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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Man Killed, Others Injured Injured Motor Cycle and Side Car Capsize. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 5

Richard Maddock, 60, was killed, and Sidney Meadowcroft, Mrs. Mendowcroft, and Sidney Meadowcroft, jun., seriously injured when a motor cycle and side car…

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Fatal Result of Train Accident Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 4

Frederick Harvard, who was knocked down by a train near Ashfield station; died in the hospital last night…

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Accident at Plains Station

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 4

Bob Barrett was engaged in rounding up stock on Plains Station (Upper Clarence) on Friday afternoon, when his mount bolted and he was dashed heavily…

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Failing to Stop After Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 4

In fining Lawrence Frederick Watson £3, at the Burwood police court to-day, on a charge of having failed to stop, after his car had been involved in an accident,…

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Local and General. Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Messrs. James Bros, cream van came to grief on the main road near toe Paddy's Plain road on Monday morning last, when it came into collision…

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Hand Crushed Accident at Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

H. J. Morgan, whilst working on the breakwater works, had his hand crushed between the trucks, one finger being severed…

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Car Smashes Six Persons Injured Collision Near Orange. Orange

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Six persons were hurt,one seriously, as the result of a collision between two motor cars at Shadforth, near Orange, to-day…

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Speedway Collision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Paddy Dean and Huxley collided in the semi-final of the mile championship at the Speedway last night. Dean fractured his right arm and sustained concussion. He…

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Collision Near Lidcombe. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Bertha Derthelgen, 23, and Stanley George, 23, had a narrow escape from serious injury when two motor ears collided on the Parramatta road, at…

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Unrehearsed Film Actor Injured. Young

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

The film actor Mick Quinn had a narrow escape from death while acting in a film, The'' Birth of a White Australia." He. was rounding up a mob of cattle…

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Telegrams Injured Man on Road. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Ernest Smith, 66, a vegetable dealer, was found lying on the roadway at Waterloo last night. He suffered from a probable fracture of the skull…

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Row in Kitchen Chinaman Fatally Injured Man Charged with Murder. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 5

Shortly after 7 o'clock last night, Michael Kelly, aged 50, a miner, and a recent arrival from Ireland, went into the Caledonian Hotel, West Maitland, to have…

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DROWNED Woman Carried Out Fatality Near Tweed Heads Little Girl's Miraculous Escape Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

A surfing fatality occurred at Bilinga, near Tweed Heads, this morning. Miss Mary Molloy, 35, employed as…

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Well-known Farmer Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

James Johnson, 87, one of the best known farmers in the Hawkesbury district was drowned in the river at Pitts Town to-day. His coat, was found on the…

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Train Strikes Lorry Four Persons Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

A crowded electric tram returning from the Richmond racecourse crashed into a horse-drawn lorry, in Wellington Parade, causing intense excitement…

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No Foul Play Lyttleton Drowning Case. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 5

A message from Lyttleton says that the police are now satisfied that Charles Mahan, stock buyer, whose body was found in the harbor on Saturday, was not…

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Car Crash Two Dead, Four Injured North Queensland Accident. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 5

Racing along at a terrific speed a motor car crashed through the railings of Babinda Creek bridge at 1 o'clock this morning and two occupants were killed…

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Farmer Amok Lost Maintenance Case Burnt Home and Haystacks Child Drowned, Father Arrested. Christchurch

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 5

After losing a maintenance case yesterday morning, John Duncan, farmer, of Kirwee ran amok. His wife, who had left him three months…

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The Greycliffe 'No Criminal Negligence' Verdict of Accidental Death "Negligence and Contributory Negligence.'' Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 5

The coroner, Mr. Fletcher, who is inquiring into the Greycliffe disaster, said to-day he has already decided that there was criminal…

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Two Drowned N.Z. Bathing Tragedy. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 5

When Donald Anderson got into difficulties while bathing near Christchureh, New Zealand, Jack Morgan went to his rescue. Before other assistance could be obtained…

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