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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 119

Bath Tragedy. an Infant Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 9

James Desmond, twenty months old, was drowned in a bath at his parents residence, Balmain, during the absence of the mother…

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Father and Son Injured

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

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

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Fatal Collision Girl's Death at Forbes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 9

Miss Rita Wheatley (17) died at Forbes as the result of a collision between a motor cycle and side—car and a motor car The cycle was…

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Cousins Drowned Two Men in River

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

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

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Southern Floods. Great Areas Inundated. Constable Drowned

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

As a result of the unprecedented rain in the Riverina serious floods have occurred and several towns have been inundated. the terrific storms caused numerous washaways…

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Motor Car Smash Five Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 1

Five persons were injured on Wednesday night when a motor car dashed over an embankment at Granville. They were:—Daisy Prior, of Enmore,…

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Car Capsized. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

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

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Fell From Train. Man Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

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

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Motor Fatality Car Over Bridge Charge Against Driver Pails. Cairns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

Felloe Groppi, an italian taxi—driver, who is charged with having unlawfully killed Eva Clarke, and Batisihe Do Martin, was discharged by…

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Over Embankment Car Falls Thirty Feet. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 4

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

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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Gun Accident. Girl Fatally Shot. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 5

Picking up a gun in order to shoot some hawks at her home at Mundoo, Lillian Mortin, 18, tripped and fell downstairs…

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Motor Collision Girl Injured at Rydalmere

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 6

A motor car and a motor cycle came into a collision at Rydalmere on Sunday afternoon, when a girl, Josephine Wilson., aged 16 years of…

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Accident to Swimmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 4

Although there was a good fresh in the Hunter River yesterday and the water very muddy, there was a good number who ventured a swim…

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Motors in Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Two motor cars came into collision at the corner of Percy and George streets, Singleton, at about 3 o'clock, on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Bert Ball was…

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List of Victims. Drowned

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Constable Laurence Alpin, drowned in O'Grady's Creek, Grafton. Stanley Stephenson, drowned near Forbes…

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Man Drowned at Lithgow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

While watching the floods have Lithgow yesterday afternoon, Joenson Brennan, of Oakey Park, was drowned. He was standing on a bank which…

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Man Drowned Near Dorrigo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 8

The body of a man named Perry was discovered in Kirton's Creek, Lieght, about six miles from Dorrigo, shortly before noon on Monday…

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Man Drowned. in Flooded Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 8

A telegram from Gin Gin (Q.), states that heavy rain again set in on Sunday, and the Burnett River, rose a further 25 feet at Walla. The…

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Fatal Collision Service Car and Heavy Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

A serious motor collision occurred at Masterteon (N.Z.) between a heavy service car and a lorry conveying 13 workers to Waingawa freezing works…

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