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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 119

Struck a Tree. Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 16

Clive Smith, 20, of St. Kilda (Vic.), was riding a motor cycle near Lower Ferntree Gully station on Sunday, when the cycle swerved and struck a…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle Collides with Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 14

When a motor cycle came into. collision with a motor lorry. at Waratah on Saturday evening two men were injured, one seriously…

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Sulky Crashes. Old Woman and Child Injured

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

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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Fatal Collision Death of Roy Wile, Fell Under Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 8

At Cessnook Courthouse on Wednesday, the District Coroner (Mr. G. Brown, J.P.), held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death. of…

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Hurled Through Hood. Woman Injured in Motor Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 14

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

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In Flooded Creek. Young Man Drowned Would Not Be Dissuaded Armidale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

Henry Francis Archer, 21, was drowned in Dumaresq Creek last night flood waters made the crossing…

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Somersaulted Twice Motor Smash Near Temora. One Killed: Two Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 14

A Temora message states that Harold Monan, 19. was Killed, and two passengers injured when a motor car, which he was driving turned…

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Boy Shot. Inquest at Singleton. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 16

Mr. Alex Morrison, the District Coroner, held an inquest into the death of James McLean Henderson, nine years of age, of Muswellbrook,…

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Killed by Car. Accident in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 13

Mr. Evelyn Ocbuehs, of Doreen, was knocked down and killed by a motor car in the St. Kilda—road, Melbourne, last night…

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Italian Charged. Sequel to Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Brisbane, has been advised by Inspector Mann, of Cairns, that the Italian. Felice Croppi, the driver of the car…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Shot When Getting Through Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 13

Robert Cocil Barter herd—tester, was one shooting on 2nd inst at Byron Bay, and when getting through a fence his gun exploded the discharge…

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Head Shattered Fatal Gun Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 8

Mr. Frederick James Taylor, 28, a grazier, was accidentally shot dead about 50 miles from Isisford (Q.) on Wednesday afternoon…

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Injured at Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 3

When two cars crashed head-on in Wellington Avenue, Canberra, the driver of one of the cars ami two passengers received minor injuries…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 3

In a collision between a motor cycle and car at Darlington, on Sunday night, Joseph Pickering, Duncan Street, Arncliffe, rider of the cycle…

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Father and Son Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 3

While crossing Church-street, Parramatta on Saturday Llewelyn Thomas, 34, of Granville, and his son. Llewelyn Thomas, aged 3…

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Car Capsized. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 5

Three persons were injured when a motor car, owned and driven by Raymond Scheeves, aged 50, a bootmaker, of Annandale, capsized at…

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Fell From Train. Man Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 4

Charles Beaumont, 22, of Marrickville, sustained internal injuries, concussion, lacerations to face and abrasions to the body, when he fell…

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Miner Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 5

G. McNeill, a miner working at St. Heliers' Colliery, received severe cuts on the face and back to-day when a quantity of coal fell on him. He was…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. T. Raisbeck, of Elgin-street, West Maitland, was riding a bicycle in Church-street, West Maitland, when he came into collision with a…

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Jack Lavette Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 5

When the horse bolted with a car last Friday, Mr. Jack Lavette, employed by the Co-operative Society, was thrown off the vehicle and had…

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