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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

2,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 119

Electrical Explosion Council Employee Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 10

While working at the City Council's electricity station at Alexandria to-day, Arthur Swinbard, aged 31, was frightfully burned about the body, face, and…

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Bravery Rewarded. Rescued Girls From Drowning Young Woman's Gallant Action. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 14

Miss Heather Crossland of Waltara who rescued two girls from drowning in Berowra Creek under sensational circumstances, has…

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Ten Injured. Crowded Motor 'Bus Crashes Through Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 5

When a crowded motor bus go out of control and crashed through a fence into Lavender Bay Park on Wednesday evening, ten persons were…

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Lorry Overturns Maitland Man Seriously Injured. Cessnock, Thursday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 1

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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Seriously Injured Crushed by Perry Boat. Sydney

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

Morris Phillips, 19, a carpenter, while jumping from a ferry boat at McMahon's Point this morning, was crushed between the boat and a…

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Crowded Bus Crashes Ten Injured. Mad Rush to Escape

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 9

Ten persons were injured—one seriously—on Wednesday night when a crowded motor 'bus, out of control, smashed through a fence, into Lavender…

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Vicious Attack. Woman Seriously Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

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

A young man, William Leary, to-day made a vicious attack on the wife of his employer, Mr. R. Gwllliam. After Mrs. Gwlliam spoke to Leary…

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Two Killed Another Badly Injured Collapse of Scaffolding SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 8

When a team supporting scaffolding planks at the Australian Gaslight Company's new holders at Alexandria snapped, this…

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Stowaway Injured Carried Into Court at Hull. London, July 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 2

Two constables carried George Dobson into court at Hull, where he was charged with stowing on the liner Port Darwin…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 5

While James Venvell, 26, was working at the Federal Sawmills, 20 miles beyond Warburton, he was struck by a falling tree and fatally…

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Loewenstein Mystery Vain Search for Body. Relatives Convinced of Accident. LONDON, July 6

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

Except for an all day vain search in the Channel, the excitement over Captain Loewenstein's death has abated and the Stock Exchange has…

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Death From Burns Victim of Rose Hay Accident Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Kelsey, 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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Killed by Train. Shocking Accident Near Sydney

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

Harry Butcher, aged 30, a railway employee, was killed by a train between Warrington and St. Mary's on Monday…

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Doctor Pined. Failed to Stop After Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 11

How a medical man hurrying to keep a tennis appointment knocked down a partially deaf cyclist, rendered him unconscious, and went on…

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Painful Accident to Boy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 10

Athol Andrews, 12 years of age, a son of Mrs T. C. Andrews, of Yorkstreet, met with a painful and serious accident in the grounds of the…

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Accidental Shooting Terrible Injuries Inflicted. Goulburn

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 10

Arthur-Howard, while out on a shooting expedition, lifted his gun from a motor lorry, and as he did so it exploded, the charge entering his right…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 3

Donald Gilbert, aged 18 years, of Grafton-street, Eisternwick, Victoria, an apprentice electrical engineer, was killed instantly when a bicycle which…

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Brawl in Hotel Man Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 8

As a result of a scuffle in the Rawson Hotel, in Hunter-street, Newcastle, Thomas Maloney, aged 43 years, of King-street, Newcastle,…

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Damages Claimed. Collision Between Car and Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 5

In the Small Debts Court at West Maitland to-day, E. P. Capper and Sons, Ltd., proceeded against J. P. Gately, claiming £8/7/6 for…

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Three Killed Melbourne Motor Accidents. Week-end Toll MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 5

Three deaths were caused by motor cycle mishaps during the week-end, in addition to eleven people injured, some seriously…

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