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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 119

Arm Crushed. Shaman Injured on Trawler. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

John Smith, 35, a seaman, of the trawler Beryl, had his right arm crushed between a chain and the roller of one of the vessel's winches…

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Road Fatalities Heavy Toll Taken by Motors. Over Eight Thousand in Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 6

One hundred and twenty-six of the 200 fatal accidents In. Sydney last year were caused by motor vehicles, according to a report by…

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Car Fatality. Sequel in Kogarah Polio Court. Sydney, Wednesdays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5

When Robert Jennings was charged at Kogarah Police Court with having used a motor car without the Permission of the owner, Sergeant…

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Jumped From Train. Girl Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

Peggy Williams, 14, who attends school at Chatswood, boarded the through train at Lindfield by mistake. When it did not stop at Chatswood…

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Three Injured. Car and Cycle Collide, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 10

Three persons were severely injured in a collision between a motor car and motor cycle at Hurstville last night. Benjamin Sadler, 21 of Hurstville…

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Not Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

It was reported on Monday that Mrand Mrs Smith had been drowned in Grady's Creek, in the Kyogle district, but that is not so. It appears that the…

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Cesnock Youth Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

A youth named J. Hill, aged 17 years, living in Allandale-street, Cessnock, who was a member of a picnic party at Speers' Point…

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Girl Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Eileen Bischoff, 12, who resides with her widowed mother in Bourke-street, West Maitland, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital yesterday…

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Schoolboy Drowned Stockton Beach Fatility

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Stockton Beach was the scene of another fatality on Wednesday afternoon, when William Keith Wallace,aged seven years, a schoolboy, who…

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Drowned at Dalby. Billabong Claims Victims. Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5

A young man, Thomas Ronald Norris, was swimming across a billabong at Dalby in company with another young man named Hale, when…

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Traffic Accidents Motor Vehicles Cause 126 Deaths

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

One hundred and twenty-six of the 200 fatal accidents in Sydney last year were caused by motor vehicles. During the same period 3381 persons were…

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Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

The six occupants of a motor car which crashed through a fence at the corner of High and Hannan streets, West Maitland, last night…

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Two Accidents

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

Two accidents marred the happy tenor of the Co-op. employees annual picnic, held at Spiers’ Point on Wednesday…

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Accidents at Picnic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

A picnic is not a place that one would anticipate an accident, but at the Cessnock Co-operative Society's picnic on Wednesday there were no…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

Mr. Booth, M.L.A. has made strong representations to Mr. B. Stevens, Assistant Colonial Treasurer, with regard to additional allowances to the…

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Schoolboy Drowned Stockton Beach Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

Stockton Beach was the scene of another fatality on Wednesday afternoon, when William Keith Wallace, aged seven years, a schoolboy, who…

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Motor Collision Girl Injured at Rydalmere

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 9

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

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Boy Drowned. a Queensland Fatality. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

Ronald Finley, employed as a boy stockman on Yaamba station, was drowned in Smith's Creek. It is believed his horse stumbled…

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Fatal Fall. Harbour Bridge Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 7

Another fatality occurred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge construction on Friday afternoon, when William Woods, a labourer, lost his footing…

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Fatal Collision Service Car and Heavy Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 16

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

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