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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

1,004 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 51

Ambulance Activities Horse Trainee Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

At 11.15 a.m. on Saturday last, the Grafton Ambulance received a call from Glenreagh. Mr. H. Burgess, horse trainer, who resides at Glenreagh with his family,…

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Three Men Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Three men were seriously injured when a motor car ran off the road at Prospect to-day and crashed through, a fence. The driver, John Easterbrook, suffered from…

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Fisherman Drowned? Empty Rowing Boat Found. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

An empty rowing boat was found floating off Palm Beach yesterday, by the steamer Hunter, and it is feared that aa angler may have fallen overboard…

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Lad Drowned Tragedy at Sunday School Picnic. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

John Judd, 14, of Glebe, a member of a Sunday school picnic, was drowned in the river at Cabramatta yesterday afternoon…

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Mexican Earthquake Four Dead and Many Injured. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

Four are dead and numerous persons were injured in Wednesday's night's earthquake…

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Tram Bolts Hits Stationary Tram Ten Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

Getting out of control on a steep hill at Yarra Bay last night a train crashed into the back of a stationary train and ten persons were injured…

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Motor Accidents Woman Driver Killed. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Mrs. Vera Gwynne, 32, of Cumberland, was killed when a car that she was driving. capsized after swerving to avoid another vehicle. Another woman and two men…

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Drowned During Flood Unknown Man's Death Coronial Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. F. Schwonberg, district coroner, conducted a magisterial inquiry into the death of a man whose body was found floating in the river at Palmer's Island…

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Knife Cuts Two Youths Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

While a number of youths were in the gardens at Albert Park, it is alleged, they were approached by a stranger. During a heated argument which followed it is…

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Fight with Knives Five Jugo-slavs Injured. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

Five Jugo-Slavs were injured, one seriously, in an alleged stabbing affray at Glossop, on the River Murray. Each of the men received terrible…

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Three Killed Level Crossing Smash Three Others Injured Motor Truck Wrecked. Mildura

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

Three people were killed and three injured when a passenger train ran into a motor truck at a level crossing at Irymple, near Mildura, to-day…

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Boy Killed Five Children Injured Plane Crash in England "What Price Glory" Stunt. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

Twelve thousand spectators were horrified to see an aeroplane crash at Stalybridge, Cheshire, killing a boy and seriously injuring five other…

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Three Horses Killed Accidents at Gawler Races. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 7

At Gawler races on Saturday three horses, Leacing, Nicholander and West Creek, were killed. The first-named crashed into a jump and broke its shoulder…

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Head-on Collision Four Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

Four persons were seriously injured in a head on collision between two motor cars at Kensington late last night. The impact was very severe and both cars…

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May Lose Eyesight Man Injured in Explosion. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

Owing to a premature explosion at Tyldesley colliery, Lithgow, Oscar Williams received lacerations and extensive burns to the face and arms. The cause…

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Aeroplane Accident Investigating Committee's Report. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

The committee of the South Australian Aero Club, which was appointed to inquire into the death of Flight-Lieutenant MeIntyre, found that he met his death as…

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Lying in Creek Bed Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 7

With his skull and both wrists fractured a middle-aged man, clothed only in a shirt, was found stretched out on the slimy slit of Cottage Creek, Newcastle,…

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Treacherous Undertow Tragedy at Woy Woy Father Drowned, Daughter Saved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 5

Frederick Keary was drowned at the, Ocean Beach, Woy Woy, to-day while attempting to save his daughter, who had been carried out in the undertow…

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Bull Pass Smash Verdict of Accidental Death. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 5

The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death in connection with the motor lorry accident at Bulli Pass on March 11, when John Thomas, 17 was killed outright…

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Burning Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 4

On Wednesday evening last a serious burning accident occurred at Coopernook (Manning River). It appears that Mr. M. Unicomb, of Coopernook, called at Messrs…

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