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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Man Loses Ear. Motor Van Crash. Sixteen Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 7

Robert Watson (45), of Watsonia, driver at a motor van which crashed through the level crossing gates at the Gardiner railway station. (Vic)…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

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

At the inquest this afternoon on stanley John Shaw, who wa drowned at Morpeth on Sunday afternoon last a verdict of accidental death was…

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Motor Fatality. Beecroft Touring Party

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

Mr. W. H. Ballard, president of Beecroft Bowling Club, has been advised that his son, Stewart, aged 21 years, was killed on Wednesday…

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Man Drowned. Caught by Tide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 9

It was reported to the police that a man who had been swimming between some reefs at the mouth of the Cam River, near Somerset…

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Youth Drowned While on Holidays

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

Stanley James Shaw, aged 20, of Paddington, was drowned in the Hunter River at Morpeth on Monday. Shaw, who was spending, a holiday…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

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

At the conclusion of the inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, afternoon, concerning the death of Stanley John Shaw, a…

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Children on the Bowling Green Danger of Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Bowling greens are not usually looked on as particularly dangerous, except when exponents of other games, at annual dinners, make humorous reference…

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Hebburn Fatality Man Drowned in Dam

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 9

John Dent, 25, a native of North-umberland, England, was drowned in the Hebburn No. 2 dam on Saturday afternoon last…

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Elderly Man Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

Mr. William Peachey, father of Aldeerman A. Peachey, is at present an inmate of Brentwood Hospital, as a result of a peculiar…

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Infant Injured. Caught in Belting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

An infant named William Stratten, aged 3 years, was injured on Mr. McClymon't s farm on Saturday, Christmas Eve, by being caught in the…

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Newcastle Road Collision Bishop's Bridge Man Hurt

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 9

When he came into collision with a motor, car on the Newcastle road on Monday, Jack Thompson, 32, farmer, living at Bishop's Bridge,…

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Sixteen Killed Twenty Seriously Injured. Explosion Wrecks Berlin Residential. BERLIN, Jan. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5

A mysterious explosion early this morning occurred at a house in Berlin, in which there were many occupants, who were…

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N.r.m.a. Notes. Causes of Road Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. announces that it has obtained figures relating to the causes of accidents over a given period in Great Britain, which appears…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cattell with Mr. Joe. Hartley (Mrs. Cattell's son) and a lady friend were motoring to Katoomba on Boxing Day,…

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Drowning Fatality. Gallant Rescue Effort Fails. Perth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 16

Norman Seaton, 21, was drowned in the Swan RIver at Aplecross yesterday. Leslie Johnson made a gallant…

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A Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 3

Early on Saturday evening a motor cycle, ridden by John Allan killey, of Redbournberry, collided with a car driven by Miss F.A. Hawkins,…

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Collision at Enfield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 14

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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Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 6

A collision took place at about 420 p.m. yesterday at the corner of John and Pitt streets, Singleton, when a Ford and Overland were concerned. The…

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Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 14

James Duncan, aged 47 years, of Point Nepean—road, Cheltenham (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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 16

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

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