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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 119

Sulky Crashes. Old Woman and Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 7

Powerless to act, an old woman and a child had a terrifying experience when a horse, attached to a sulky in which they were driving…

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Run Over by Trams. Two Boys Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 14

Two boys were run over by trams in Sydney suburbs on Sunday. The first occurred at Five Dock, when Norman Page, 16, of that…

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Fell Twenty Feet Injured Man Crawls Two Miles

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 16

Crawling on lacerated hands and knees for two weary miles, over rough and hilly country, William Clarke reached the homestead on a…

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Man Killed. Two Sisters Injured. Alighted Prom Train on Wrong Side

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

A young man was killed and two sisters were badly injured by a train at the Cabramatta station late on 27th ult…

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Motor Accidents Suggested Taxation of Owners Mr. Watson in Defence SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 14

Mr. J. C. Watson, President of the N.R.M.A., says that the number of accidents in which motor vehicles figure in N.S.W. in any…

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Woman Shot in Leg Accident at Broadmeadow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 14

Mrs. Mary Thompson, aged 57, of Gosford—road, Broadmeadow, was struck in the right thigh by a 22-calibre bullet in her backyard at…

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"A Horrible Thing." Drove on After Motor Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 6

In fining Lawrence Frederick Watson £3 at the Burwood Police Court to-day, on a charge of having failed to stop after…

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Five Fatalities. Accidents at Collieries. Check Inspector's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 16

Sir. J. Connell, district check inspector, has forwarded to the executive of the Miners' Federation a report covering his work in the area…

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Second Victim. Victorian Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 16

Mrs, Emma Elizabeth Wyatt, aged 65. who was injured in a motor collision, at Oakleigh, Victoria. on Sunday night, died in the Alfred…

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Gloucester. Hailstorm Does Damage. Motor Oar Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 11

There was a large number of buyers at the special cattle sale held by D. R. Waddell and Co. last week, and the market was one of the…

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Train Derailed. Accident at Sandgate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

The passenger train due at Newcastle from West Maitland at 3.24 p.m. on 26th ule. become derailed entering [?] station…

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Shot in Back. Accident to Youth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 10

Stewart Juchau, aged 15 years, of Central—road, Miranda, was accidentally shot in the back at Gymea Bay. Accompained by his brother, aged 11…

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Compensation Claims. Bad Culvert Blamed for Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

Among the matters dealt with by Kearsley Shire Council on 27th ult. were two claims made by ratepayers for compensation…

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Killed by Car. Accident in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Evelyn O[?]buchs, of Dorcen, was knocked down and killed by a motor car in the St. Kilda-road, Melbourne last night…

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Boy's Death at St. Clair Accidentally Shot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

The District Coroner (Mr A. Morrison) held an inquest at the Courthouse, Singleton, on Thursday into the death of James M'Lean Henderson, nine years,…

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Electrocuted Fatality at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 5

Alexander Stephenson (22), living on the Wollombi road, Cessnock, wag electrocuted at his home on Sunday night…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Paddy Dean Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Paddy Dean, the well-known Maitland district racing cyclist, and another speedster named Huxley collided in the semi-final of the mile…

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Head-on Smash. Six Piorsons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

Six persons were injured whon two motor cars collided head-on near Orange on Saturday afternoon. The force of the impact was so…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle Collides with Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

When a motor cyclo came into collision with a motor lorry at Waratah on Saturday evening two men were Injured, one seriously. The motor cyclo was being driven…

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Hurled Through Hood. Woman Injured in Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 7

Bertha Dertheglen, 23, and Stanley George, 23, and narrow escapes when two motor cars collided on the Parramatta road, Lidcombe, on…

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