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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 119

Collision Averted Hobson Bay's Narrow Escape. Colombo, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 10

A serious collision between the Hobson's Bay and the French steamer, General Mctzinge, was averted by the merest chance…

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Lorry Overturns Maitland Man Seriously Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 7

The Maitland District Ambulance Brigade received a message this afternoon to the effect that Mr. Alan Guy, of West Maitland, had been…

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Collapse of Scaffolding Two Killed, Another Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 3

When a beam supporting scaffolding planks at the Australian Gaslight Company's new holders at Alexandria snapped on Tuesday morning, three men…

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Ten Injured. Crowded Motor 'Bus Smash. Crashes Through Fence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 2

When a crowded motor bus got out of control and crashed through a fence into Lavender Bay Park last night, ten persons were injured…

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Struck by Tree Timber Worker Fatally Injured. Carried Over Mountainous Country. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 6

While James Ven[?]ell, 26, was working at the Federal Sawmills, 20 miles beyond Warburton, he was struck by a falling tree and fatally…

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Death From Burns Victim of Hose Bay Accident Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 6

Mrs. Mary Kelscy, 57, of Rose Bay, who was found on June 10 in her kitchen, with her clothes on fire, died during the night in Sydney…

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Car Somersaults Remarkable Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 1

Hurling a stout wooden lamp standard out of the ground and somersaulting a distance of 50 feet, a powerful touring car was smashed to pieces…

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Gun Accident. Man Terribly Injured. Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 5

Arthur Howard was out on a shooting expedition and was lifting a gun from a motor lorry, when it exploded. The charge entered his right leg…

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Aberdare Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 1

William Gorton, 2[?] miner, while following his occupation at Aberdare Colliery on Wednesday, was accidentally struck on the head by…

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Car Tragedy. Fatality at Taren Point. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 6

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of Beatrice Hickey, aged 18, and Irene Dennis, aged 14, who Were drowned in the George's River,…

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Lorry Capsizes Driver Badly Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 10

Serious injuries were received by Allan Guy, 22, son of Mr. John Guy, of Lorn, West Maitland, when a lorry he was driving capsized…

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Injured Miner's Recovery. Discharged from Hospital

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 10

Robert Payne, miner, aged 39, while following his occupation at Bellbird Colliery on Wednesday, was struck by a fall of coal, and…

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Collapse of Scaffolding. Two Killed, Another Badly Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 8

When a beam supporting scaffolding planks at the Australian Gaslight Company's new holders at Alexandria snapped on Tuesday morning, three…

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Drowned in the Sea. Captain Lowenstein. End of Romantic Career. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 2

The well-known Belgian millionaire and financier, Captain Lowenstein, was drowned as the result of a remarkable air accident to-day…

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Accident at Elrington

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 1

On Wednesday, in the course of his occupation at Elrington Colliery, Hugh Albert Quinn, aged 59, and reading at Abernethy, was struck…

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Three Injured. Accident Near Ironbark Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 3

A motor car went over the embankment on Maitland-road, on the. Newcastle side of the Ironbark Bridge, early on Tuesday morning, and three…

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Electrocuted. Garden Island Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 13

John Henry Best, 32 years of age, of High-street, North Sydney, was electrocuted at Garden Island, on Sunday afternoon. Beat, who is an…

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Woman Injured. Knocked Down by Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 16

Mrs. Violet Baker, aged 23 years of Broadmeadow, was seriously Injured when she was knocked down by a motor car at the intersection of…

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Washed Ashore. Motor Launch Pounders. Companion Drowned. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 7

Early to-day, William Corbett, who with Michael McCarthy, has been missing for more than a fortnight, was found…

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Struck by Tree Timber Worker Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 12

While James Vennell, aged 26, was working at the Federal Sawmills, 20 miles beyond Warburton (Vic.), he was struck by a falling tree and fatally…

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