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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Local and General Accident at Shooting Gallery

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 4

Sidney Faulkiner, a young man employed in connection with the amusement carnival now in session, in Manning street, Taree, met with an accident…

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Kirton Creek Fatality Mr. Archibald Perry's Death Coronial Inquiry

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

At the Dorrigo Court House on Monday last the District Coroner. Mr. A. C. Newman. J.P., conducted an inquiry into the death of Archibald…

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Car in River Driver Drowned in 30Ft. of Water. Wentworth

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 5

Daniel Ford, 42, who was recently appointed agent for a motor firm, was driving up a steep bank of the Darling River, when the car ran back into the river…

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Motor Accident at Repton

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

The Repton correspondent of the "Northern Courier" reports that Mr. C. Betteridge, of the Grafton to Tyringham motor service, met with an accident at…

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Mining Accident Twelve Killed, '35 Injured. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

An astonishing mining accident in Westphalia resulted in 12 deaths and 35 men being seriously injured. Two large cages, in one of which…

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Young Migrants Death Drowned While Mustering Horses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

Ernest Butler, 19, a mgirant station hand, employed on Gillengoon Station, near Warren, was drowned in Pemunnel Creek while mustering horses. The body…

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Workmen Injured Result of Falling Crane. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

When the sheer legs collapsed and a crane fell on the Cook's River canal today two workmen were struck by a concrete pipe weighing two tons. One of…

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Tossed by a Cow Little Girl Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

Sylvia Smith, aged 6, who resides with her parents near Denman, was playing near the house when a cow suddenly attacked her. She was tossed over the fence a…

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Struck Lamp Post Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

Phillip Pennington, 20, residing in Myrtle street, city, was riding a motor cycle along Shepherd street at noon to-day, when he crashed into an electric…

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Woman Seriously Injured Knocked Down by Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

Sarah Liosidge, 31, was seriously injured when she was knocked down by a car at Darlinghurst last night. Subsequently the driver of the car was arrested…

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Numerous Horses Fall Jockey Injured, Horse Killed. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 2

There were numerous falls at the Strathalbyn races to-day. The track was very dusty. Four horses came down in the hurdle…

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Shooting Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

Another gun accident, the second during the week, occurred at Bundook on Friday last, the victim being Mr. Stan Barnes, of the Barrington (says the…

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Ran Oft Road Car Overturns Twice Two Men Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

At noon yesterday, a car driven by Arthur Dean, dentist, of Yass, ran, off the road near Mittagong, and overturned twice…

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Channel Collision Soviet to Hold Inquiry. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

The president of the Soviet, merchant marine, says the captain of the Tovarisch, which collided with the Alcantara in the English Channel, when 20 lives were lost,…

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Level Crossing Smash Woman Fatally Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

A goods train crashed into a trolly about a quarter of a mile from Boondall railway station last, night. The trally was smashed to pieces. Peter…

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Almost Drowned Rescue at Maclean Man in Low Condition. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 4

Thomas Consons, a Greek cafe proprietor, whose premises at Maclean were severely damaged by fire on Monday morning, was discovered struggling in the river…

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Man Fatally Injured While Chasing Pet 'Possum. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

While endeavoring to capture an escaped pet 'possum on the roof of a house at Enmore last night James Thornhill, 34, single, slipped and fell on to a…

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Motor Cycles Collide Man Killed, Another Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

Cecil Jose, 23, of Preston, was killed and George Limmer, 23, of Reservoir, was critically injured when two motor cycles collided on the top of a hill near…

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Dangerous Driving Motorist Fined Deprived of License Echo of This Armidale Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 3

William Edward Langdon pleaded not guilty at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., to a charge of driving a car in a manner…

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Riots in Cairo Students and Police Many Injured London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 2

Serious student riots which occurred in Cairo resulted in thirty being injured, also eight police whom the striking students stoned from the…

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