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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 119

Girl Drowned. Two Companions Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 16

While bathing at Yamble l7 miles from Gulgong, Joan Heard (18), Mavis Hassenkam (12), and Miriel Spencer (12), got into difficulties…

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Boy Drowned at Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Girder Falls. Two Men Injured. Accident at Narellan Orphanage. Narellan

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 16

Two men were seriously injured when a chain of a crane broke and a large steel girder, on which they were riding, fell twenty—five feet to the…

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Peculiar Accident. Horse Falls Backwards on to Car. Rider Injured Toowoomba

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 7

J. Thompson was injured in a peculiar manner while riding a horse in James Street yesterday. afternoon…

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Thornton Fatality. Victim Not Identified. Evidence at Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 4

Mr. D. W. Reed Coroner, held an Inquiry at the West Maitland Court House, on Monday, afternoon, into the death of the unknown man, whose…

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Three Injured. Cycle and Waggon Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

Serious injuries, including a fracture of ilia skull, were received by "William Prince, aged 25, of 13 Alfred—street, St. Peters, when a motor…

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Gored by Cow Child Badly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 11

Sylvia Smith, aged 6 years, young ost daughter of Mr. P. E Smith, of Oakdale, Martindale, was ' badly gored by a cow on 2nd inst, say…

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Leg Fractured. Motor Cycle and Car in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 13

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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Lorry Out of Control Collision with Milk Cart

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 7

After an exciting ride, during which they, clung perilously to the sides of an open motor truck, while it bolted down a steep hill in Blake-street, Rose…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 13

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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Tram Derailment West Wallsend Fatality. Coroner Comments on Faulty rail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 11

Giving evidence at the adjourned inquest into the .death of Alfred McPhe, tram river, who was Wallend in the 'West Wallsend; tram derailment,…

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Found Drowned. Iron Bar Tied to Mans Leg. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

The fully-clothed body of a man was found in the water near Benelong Point, to-day. There was a 27lb bar of Iron tied to the right ankle…

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Dense Fog Sydney and Harbour Enveloped Serious Collision Narrowly Averted SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 14

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 Toeonto

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Mine Accident. Twelve Men Killed. London. March 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 12

A report from Berlin says that an Astonishing mining accident occurred in WestPhalia, resulting in 12 men being killed and 95 seriously injured…

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Air Accidents. Australia Set Example in Inquiries. London, March 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 2

The, "Morning Post's" aeronautical correspondent, commenting on the report of the Commonwealth Air Accidents' Investigation Committee,…

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Two Killed. Head on Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 3

John Fraser Firth and Wallace Hyde both of St. Kilda, were killed and four other men seriously injured. When the car in which they were…

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Heroic Girl. Saves Companions From Drowning. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 5

While a number of girls were bathing in Berowra Creke yesterday, two got into difficulties. Heather Crosland, 18, sister…

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Fight at Party. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

Death came to Wilfrid Burridge, 31 a motor bus conductor, after a party at the his house at Paddington on Saturday…

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Six Injured. Capsize of Motor Oar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

Six person, were injured three rather seriously when a motor car capsizes at Penshurst on Sunday. ALbert Fredrickson aged 35 of…

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