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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 119

Gored by Cow Child Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 8

Sylvia Smith, aged 6 years, youngest daughter of Mr. P. E. Smith, of Oakdale, Martindale, was badly gored by a cow on Friday says a…

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Migrant Station Hand Drowned While Mustering. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 6

Ernest Butler, aged 19, a migrant station hand, employed on Gillendoon Station, near Warren, was drowned in Pemunnel Creek while mustering horses…

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Channel Collision Strong Rebuke by Coroner. London. Fob. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 2

Giving evidence at the Alcantara inquest, the captain of the Toverisch declared that the Alcantara Struck his ship on the port side. Asked how…

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Tram Derailment West Wallsend Fatality. Coroner Comments on Faulty Rail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

Giving evidence at the adjourned inquest into the death of Alfred McPhee, tram river, who was killed in the West Wallsend tram, derailment,…

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Sulky Smashed. Bumped by Motor Car, Driver Injured, Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 14

The Liverpool police are searching for the driver of a car which strucl a sulky on the main road about midnight on saturday…

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Boiler Explodes. Sensation at Hornsby. One Man Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 13

A boiler exploded in the Bakehouse attached to D. Judge's baer's shop, Hornsby to-day, Austin John Spratt, 26, was hurled…

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Channel Collision Single Survivor From Sunken Steamer Russian Vessel's Strange Action. London. Feb. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 12

The P. and 0. steamer Moldavia, in response to an S.O.S. call, picked up a man in the English Channel among a large quantity of wreckage,…

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Runaway Tram. Accident at Double Bay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 16

A tramcar ran off the line at Double Bay on Monday. It jumped the rails, at a curve, and continued' on an almost parallel course for about 20…

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Motor Accidents, Newcastle's Week—end List

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 14

George. Johnson, aged, four years living at Islington, was knocked Over by a motor car on Saturday and sustained a fracture of the right thigh…

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Mine Accident. Twelve Men Killed London, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

A report from Berlin says that an astonishing mining accident occurred in WestPhalia, resulting in 12 men being killed and 35 seriously injured…

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Waterhole Fatality. Drowned at Toowoomba, Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

Wm. Hoffman, 17, was drowned in a waterhole here on Saturday, while bathing. The water appeared shallow, but…

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Cars in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

On Saturday evening two motor cars, one driven by Miss Mollie Heuston, of Cessnock, and the other by Mr. W. Lindus, of Hunter-street,…

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Fatal Collision. Police Car Involved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 3

James Richard Maloney (41), of Ryde, was killed, and Reginald Golding (35), of Camperdown, had his right thigh fractured when a motor…

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Boy Drowned at Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 2

Keith Best, aged 13 years, was drowned in the city baths, Broken Hill. If is not known at what time of the…

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Leg Fractured. Motor Cycle and Car in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 3

A collision occurred on Sunday between a motor cycle and motor car at Newtown. Henry Pearson, aged 23, the rider of the cycle, was…

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Defied Warning. Youth Drowned at Burnie. Burnie (Tas.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

Raymond Martin, 16, of Mole Creek, was caught in a strong undertow while bathing at Devonport, carried out, and was drowned…

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Dense Fog Sydney and Harbour Enveloped Serious Collision Narrowly Averted SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

A dense fog enveloped the city and the harbour for several hours this morning, completely disorganising all traffic…

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Motor Car Overturns. Accident at Toronto

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 3

Stanley Green, aged 37 years, of Brooks-street, Wallsend, sustained a probable fracture of the pelvis, and his wife suffered from severe shock,…

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Victim of Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

Miss Edna Fletcher, of Turner-street, West Maitland, who was seriously injured on Saturday morning last, was reported to be slightly…

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Young Girl Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

While bathing at Yamble, 17 miles from Gulgong; Joan Heard (18), Mavis Hassenkam (12), and Miriel Spencer {12), got into difficulties…

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