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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 119

Accident in John-street a Pathetic Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

A ramshackle cart, set on low wheels, and drawn by a quiet looking horse, in which were seated a crippled man, his wife, and two children, attracted much…

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Pedestrian Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5

While walking along Greta Main Road on Tuesday morning John Beckett, 57 years of age, and a laborer, living at Crawford, was struck…

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Hebburn Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

William Tarkinson, 40, miner employed at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital yesterday, suffering…

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Paxton Miner Injured

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

Cecil Lute, 30, employed as a miner at Stanford Merthyr No. 2 Colliery, received injuries to the right leg while at work on Wednesday. He was removed…

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Whaling Vessel Lost. Collision with Iceberg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

According to a wireless message received from the James Clark Ross near the Panama Canal, the Southern Queen a whaling vessel, has become a…

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Paxton Residents Injured. Car Overturns

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 8

Three Paxton residents were injured when a car in which they were travelling to Tares overturned near Hinton last Sunday…

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Damaged Claimed. Collision Between Motor Cars. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

In the Supreme Court to-day, James Hector Bordon Sandes, 22, engineering student at Sydney University, brought an action against…

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Head On. Oar and Motor Cycle, Two Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

When a motor cycle and motor car collided hand on at Lakemba to-day, Wm, Hughes, 24 and Hardy Sinter, 27, were injured, the former…

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Crushed to Death. Fatality at Canberra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 14

Hubert Hugh Hoskins, 27, 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 14

Four people were injured whon 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Leap From Bridge. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

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

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Swept Off Tram. Man Badly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 8

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

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Scaffolding Falls Two Dead, Eight Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 6

Two men were killed and eight received more or less severe injuries when a scaffolding, about 130 feet from the ground, collapsed and fell at the Hotel…

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Boy Drowned. Caught' in Storm Waters. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 3

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

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Head-on Collision Motor Cycle and Car. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 6

When a motor cycle arid motor car collided head-on at Lakemba to-day. Wm. Hughes (24) and Hardy Slatter (27), were injured. The former is…

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Alleged Murder. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 5

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

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Youth Killed. Bight Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 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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Toll of the Smash Near Raymond Terrace. One Killed: Five Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 14

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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Killed While Shunting. Accident at Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 16

Whilst. Basil 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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