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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 119

Carpenter Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 4

Austin King, living at Tenambit, a carpenter, employed demolishing old buildings at the Co-operative Baking Society buildings in…

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Unknown Driver Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 8

The driver of a car which collided with a lorry on the Great Western Road on Sunday was critically injured and taken to Sydney Hospital…

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Old Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 8

When Arthur Lucas, n storekeeper and an elderly man, was knocked down by a motor car, and pinned to the ground by the rear wheels, at…

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Boy Killed. Struck by Car. Bondi Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 8

Arthur Ward (7), of Littleton Avenue, Bondi, was fatally injured on Saturday when he ran in front of a motor car driven by James C…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

J. Callaghan, 28, living at Wallace-street, West Maitland, and employed as a miner at Ayrfield Colliery No. 2, received severe…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Taree Residents Injured. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 6

Whilst Messrs. Dave Lean, and George Morton, of the local Post Office, were proceeding to Manning Heads per motor bicycle on…

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Youth Drowned Pinned by Harrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 3

Donald Robert Lonsdale, 19, a son of Mr. J. Lonsdale, of Mulwala, near Yarrawonga (Vic.), was drowned in a dame on his father's farm on…

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Electrician Killed Fatality at Sub-station

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 3

When Mr T. Bailey, district foreman of the Newcastle City Council's Electric Light Supply Department, went to the Broadmeadow nub-station shortly after…

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Death Ini Collision Pathetic Circumstances Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

In a collision with a lorry packed with footballers, Thomas Basetti, of Hunter's Hill, who was driving a car along Penrith-road on Saturday…

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Cartridge Explodes. Schoolboy Injured in Strange Circumstances. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

While a 12-year-old schoolboy, Mervyn Heitman, of Maryborough, was sitting in a room with a number of others, he…

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Thrown From Side Car. Mother and Infant Terrible Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 4

Terrible injuries were suffered on Monday by a mother and her infant who were flung from the side car attached to the motor cycle…

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Motors Collide. Singleton-Muswellbrook Road Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

While Mr. H. J. Kauter, of Maison Dieu, was travelling towards Muswellbrook on Saturday afternoon last his motor Car collided, with that of Mr…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

Whilst competing in the Stockdrafting competition at Gresford Show, Mr. P. Middlebrook of Bendolba, who was riding "Meybe" fell…

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Motors Collide. Singleton—muswellbrook Road Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

While Mr H. J. Kauter, of Maison Dieu, was travelling towards Muswollbrook on Saturday afternoon last his motor car collided with that of Mr…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 4

William Wyper, 35, a miner, living at Telarah-street, Telarah, was walking along the railway line near the Regent-street high level bridge, when…

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Head Crushed. Fatality Near Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 5

A man named William George Stewart, 30, was killed at Mullen's works, Newtown, to-day. Deceased was pushing a weight under a crane…

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Struck by Car. School Boy Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 4

While crossing the road at North Sydney, this morning, John Houston, 15, a High School boy, was knocked down by a motor car. He was…

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Shooting Accident Drapery Manager Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 3

George Hamilton Paterson, 23 years of age, manager for a drapery store in Ararat, was found on the Ararat-Ballarat road early on…

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Carpenter Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 6

Tom Brown, 17, living in High-street, West Maitland, and employed as a carpenter's apprentice at the new school buildings, was injured…

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Terribly Injured Beasting Accident Near Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 3

A blasting accident occurred at the Main Roads Boards blue metal quarry at Cox's River near Lithgow, when Alexander Knight…

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