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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 119

Boy Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 2

John Michael Dorm, a lad aged 12. was drowned in a waterhole at East Maltland, yesterday. Deceased, who was in company with six other lads,…

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Dungog. Farmer Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. W. V. McDonald, a well-known dairy farmer of this district, met his death under sad Circumstances at Underbank, not far from his home…

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Miner Killed Pelaw Main Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 10

Joseph Pringle, 37, miner employed at Pelaw Main Colliery, was (truck by a fall of coal while at work on Wednesday and received…

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Cyclist Injured Wrist Broken

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 4

Alf. Bennett, the young Kurri cyclist who Lad the misfortune to fall at Cessnock on Monday, while competing in an event, had his right…

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Miner Injured Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 9

George Glendenning, miner employed at the PeJaw Main Colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital on Wednesday…

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Man Injured. Attempt to Save Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 5

Reginald Wrench (39), la farmer, of Kenthurst, was enlarging a hole in a hollow three yesterday to secure access to a hive of wild bees, when the…

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Caught Under Car. Boy Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 4

Douglas Boar, aged 15 was knocked down last night by a motor car at Belmore and was dragged 25 yards along the road before the car could…

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Death From Burns. Accident at "Welding Works. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 5

Stanley John Watts, 27, died in the Balmain Cottage Hospital to-day from the effects of burns received while working at the Comox welding…

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Youth Accidentally Shot. White Out Shooting

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 7

Whilst shooting rabbits at Pokolbin on Tuesday afternoon. Fred Hungerford (16) was accidently shot in the left leg, from which be later…

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Tram Collision. Ten Persons Injured Smash at Five Dick

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 14

Ten passengers were injured on Saturday night when a tram, which, it is stated, got out of control on the decline leading to the Fivedock loop, in…

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Collision Between Trains Sixteen Persons Killed. Many Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 7

Paris, Wednesday.—Sixteen persons were killed, nineteen others dangerously injured, and scores of others are in hospital as a result of a collision between…

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Pedestrians Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 16

A motor car containing five men collided with three pedestrians on Mt. Barker road, near . Bridgewater, S.A,, slightly Injuring all three…

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Drowned in A. Dam

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 4

John Michael Dever, aged 13 years, son of Mr M. J. Dever, of East Maitland, was drowned on Wednesday afternoon in a dam near the East Maitland…

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Just in Time. Desperate Rescue From Drowning

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 14

Mr. Fred Smith on Saturday night went with Mr. W. Garbutt for a trip in his motor launch off Beaumaries, at Melbourne. Garbutt overbalanced…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Motor Cycle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 7

Fredrick William Kirkby, aged 42, was fatally Injured in a collision between a moor car and a motor cycle on the main Western—road, half…

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His Last Ride. Elderly Man Drowned in Dam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 16

Mr. Nicholas Delaney, aged 75, of Blackheath, who had been in ill health for several months, saddled one of his horses early on Sunday…

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Lake Tragedy. Ten Persons Drowned. Milan, April 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 2

Ten persons were drowned when a motor—boat,' carrying 20 excursionists lost its rudder, and capsized on Lake Come, near Grotto Del Nial,…

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Alleged Slaying. Sequel to Motor Fatality. Young Man Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 6

A young man visited the Detective Office, in Melbourne, on Monday and reported that he was the driver of the car which knocked down…

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Girl Injured. Fell While Racing. Young, Wednesday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 3

During the running of a race for girls at the Cycling Club's carnival at Young, May Thompson fell heavily, sustaining severe concussion, a…

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Outrage at Milan 14 KILLED, 40 INJURED. London, Thursday

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 6

Fourteen people were killed and 40 injured by a bomb explosion at Milan on the occasion of the King's visit…

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