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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 119

Injured Airman. Right Eye Removed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 6

Flight-Lieutenant Wells, who was injured in the aerial derby in Melbourne on Saturday, in now much improved. During the week-end his…

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Unconscious on Roadside. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

Leslie Studdart, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Studdart, of Hill-street, was admitted to Brentwood Hospital on Sunday suffering from the effects of…

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Fell From Crane. Workman Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 5

Falling 30 feet from the Jib of a crane at Hyde's timber yard, North Sydney, Edward Caldout, 48, a sawyer, crashed on to a stack of timber…

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Injured Workers. Maintenance in Hospital. Liability of Employers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 3

Two important matters regarding the liability of an employer for the upkeep of an employee while the latter in an inmate of a hospital crime…

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Struck by Car. Tram Guard Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 5

"Wallace McDonald, a tram conductor, 31, was seriously injured this morning when a car struck a tram on which he was collecting fares. The…

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Another Motor Accident. on Denman Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

Warren Lawrence and several other youths were riding motor cycles to Muswellbrook on (Saturday evening. When near Edinglassie, Lawrence's…

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Nearly an Accident. On Subway Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

A serious accident was narrowly averted on the low-level bridge on Saturday afternoon during a very busy period. Only for the presence of mind…

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Man Killed. Mountains Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 5

At one o'clock on Saturday morning a bad motor accident occurred at the top of Whipcord Hill, between Kutoomba and Medlow Bath. Reginald E…

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Shocking Accident French Naval Aeroplane. Crashes Into Crowd of Spectators. Paris, May 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred during an aviation fete at Orly, an aeroplane crashing into a crowd of spectators…

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Miners' Accidents Supplemental Relief Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, resuming the debate in the Legislative Assembly on the Miners' Accident Relief (Supplemental) Bill, said that the bill…

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First Victims Dirt Track Motor Racing. English Fatality. London, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 10

Charles Biddle, 19, died of injuries received while practising on a dirt track motor cycling speedway at Stamfordbridge. London. He was…

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Woman Poisoned a Doctor's Mistake. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 3

An inquiry was held at Parkes concerning the death of Mrs. Mary Ivy Cross, who died on May 9 from stryonin[?] poisoning. The coroner returned…

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Blasting Accident Ten Hen Buried

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 5

Ten men were burled in the debris from an explosion at the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway construction works…

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Miners' Accident Relief. Second Reading Carried

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 8

In moving the second reading of the Miners' Accident Relief (Supplement) Bill, in the Legislative Council, Mr. Boyce traced the…

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Youthful Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 7

This morning, while riding a bicycle, along Vincent-street, a 16-year-old boy named G. Mainwaring came into collision with a motor…

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Injured by Premature Explosion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 7

At accident in which James Carroll a jumper-man, 53, of Allandale Road, Cessnock, was the victim, occurred at the Cossnock…

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Accident

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 5

Johsua Ogden (52), miner, of Catherine St., West Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock District Hospital this morning, suffering from injuries to…

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Mountains Fatality

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

On Saturday a motor accident occurred at the top of Whipcord Hill, between Katoomba and Medlow Bath…

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Footballers Injured

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

When returning from Maitland on Saturday afternoon a motor 'bus carrying 40 members of the Cook's Hill Rugby footballers, crashed into…

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Motorist Fatally Injured

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

Edward Allan Denton aged 40 years, of Carter-avenue, Toorak (Vic.), received fatal injuries when His motor cycle collided with a motor…

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