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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 119

Wollombi Motor Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

The inquiry into the deaths of Roderick McKenzie Murchison, aged 20, and Mollie Dowe Murchison, aged 18, brother and sister, who were killed…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 4

Robert Caldwell (24), single, living at Greta, and employed as a wheeler at New Greta colliery, was caught between two skips to-day, and…

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Fatality at Fassifern Sydney Woman Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 3

Mrs May Johnson, aged about 30 years of age, who lived at Camperdown, met her death in tragic circumstances on Sunday night, when she was run…

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Broke Motor Fatality Brother and Sister Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 8

The Adjourned inquiry into the deaths of Roderick McKenzie Murchison, aged 20, and Mollie Dowe Murchison, aged 18, brother and…

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Fatal Fishing Excursion Old-age Pensioner Drowned. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

John Martin, Arthur Hain, and an old-age pensioner named William Edwards (74), left here in a small boat on a fishing excursion on Saturday…

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Amazing Accident Wounded Bv Detonator

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 3

Loud explosions from under a tram and almost simultaneously a cry, "I'm shot!" from a young man 20 yards away, were the features of an amazing…

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Car Accident Victim Dead. Ex-Cessnock Resident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 4

On March 11 last two ex-Cessnock residents, who had been residing in the Gosford district, were injured in a car accident. They…

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Planking Collapse Three Men Injured. Accident at Palais Royal. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 5

Three men were working on a plank at the Palais Royal, Moore Park, to-day, when the structure collapsed and they…

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Car Smash. Largs Residents Injured. Remarkable Circumstances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 8

Two young men, Jack Pillidge and Kevin Manor, well-known residents of Largs, had a remarkable escape from serious injuries in a motor car…

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Linesman's Fall. Injured at Campsie. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 5

Samuel Barrow, 87, a linesman was working on overhead wires at Campsie railway station this morning, when he fell 15 feet to the…

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Car Overturns Driver Seriously Injured. Dunedoo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 5

When negotiating a sharp turn near Dunedoo, a car ran off the track, struck a culvort, and capsized. The driver, Mr. J. Lubbe, was…

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Man Missing. Disappeared at Bondi. Believed to Be Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 5

Ernest Joseph Coffey, who disappeared while crab fishing at Bondi yesterday, and who was supposed to have been drowned, was, it was…

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Seaman Killed. Accident on Steamer Dilga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 3

Angus Nicoll, aged 21 years, a seaman employed on the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Dilga, was fatally injured while working on…

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Strange Case Was Earnest Coffey Drowned? Detectives Sceptical. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 5

When the case in which Ernest Joseph Coffey was charged with having stolen motor cars was mentioned at the…

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Train Smashes. Derailment near Tenterfield. Considerable Damage. Head-on Collision at Murulla. Tenterfield

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

Sixteen empty cattle trucks tossed into a tangled mass of iron and splintered woodwork, like a toy train in the hands of a child. That…

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Leg Fractured. Accident to Muswellbrook Lad. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

A lad named Cecil Bailey was riding a horse, and when he was opening a gate his mount became unruly and fell on him, causing a compound…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

Mr. Kevin Maher, brother of Miss. Maher, of Dungog Public School was injured when a car overturned at 3 a.m. on Wednesday on…

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Man Missing. Manager Fatally Injured Believed to Be Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 3

Ernest Joseph Coffey, who disappeared while crab fishing at Bondi yesterday, and who was supposed to have been drowned, was, it was…

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Strange Case Was Ernest Coffey Drowned?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 8

When the case in which Ernest Joseph Coffey was charged with having stolen motor cars was mentioned at the Darlinghurst Sessions on Thursday the…

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Planking Collapse Three Men Injured. Accident at Palais Royal Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 3

Three men were working on a plank at the Palais Royal. Moore Park, to-day, when the structure collapsed and they…

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