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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 119

Man Killed. Three Seriously Injured. Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 14

A man wan killed and three members of the same family were seriously injured when a motor car strick a depression in the road on…

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Three Injured. Motor Overturns Near Tweed Heads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 3

Three persons were Injured, two of them seriously, when a car In which they were travelling somersaulted on the main road near Tweed…

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Fatally Injured Christmas Celebration at Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

Alfred Edwards (72), who was admitted to the hospital at Broken Hill, on Christmas Eve suffering from a fractured leg, died on…

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Boy Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 9

William Roddenby, 14, residing at Paxton, and employed as a counter—hand at Cessnock, was knocked down by a motor lorry In…

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Two Injured. Taxi and Motorcycle Cycle Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 16

As a result of a collision between a motor cycle and a taxi at Richmond last, night, Ronald Bailey and Muriel Hederson were seriously…

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When the Hook Broke Three Men Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 8

John Danaher, aged 39, a laborer, received concussion and lacerations to the scalp and shock; Patrick M'Grath, aged 26, laborer, received…

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Mine Subsidence. Man Killed, Others Injured, Capetown. January 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

A serious subsidence occurred at the Witwatersrand gold mine's Conor shaft this morning, when thee stations at the shaft fell in almost…

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Dynamite Explosion Workman Killed: Six Injured. New York, Jan. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 13

One workman was killed, and six dynamite Injured by an explosion of dynamite In the shaft of a New York Subway under construction…

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Test Case Pending. Treatment of Injured Miners. Hospital Fayments. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 14

Owing to the difficulty experienced by Cessnock District Hospital in securing settlement of claims for treatment of compensation cases. under…

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Two Crashes French Passenger Planes. Pilot Killed; Other Injured. Cologne, Jan. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

Two serious French passenger plane crashes occurred to-day. The first occurred on the Paris-Berlin route, when the airplane was lost in a fog…

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Diving Accidents Struck Rock at Neilsen's Park

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 14

Arthur Goddard, aged 25 years, a porter, of North Sydney, was injured on Sunday afternoon when he dived into shallow water neat the…

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Pea Rifle Accident. Bullet Through Body

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 16

Ernest Harold Thomas William Oliver (16) called at a private residence at the corner of Oxide and Schiapp streets, Broken Hill, with…

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Singleton Accident. Car Falls Into Creek

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 16

A motor accident occurred on the Maitland road on a bridge west of Belford on Sunday afternoon. Three cars were approaching the…

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Motor Accidents American Visitor Killed. Car Overturned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 16

While travelling through Gisborne, Vic, a motor car overturned, owing to the blowing—out of United 60 years, a…

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Car and Lorry. Collision at Islington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 2

Members of a pionic party, consisting of several residents of Cardiff and Islington, which was returning by motor lorry from Swansea, had a…

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Killed by Tree. Storm Fatality in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 4

Sheltering in a shod from a storm, Alfred Drury, 41, a mill hand, was killed instantly when a tree crashed on to it at Warburton (Vic.). Two…

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Body Recovered. Lake Macquarie Fatality. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 5

The body of the young man, Harry McGlackner, drowned at Lake Macquarie on Saturday, was found this morning…

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Cyclist Injured. Collided with Tram. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 5

William Butler, 54, plaster, of Ryde, was riding his motor cycle to work to-day, when he collided with a tram. He sustained a probable…

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Fatally Injured. Victim of Motor Smash Succumbs. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 5

Charles Butteridge, 19, who was severely injured in a motor accident at National Park yesterday, died to-day…

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Tramway Smash. Driver Killed at Young Wallsend. Passengers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 2

Alfred E. McVie. a steam motor driver, was killed in a sensational derailment at Young Wallsend on the Wallsend-West Wallsend tramline at…

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