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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 119

Crossing Fatality Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

Wm, Bell, 65. was killed at a crossing on the Wangaratta—Beech worth railway line last night…

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"Mother and Child Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

A mother and her baby son, 18 "months 'old, received serious Injuries on Sunday evening when When a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were…

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Whaling Vessel Lost. Collision with Iceberg

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 11

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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Premature Explosion. Miney Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

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

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Stabbing Affray. Jugo Slavs Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

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

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Drowned in Reedy Creek a Child's Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Reedy Creek on Wednesday evening, when the eighteen months old son of Mr and Mrs William Edward Moore…

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Dead on Railway Fatality Near Penrith, Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

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

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Fell Under Lorry Minmi Man Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Father Drowned. Attempt to Rescue Daughter. Woy Woy Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 1

In the midst of a short holiday, which he was enjoying with his wife, and three daughters at Woy Woy, William Frederick Keary, a…

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Drowned at Woy Woy While Endeavouring to Save Daughter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 4

In endeavouring to save the life of his daughter, who was struggling in the undertow, William Frederick Keary, of. Sydney, was carried out and drowned…

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Four Killed Five Others Injured Level Crossing Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

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

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Brawl on Ferry Roughs Attack Sailors. Several Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Tram Smash. Eleven Persons Injured. Brakes Fail to Act

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Plane Crashed. Panic—stricken Crowd Boy Killed: Others Injured London. March 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

Twelve thousand spectators were horrified to see an aeroplane crash at stalybridge cheshire killing a boy…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

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

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Motor Accidents Woman Killed Near Adelaide. Car Overturned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

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

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Motor Accidents. Deaths From Injuries. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

William Langford who was knocked down by a motor car at lidcombe, and robert walker who fell from his car in the same suburb on tuesday, both…

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'Red Rose' Arrival at Newcastle. Mrs. Miller's Pluck Averts Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 2

Hindered by a strong head wind and blinding rain and with only 10 minutes' supply of petrol left, Capt. Lancaster and Mrs. Miller arrived on…

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Man Killed. Knocked Down by Motor Car. Alexandria Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 8

Charles Breakwell, 40, of Alexandria, was knocked down by a motor car on Saturday evening, and subsequently died from the injuries…

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