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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Found Drowned. Iron Bar Tied to Mans Leg

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 11

The fully—clothed body of a man was found in the water near Benelong point, on 10th inst. There was a 27lb bar of iron died to the right…

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Railway Fatality. the Thornton Discovery. Victim Not Definitely Identified

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 16

Mr. D. W. Reed, Coroner, concluded the Inquiry at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon concerning the death of the unknown…

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Second Victim Dies. Fatal Collision in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 1

Margaret King who was injured last night when John was killed in a collision between a motor cycle and sidecar and electric tram died…

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Caught in Winch. Sea" Captain Terribly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 3

Details of the accident on board the barquentine Forest Friend, twelve days out from Adelaide ot Newcastle, which signalled for a…

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Seaman Killed. Another Critically Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 14

Joseph Vega, 22 a Portuguese. sallor, was killed and another, Joseph Edelson, had this skull fractured this morning on the steamer…

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Fell on Spiked Fence. Boy Terribly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 14

Nat Bass (16), of Newtown, received frightful injuries when he fell 12 feet on to a spiked fence while chasing a ball near his home…

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Carpenter Injured. Fall of Fifty—five Feet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 3

While working on the roof of the railway workshops at cockle creck on Tuesday afternoon, arthur Mourlyan, a carpenter 56 years of age, slipped…

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Skull Fractured. Canadian Member Injured. Ottawa, March 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 5

General A, D. MoRae, Conservative member for Vancouver North, was injured in a fall on his way home from Parliament. He Was removed…

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Struck by Train. Young Man Severely Injured Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 7

Robert GodfreY 28, whose address is not known was admitted to the hospital last night, suffering from serious injuries received through being struck…

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Aeroplane Crashes. After Spinning Nose Dive. Pilot Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 14

Flight—Lieutenant M'Intyre, of the south Australian Aero club, was severely injured on sunday afternoon. when he crashed from about 150…

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One Killed. Three Passengers Injured. Motor Lorry Overturns. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 3

One man was [?] and three others were injured carly last night. when a motor lorry skidded on the wet surface of lower…

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Lorry Crashes. One Killed: Thirty—five Injured. Smash on Bulli Pass

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 14

In a motor lorry smash on Bulli Pass on Sunday, one was killed, four critically injured, sixteen others were admitted to hospital,…

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Injured at Sea. Wireless for Doctor. Pilot Boat Speeds to Scene Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 16

When 12 miles off the Heads this morning, the steamer city of canberra spoke the American barquenitne Forest Friend, bound from Adelaide…

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Student's Riot Wild Scenes in Cairo Many Persons Injured. Police Stoned. Cairo, March 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 12

Serious student riots resulted in 30 being injured, also eight police. whom 1500 striking students stoned from the Wafd…

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Crushed to Death. Fatality at Oanberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 2

Hubert Hugh Hoskins, 21, driver, who lived at Red. Hill Camp, was crushed to death at Canberra. Hoskins was adjusting a tipping…

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Four Injured When Oar Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 3

Four people were Injured when a motor car overturned on the Appinroad, near Liverpool, on Sunday. The accident occurred when the…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Head Caught in Bars of Bed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 2

In extraordinary circumstances Mrs. Katherline Cain was found dead in her home at Allanson (W.A.), on Saturday. It is surmised that she…

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Toll of the Motor Smash Near Raymond Terrace. One Killed: Five Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 3

About three o'clock yesterday afternoon a serious motor car accident occurred on the Hexham-Raymond Terrace road, three miles from the…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 4

A motor car. conveying five residents of Paxton to Taroo, on Sunday capsized in a sharp turn in the road about a milo beyond Hinton…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Weston Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 2

When he was thrown from a motor cycle at Weston on Sunday afternoon, Richard Rostron, 19, received injuries to the head. He was later conveyed…

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