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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 119

Accident at Rutherford Camp Singleton Man Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 2

Mr N. Bruderlin, of Singleton, while competing in the sports programme at Rutherford encampment on Sunday afternoon, was the victim of an…

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Jammed Between Couplings. Fatality at Railway Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 1

A distressing incident at the railway station last night resulted in the death of a member of the staff. Joseph Bowles (21), a porter, was…

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Motor Smash One Killed, Five Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 3

One of the worst motor accidents to happen in Newcastle district for some considerable time occurred on Sunday afternoon on the Hexham-Raymond…

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Cars Capsizes Three Passengs Injured Party From Paxton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

An unenviable experience befel five residents of Paxton while motoring to Taree on Sunday. At a sharp turn in the road just…

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Three Killed. Fourth Severely Injured. Crash in Victorian Subway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 3

There young men were killed and another was injured at Macarno, Victora, a northern town, when a motor cycle and sidecar crashed…

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Four Under Gar. Accident Near Uralla

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 2

Four young men were driving to Uralla when their car got out of control and capsized, pinning the occupants underneath. The driver (J. Swilks) received…

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Killed While Shunting. Accident at Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

Whilst Busil Boles, aged 21, a porter at the Muswellbrook railway station, was engaged at 7.30 last night, hand-shunting trucks of coal, he was…

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Motor Car Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 2

Walden's Range, between Wingea and Blandford. was the scene of a motor accident. Messrs. Geoff and Max Bergin, of West Maitland, left…

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Train Fatality. Girl's Shocking Injuries, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

Gladys Coleman, 18, of Eastwood, was shockingly injured when she was run down by a train at a level crossing at Eastwood last night…

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Leap From Bridge. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

William Bridgewell. 83, fell 50 feet from the bridge at Parsley Bay, Sydney. A horrifled eye-witness said he saw Bridgewell clamber on to the…

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Boy Drowned. Caught in Storm Waters. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

Frederick Clarke, 13, was crowned in a creek at Canterbury during yesterday's storm. Usually, the creek bed is almost…

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Alleged Murder. Man Fatally Injured. Motorist Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Nicholas Anthony, aged 30, a confectioner, was charged with having feloniously slain Henry Blane Jones…

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Car Thief. Injured in Collision. Owner Witnesses Accident. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 5

At St, Kilda last night a car disappeared during the owner's temporary absence. He was on his way to the police station to report his loss, when…

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Buried Alive. Fatality Near Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 3

While work war proceeding in a 7it deep trench at the Outer Harbour, S. A., one of the sides collapsed, and John George Belton (53), of Exeter,…

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Skiff Overturns Man Drowned Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

A man named Wade is believed to have been drowned when a skiff containing three men overturned in Botany Bay last night…

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Swept Off Tram. Man Badly Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 6

Harold Ward (38), a barman of Rothschild-avenue, Rosebery, was badly injured when he was swept off a tram in Elizabeth-street, near…

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Boy Drowned While Playing in Creek Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

Frederick Clarke, aged 13, was drowned in a creek at Canterbury during yesterday's storm. Usually the creek bed is almost dry, but it floods quickly…

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Youth Killed. Eight Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 5

A youth was killed and eight men injured when the scaffolding collapsed and fell 120 feet to the street, at the Hotel…

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Crash in Subway Three Killed, Fourth Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 4

Three young men were killed and another was injured at Macarno, Victoria, a northern town, when a motor cycle and sidecar crashed into the…

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Motor Accidents

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 3

A motor car conveying five resident of Paxton to Taree, on Sunday capsized in a sharp turn in the road about a mile tins side of Hinton. Mr. Alfred Beckett…

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