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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 119

Cousins Drowned Two Men in River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 8

Two cousins named Charles Byfield, 40, labourer, of Mahogany Creek, and Herbert Byfield, 22, horse driver, of Mundaring, were…

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Woman Identified Killed in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 5

The body of the woman who was killed in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at Redfern last night has been identified as…

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Motor Fatality Car Over Bridge. Charge Against Driver Fails. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 5

Follee Groppi, an Italian taxi-driver, who is charged with having unlawfully killed Eva Clarke, and Batischo De Martin, was discharged by…

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Fall of Earth. Five Workmen Overwhelmed One Dead; Four Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 6

One man was killed and four others were injured late on Monday afternoon, when an embankment of earth, at the site of the Water…

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Dangerous Wires "Over the Fence," Says Councillor Burns. Echo of Recent Kurri Fatality

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

"The time has arrived when we should say this sort of thing is 'over the fence.' The whole matter will stand investigation. If a bare…

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Peculiar Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. J. Jennison, of Sydney-street, while having a bath yesterday he slipped, and in falling struck the side of the bath. He sustained a fractured…

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Trees Save Big Smash. Sensational Motor Accident Glen Innes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 4

Two trees—a lemon and a gum—were responsible for a remarkable deliverance from a ghastly accident on the Glen Innes-Grafton road. A car…

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Serious Fall. Workman Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 5

Jack Holder, 57, of Croydon, was working on the second floor of a city building, when he overbalanced and fell to the ground…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Leslie Holden, a minor, enmployed at Ayrfield No. 2 colliery, was struck by a fall of coal while at work this morning, and received contusions to…

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Cousins Drowned Bodies Recovered

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Two cousins named Charles Byfield, aged 40, of Mahogany Creek, and Herbert Myfield, aged 22 of Mundaring, were. drowned in Darkan River, nine…

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Collapse of a Tunnel One Killed, Five Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Buried under a fall of earth at Killara, on Monday afternoon, one man was killed and four others were injured, one critically…

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Over Embankment Car Falls Thirty Feet. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 6

The five occupants of a motor car were seriously injured about 8 o'clock last night, when the car crashed through a fence…

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Death in Lonely Range Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

Alfred Gray, aged 16, accidentally shot himself dead in the hills, between Wallsend and Maitland about 30 miles from Newcastle, on Tuesday…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 4

Joseph Moroney, a miner, employed at Abermain No. 3 colliery, received severe injuries to the right hand, while at work on Thursday…

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Found Drowned. Sequel to New Zealand Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

Mrs. Washbourne, whose husband attempted to shoot her and then committed suicide at Selwyn (N.Z.), and who subsequently disappeared…

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Death of J. H. Victor McDermott Coroner's Verdict: Accidental

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 3

At the Courthouse, Taree, on Wednesday the deputy coroner (Mr. H. C. Flett) held an inquest concerning the death of James Herbert Victor…

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Accident at Showground

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 3

While running alongside a lorry at the Showground yesterday, W. Williams, of Cumberland-street, Cessnock, slipped and fell, and broke…

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Constable Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

The Superintendent of Police at Grafton has been advised that Constable L. Alpin was drowned in Grady's Creek in the Kyogle district…

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Injured at Canberra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

When two cars crashed head—on in wellington Avenue, Canberra. the driver of one of the cars and two passenger received minor injuries…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

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

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