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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 4

Stanley John Shaw, aged 20, a tramway employee, residing in Church Place, Paddington, was swimming in the Hunter River at…

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Collision at Enfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

Phyllis Burnell, 19, residing in Elizabeth-street, Sydney, was riding along Liverpool-road, Enfield, in the side car of a motor cycle, when the…

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Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

James Duncan, aged 47 years, of Point Nepean-road, Cheltonham (Vic.), was knocked down by a motor car in Point Nepean-road early…

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Diving Accidents Boy Injured in Baths

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

Harry Hazard, aged 14 years, of Paddington, was severely injured on Saturday, when he struck his head on the floor of he Rusheutter Bay baths…

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Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

Three persons were injured in a motoring accident in Alexandra-avenue, Melbourne. They were Matilda Cooney, aged 45, of…

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Motor Accidents. Week-end Toll. Man Killed: Two Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning William George Pott was driving a motor car towards Sydney near the Prospect reservoir, when the vehicle went over…

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Boy Injured at Paddington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

Robert Tynan, 14, residing with his parents, at Paddington, was knocked down by a taxi-cab in Oxford-street. According to a…

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The Waratahs. Fine Victory at Bristol A. Tancred Injured. Bristol, Dec. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 7

The Waratahs gained another fine victory to-day, defeating combined Glouchestershire by 13 points (3 tries, 2 goals) to 4 points (a field goal)…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, of Kurri, and two girls, received shock and abrasions, the result of a motor accident at Ironbark Creek yesterday…

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Drowning Fatality. Gallant Rescue Effort Fails. Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

Norman Seaton, 21, was drowned in the Swan River at Aplecross yesterday. Les[?] Johnson made a gallant…

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Father and Son Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

While swimming in the Murrumbidgee River, near Narrandera, John Funnel and his eldest son, Leslie (22) were both drowned. Leslie went to the…

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Eight Injured. Motor Van Overturns. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

Bight men were injured whon a motor van overturned at Whittlesea last night when the driver of the van swerved to avoid another car…

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Nine Injured. Cars Meet Head On. Family Outing Ends Disastrously

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 3

Two cars meeting head on in Prince's Highway, Sutherland, on Monday, brought about the disastrous end of a family outing…

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The Singleton Argus TUESDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1928. LOCAL & General News Car and Motor Bike Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

A collision occurred at the. intersection of Church and York streets, Singleton, on Saturday night shortly after 6 o'clock, when a motor cycle,…

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The Waratahs. Match Against England. Ford and Tancred Still on Injured List. London, Jan. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

The manager of the Waratahs, Mr. Shaw, says the Waratahs were most surprised when the refence declared the Bristol ground playable…

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Day of Accidents Maitland Ambulance Kept Busy. Seventeen Calls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

An extremely busy time was experienced by the Maitland District Ambulance Brigade yesterday. No fewer than seventeen calls were…

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Shooting Accident Youth Wounded in Neck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 8

William Adams, aged 18, of Parramatta, was admitted to hospital, suffering from a bullet wound in the nock…

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Exciting Car Accident Pinned Down for Hours

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

Mr and Mrs W. J. Kemp, of Albury, two infant children, and Mr and Mrs J. Daley, of Albury, had a sensational experience on the Upper Mitta Mitta…

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'A Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 6

Early on Saturday evening a motor cycle, ridden by john Allan Kl[?]ey, of Redbournberry, collided with a car driven by Miss F.A. Hawkins…

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Morpeth Drowning. Evidence at Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the death of Stanley John Shaw, a young man, who was drowned in the Hunter River at Morpeth on Sunday…

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