean Contest Bathurst Boxing Fatality How Emmett Murphy Died Evidence at Inquest Verdict of Accidental Death

National Advocate · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 5

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Emmott Ambrose Murphy, who took part in a boxing contest in the Coronation…

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Serious Chullora Accident. Huge Girder Falls. SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 4

A girder weighing 12 12 ton's fell ft distance of 25 feet at the Chullora railway workshops to-day, and three men were injured. They were: John…

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Sad Fatality. Mr. Robert Dickson Killed

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 8

A sad fatality, which cast quite a gloom over the community at Norah, Creek, occurred on Saturday last about noon when Mr. Robert Dickson, a…

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Fisherman’s Find, Woman Drowning in Creek. NEWCASTLE

Leader · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

Attached by the burking of a dog white [?] at Teralha Creek, [?] and found a young woman [?] n the…

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Nearly Drowned at Coogee. Life-Savers’ Good Work. SYDNEY

Leader · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 4

A middle aged man got [?] difficulties in the surf at Coogee to-day. He was brought [?]. apparently drowned. but after the [?] savers had…

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Borenore Motor Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death. Manslaughter Charge Withdrawn

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

After extended evidence had been given in the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Bridget Marsh and Caroline Wright,…

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