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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Morara Mill Fatality Coroner's Inquest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

The Coff's Harbor Coroner (Mr. Chas. Walker, J.P.) held an inquest at Morora Creek concerning the death of Mr. Duncan Leslie…

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Two Men Dead Fatally Injured in Car Accidents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

William Langford, who was knocked down by a motor car at Lidcombe, and Robert Walker, who fell from his car in the same suburb on Tuesday, both died…

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Struck by Hammer Workman Seriously Injured Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 4

While working on the fifth floor of a new building in Pitt street to day, Kenneth Flarkes, 32, boilermaker's assistant, was struck on the head by a hammer…

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Limerick's Hoof Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 1

Limerick was sore on being taken back to the stable after his win in Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm yesterday. He pulled up apparently well, but…

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Railway Fatality Man Killed Near Casino. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

A man believed to be James Watson, aged 50, of Glasgow, was killed on the railway line by a light engine near Casino on Saturday afternoon last, between the…

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Picnic Accident Charabanc Over Embankment. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

A number of charabancs, carrying ice works employees to a picnic at Warrandyte, were negotiating a steep incline near Warrandyte, when one charabane skidded…

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Scaffoldinig Accident Inquiry in Progress. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

The coroner to-day opened fin inquiry into the deaths of Francis Brind, 18, and William Chorlton, 36, who were killed when the scaffolding collapsed at the…

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Trainees Camp Fatality Defence Department Criticised Lack of Motor Ambulances. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

At the inquest at Liverpool into the death of John Alderton, 20, trainee, who received burns in camp, with fatal results, the Defence Department was…

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Parliament Meets April 17 Miners' Accident Pay. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 4

The State Parliament will be opened by Commission on April 17. The session is expected to last at least six weeks. The Cabinet to-day approved of the…

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Motor Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

News was received, by the police in Sydney to-day of a motor accident at Broke, near Singleton, in which a young man and woman were killed. In one of…

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Conviction Entered Charge of Feloniously Slaying Outcome of Car Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day, Lionel William Anthes was found guilty of having feloniously slain Thelma Mary Rogers, at Pendle Hill, Prospect,…

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Doctor Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 4

Dr. Jim Fitzsimmons, while swimming in a pool at Condobolin, was swept over the weir and drowned. Although the body was recovered five minutes later all efforts…

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Pearifle Fatality Boy Shot Dead. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 5

Edward Catford, aged 14 was shot deal with a pearifle at Lithgow yesterday subsequently Frank Edward Johnstone on ther boy, was charged with shooting…

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Car Fatality Brother and Sister Dead Lost Lives in Avoiding Hare. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 5

Roderick McKenzie Murchison, 22, and Mollie Murchison 20, brother and sister, were fatally injured seven miles from Broke, near Singleton, yesterday…

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Dungog Farmer Drowned. Dungog

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 2

William McDonald, a well-known farmer, was drowned when thrown from his horse while crossing the swollen Chichester River…

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Runaway Tram Ten Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 3

Ten persons were slightly hurt and suffered from shock, When a train bound for Abbotsford got out of control last night at Five Dock and crashed into a stationary…

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Fatality at Bendigo. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 5

George McQualter, 36, who was seriously injjured in a motor accident at Bendigo, died to-day…

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Motor Smashes Five Injured in Car Smash. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 5

Five persons were injured, when two motor cars collided at Campbelltown today. The cars were badly smashed…

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Accident to Little Girl

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 4

On Saturday night, Edith Calam, 34 years, residing with her parents at Currumbin (Tweed district), was playing under a bed, pushing the mattress up with…

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English Easter Traffic Holiday Motor Accidents' Man, Woman and Two Babies Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 5

The main roads were crowded with holiday motor traffic. There were numerous fatalities, including a shocking accident at Bowling. Dumbartonshire, when a…

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