Car Overturns Skidded on Windsor-road Three People Injured
THREE people were injured when a carr driven by William James Brooks, of" Auburn-road, Granville, skidded and overturned on the Windsor-road, shortly before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents
Accidents, 1928
42 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3
Another Broken Leg a Peculiar Cause of Accident
Mr. A. Farlow, a young man who hails from Windsor, and is employed at Minnamurra quarry, met with a nasty accident which came about in a peculiar fashion on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Crushed Between Buffers Carter Injured Accident at Windsor Station
WHILST waiting to unload a truck of coal in the goods yard at "Windsor railway station on Thursday morning, Reginald John. Ford, a carter, employed by Mr. F. J. Pye…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Overturns North Richmond Men Injured
TWO men were hurled violently to the roadway On Sunday afternoon when a car oveturned on the Western Road, near Emu Plains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alert Police Officer Captures young Escapaders Lovers' Fatal Quarrel "Good-bye, in Case I Don't Come Back" Youth Drowned at Sackville Reach Tragic Escapade :: Sequel to Motor Thefts
DUE to the alertness of Constable Cavan agh, the Hawkesbury District was given much prominence this week by the arrest at Wilberforce on Saturday of a youth and two girls for illegally using a motor car, and the subsequent unravelling of the tangled threads of a most amazing tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buried on 17th Birthday Fate of Leslie Chisholm Sackville Reach Drowning Fatality Coroner Returns Open Verdict
THE amazing adventures of the two youths and two girls who travelled from Melbourne to Sydney in motor cars alleged to have been stolen, and who camped on the banks of the Hawkesbury River some days ago, were recalled on Friday. LESLIE CHISHOLM, the 16-year-old son of the caretaker of the Brunswick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell From Scaffold Carpenter Injured Accident at Kurrajong Heights
WHITE working on a scaffolding at the new hotel under construction at Kurrajong Heights, Richard Doyle, 32, a carpenter, of Amhur-street, Northbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Head-on Collision Eleven Persons Escape Another Smash on Windsor-road
TWO motor cars came to grief in sensational circumstances on the "Windsor-road last Sunday afternoon. The most remarkable feature of the crash was that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crushed to Death Chinese Market Gardener Killed Fatality at Pitt Town Bottoms
DICK QUINN, aged 58, a Chinese market gardener, was killed on a farm at Pitt Town Bottoms on Anniversary Night, January 26, through being crushed between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Cyclist Killed Collision with a Motor Car Conflicting Opinions As to Speed Goroner's Advice to Motorists
"IT is evident that the deceased was travelling at an excessive speed, and at the moment misjudged the space he had to get through; This sad case should provide food for thought for all motor riders and drivers, and teach them to adopt the safety first method at all times, especially in the narrow thoroughfares of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawkesbury Pioneer Drowned at Pitt Town Late Mr. James H. Johnston
TAMES HENRY JOHNSTON, one of the oldest farmers of the Hawkesbury, was found drowned in the river at Pitt Town, near the old wharf, on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Don,t Duck Me!" Youth's Appeal to Drowning Man Windsor Fatality Plucky Attempt at Rescue
SAID to be a strong saltwater swimmer Clarence Raymond Herron (21), of Merewether, near Newcastle, was drowned whilst attempting tO swim across…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Severed Am Artery Woman Seriously Injured Constable Dick's First-aid Work
A WOMAN, who severed and artery in her head through coming in contact with a barbed wire fence at Lower Hawkesbury on Sunday, was saved from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Oakville Claim Against Council "Declared Guilty Without Trial."
"I DESIRE to bring under your notice my claim for damages in connection with the accident which occurred on the culvert at the foot of Clarke's Hill, Oakville, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tried to Swim the River Young Man's Fatal Suggestion Drowned Near Windsor Bridge
AN INQUIRY into the circumstances surrounding the death of Clarence Raymond Herron (21) who was drowned near Windsor bridge on Sunday, 4th instant, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pike Absolved. "Purely Accidental." Bootlegger Case
When Jockey J. E. Pike returned to the enclosure on Saturday at Hawkesbury Races after being left at the post on Bootlegger in the last race, he was hooted, but on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Negligent Employee Exonerated Man Killed in Collision
In March, 1927, Kenneth Best, a lorry-driver, employed by Arthur Whitling & Co., of Castle Hill sustained fatal injuries in a Collision with a lorry driven by William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricketer Injured Puts Foot in Hole and Breaks Thigh
In the simplest manner, Edward Beirne, (39), storeman, of Beaconsfield-street, Alexandria, broke his left thigh at the California Park Tea Gardens, Windsor-road…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Settled! Accident at Oakville Council Pays Full Claim
MESSRS. WM. WALKER AND SON informed Windsor Council at its last meeting that they had been instructed by Mr. S. Jones, of Maraylya, to act for him…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Child Killed Another Has Miraculous Escape Fatality at Richmond
ALMA JEAN WILSON, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Hilary Herbert Wilson, of Kurrajong, was killed, and her cousin, Lillian…
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