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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 119

Many Injured. Motor Strikes Boulder and Overturns. Three in Serious Condition

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

Lady Carrington Drive (Sydney), a popular tourist trip, was the scene of a serious accident on Sunday afternoon, when a motor car…

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Accident Whilst Motoring

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

Mr. Jack Barden, of Catherine-st., West Maitland received painful injuries o Sunday morning, whilst motoring to the Lake. The car struck…

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Cars in Collision Kurri Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 5

Two motor cars travelling along Lang Street, Kurri Kurri came into collision about 11.30 p.m. on Friday night, Both cars suffered damage as a result of the…

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Drowning Tragedy at Forbes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 3

The police are searching for Henry Lewis Luscombe, of Croydon, who it is feared has been drowned in the river. A motor car containing Luscombe's…

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Commercial Traveller Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 3

Henry Luscombe, aged, 54, of Groydon, is believed to have been drowned in the river at Forbes. Luscombe, a commercial traveller arrived at the…

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Head-on Collision Eleven People Escape

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

Two cars on the Windsor-road on Sunday afternoon came to grief in sensational circumstances. The most remarkable feature of the crash was that…

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Motor Car Overturns Six Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

A motor car hit a stone and overturned in Lady Carrington's Driven National Park, on Sunday afternoon, and the six occupants were seriously…

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Tragedy at Picnic Party Husband and Father Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

Tragedy cast a gloom over a picnic party from Speers' Point which visited Marmong Point, Lake Macquarie, on Saturday, when Harry M'Glackner was…

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Car Crashes Through Fence Five Youths Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 1

A number of youths returning to Maitland from a dance at Kurri had a narrow escape from death when their car tore down the hill at East Greta and…

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Motor Accident Wedding Party Meets with Mishap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 3

A motoring accident in which a wedding party, including the bridal couple, were concerned occurred on the Armidale-Uralla road late on…

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Recent Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

Messrs. E. Humor and H. Cameron, who were injured in a motor accident near Hast Greta on Thursday night, have recovered sufficiently to…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

Whilst Messrs. Sid Eagleton and Fred Dombkins were riding a motor cycle up the long hill near Clarence Town, the bike struck a rock and…

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Problem for Cabinet Motor Accidents Pilling Hospitals

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

Rapidly increasing motor traffic and the resulting accidents are among the things which are filling our metropolitan hospitals to, bursting point,…

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Gelignite Explodes. Martin's Creek Fatality. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 6

"I don't know how it happened. He was just blown up. I can give no reason whatsoever," said Henry Webeck, a powder man at the railway…

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Shiftman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 4

William Scott, 70, shiftman, employed at Pelaw Main Colliery, living in Brunker-street, Kurri Kurri, was seriously Injured while at work…

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Painful Accident. Burned by Molten Lead. Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 5

William Johnson, 16, a plumber's apprentice, was carrying a bowl of molten lead upstairs at his place of business…

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Boy Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 14

Walter Kennaugh, aged seven was drowned at Brigton-le Sands on Saturday. The baths were crowded at the time but no one appeared to…

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Gloucester. Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3

What might have been a serious accident happened on the Mograni Hill on Thursday last, when two motor cars, came Into collision on the…

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Drowning Fatalities. Death Follows Swim

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 14

A few minutes after he had finished swimming in a pool in Hunt's Reserve, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon, James Bunker, aged 28 of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 13

A collision between a motor lorry and a motor cycle occurred on the Great Southern' road near Casula, on Saturday night…

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