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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 119

Pelaw-main Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri. Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 4

An inquest concerning the death of Joseph Pringle, a miner of Kurri, who was killed by a tall of coal in Pelaw-Main colliery on April 11,…

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Car Plunges Into Harbour Two Occupants Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

Travelling at a speed estimated at more than 30 miles an hour, a motor car leaped the parapet at the end of No. 1 whàrf, Wooloomooloo Bay, at 2 O'clock…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 10

Robert Skinner, 33, a miner employed at Richmond Main Colliery, was admitted, to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital on Wednesday…

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Collision Near Greta Main

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 9

Coming home from Millfield last Monday afternoon a demonstration Essex car, from Kurri, collided with a motor 'bus travelling in the…

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Brisbane Floods. Two Men Drowned Bridges Submerged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 7

All low-lying portions of Brisbane wore again under water 911 Thursday, 88 the result of heavy rains, Owing to water being over Bowen Bridge-road…

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River Tragedy. Japanese Children Drowned. Vancouver, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

Seven Japanese children were drowned on Fraser River during a joy ride on a new boat. The vessel hit a mudbank, spilling…

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Air Liner Crashes. Eleven Passengers Injured. Madrid, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

An airliner from Madrid to Barcclona. crashed near Saragosa, Eleven passengers were injured and eight gravely…

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Injured in Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

During the holidays Mr. and Mrs. J. Wardrop, of Singleton, met with an accident, as a result of which Mr. Wardrop is in Parramatta…

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Motor Collision Two People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 9

A motor car and motor cycle came into collision with terriflforce in Victoria—street, Parramatta., Gordon Murray, aged 18, a…

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Damages Awarded Injured in Car Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 16

Sitting without a jury Mr. Justice Isaacs, in the High Court awarded William Hon, electrician, formerly of Queanbeyan, £2000…

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Drowning Fatality. Boy Loses Life in Dam. the Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 16

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Miche Dover, aged 14. who was drowned in a dam at East Maitland…

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Dungog. Farmer Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

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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Man Injured. Attempt to Save Child

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

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

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Caught Under Car. Boy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 16

Douglas Bear, aged 15, was knocked down bya, motor car at Belmore and was dragged 25 yards along the road before the car could…

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Jammed by Car Carpenter Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 3

Alexander McRac, 46, a carpenter was seriously injured this morning as a result of being jammed against a lence at Leichhardt by a motor…

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Eminent Painter Charles Sims' Tragic End. Drowned in River. London, April 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 3

The death of Charles Sims, [?]eeper and trustee of the Royal Academy and the Trsutee of the National Art Gallery, is a…

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Farmer's Sacrifice Saved Child From Falling Tree. But Himself Was Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 16

Reginald Wrench, 39, a farmer, of Bathurst, died in the parramatta Hospital last night. On April 13, he noticed a…

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Death From Burns. Accident at Welding Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 16

Stanley John Walis, 27. died in the Balmain Cottage Hospital from the effects of burns received while working at the Comox Welding…

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Found Drowned Wire Round Man's Neck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 3

A startling discovery was made on Sunday morning by a boy, walter Gordon, of Amelia-street, Waterloo, who found the body of a man floating…

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Footballers Injured Motor Car Strikes Post

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 6

A motor lorry, in which a team of footballers was travelling, crushed into a telegraph post in Parramatta-road, Auburn, On Saturday evening…

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