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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 119

Collision at Roseville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at Roseville. on Sunday afternoon, Thomas, Jennings, 20 years, labourer,…

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Two Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

When two motors came into collision on Saturday night a Marrikville, Evelyn Price 24, years of age, of Paddington, received…

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Crossing Fatality Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 5

Wm. Hell, 65, war killed at a crossing on the Wangaratta-Beachworth railway line last night…

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Mother and Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

A mother and hor baby son, 18 months old, received serious injuries on Sunday evening, when a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were…

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Railway Fatality. Fell Between Train and Platform

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 6

Falling bEtween the platform and a moving electric train at the Heathmont, Victoria, railway station last night, William Kelly, of…

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Fell Under Lorry Minmi Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

A. Odgers, 60 years, of Minmi, was seriously injured when he was thrown from a motor lorry on the Maitland Road, Minmi, about 11.30…

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Seaman Drowned Body Found in Newcastle Harbour. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 5

The body of John Gray, 48, a seaman, on the [?]camer Iron Chief, was picked up in the harbour this morning. It is not known how be fell into…

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Brawl on Ferry Roughs Attack Sailors. Several Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 4

An excursion in a ferry steamer on Sydney Harbour on Saturday night ended in a brawl, in which three sailors and a woman were injured…

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Tram Smash. Eleven Persons Injured. Brakes Fail to Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Eleven persons were injured in a tram smash at Yarra Bay, Sydney, on Saturday. The accident was caused when a…

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Jumped the Rails. Electric Train Crashes Into Stanchion. Several Passengers Injured Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 5

[?] passenger train jumped the rails between Flinders street5 and Oakleigh last night, and crashed into an electric wire…

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Motor Accidents Woman Killed Near Adelaide. Car Overturned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

The overturning of a motor car at Queenstown, near Port Adelaide, on Saturday, resulted in Mrs. Ann Vera Doris Gwynn being killed. The…

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Racecourse Accidents. Three Houses Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 8

"At the Gawler (S.A.) races on Saturday three hores were killed. In the Hurdle Race, Leacing., by Shepherd King, a golding, which the…

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Aeroplane Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

The committee of the South Australian Aero Club, which was appointed to inquire into the death of Flight-lientenant Melntyre, who was…

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Premature Explosion. Miner Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 6

Owing to a premature explosion at Tydesley Colliery Lithgow Oscar Williams, who was tamping a hale partially charged with powder…

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Stabbing Affray. Jugo Slavs Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 8

Five Jugo Slays were injured one of them critically in an alleged stabbing affray at Glossop (S.A.) on the River Nurray Each of the men…

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Man Killed on Railway Wipe Witnesses Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

William Bell, aged 65, a well-known farmer of Bowser (Vic), while crossing a railway line in a hooded buggy between Bowser and Londrigan…

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Dead on Railway Fatality Near Penrith. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

George Edward Field, 57, an employee of the C.M.A. Gravel Company, was found dead on the railway line near the river bridge Penrith, this…

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Mauled by Bear. Circus Attendant Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 6

People going to St. Leon's circus at Tamworth on Thursday night were treated to an unexpected thrill when Togny Morgan, a Swede, was attacked…

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Four Killed Five Others Injured Level Crossing Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 3

A shocking acicdent occurred a Irymple in the Mildure district (Vic), when a motor truck while negotiating a level…

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Train Carriage Jumps Rails Passengers Slightly Injured. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

The leading, car of a passenger train jumped the rails between Flinders-street and Oakleigh last night and crashed into an electric wire stanchion. A…

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