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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 119

Railway Carriage Crashes Into Stationary Train. Passengers Injured

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

Gaining speed ns it ran down a slope on the main line, a runaway carriage crashed into the end of some stationary carriages and a van at the…

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Accident at Heddon Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. Lynch an officer of the N.R.M.A., crashed on his motor cycle and side-car at Heddon Greta on Saturday afternoon. He Received severe…

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Motor Accidents Fatality at Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 2

Albert Rome (34) a farmer was killed and his employee Robert Glbson was so seriously injured that he is not expected to recover as a…

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Car and Motor Cycle. Collision on Aberdeen Road. Two Men Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

A sensational smash between a motor car and motor cycle occurred on the Aberdeen road on Friday evening…

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Dickinson Injured. a

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

It is reported from wellington N.Z. that Dickinson tore a ligament of his leg on Saturday bowing against the Australian and that it…

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Motor Cycle Accident N.r.m.a. Officer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

Mr. J.Lynch, an officer of the N.R.M.A., crashed on his motor cycle and side-car at Heddon Greta on Sunday afternoon…

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Drowned In Reedy Creek a Child's Death. Singleton Tragedy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

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

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Two Injured. Bus Collides with Bridge. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

When a bus collided will Iron Cove Bridges at Drummoyne this morning Thomas Bately conductor, and Donald Andrews, 17, received serious…

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Car Overturns. Driver Killed Instantly. Two Other Occupants Injured. Gunnedah

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

The overturning of a motor car when eleven miles out from Gunnedah on the Kelvin Road on Saturday night, resulted in the death of E. Rowe (34),…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 4

An accident resulting in the removal of two young residents of Aberdeed to Brentwood Hospital occurred on Dartmouth Hill, three…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 2

A sad fatal accident occurred at Gilvan on Friday last, Mr. and Mrs. Sharman, of Newcastle, were on a visit to Mr. P. Grey, and their…

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Taxi Cab Burnt Woman Seriously Injured in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 2

A taxi-cab, diven by Edgar Leslie Stephens, of Willoughby, was being driven towards Mona Vale with several passengers carly on Tuesday morning…

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Double Fatality. Car Smash Near Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

A young man and woman, unknown, travelling in a motor car from the direction of Sydney were both killed as the result of an…

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Miner Injured. Left Hand Shattered. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 4

George Russell, a miner, employed at Bellbird Colliery, was injured on Monday. Russell, who was working afternoon shift, was preparing a…

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Car Somersaults Accident Near Singleton. Taree Residents in Smash. SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

An accident occurred at Dead-man's Hill, a few miles from Singleton, yesterday afternoon, when a car overturned at the deviation…

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Compensation. Duty of Employers. Notifying Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

The duty of employers to notify insurers of injuries received by employees who come within the scope of the Workers' Compensation Act…

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Woman Found Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

On Tuesday the body of Mrs. A. Bezzant, of Deepwater, was found in the river not far from her home. She was 56 years of age, had been in in-health…

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Shocking Fatality at Pilliga

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 3

On Sunday morning Andrew Watt met with a shocking accident at Pilliga while riding He was swept from his horse by an overhanging…

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Hand Injured by Explosion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

George Russell (36), a mine working at Bellbird, was unlucky He was handling a detonator preparatory to firing a shot when the…

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Miner Injured. Detonator Explodes

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 5

George (Scotty) Hussein a miner, employed at Bellbird Colliery, had his left hand severely shattered by the explosion at a detonator white [?]…

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