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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

16 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Accident at the Orphanage

Camden News · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

A chain, tested to lift a weight of two tons, attached to a girder weighing only 2 cwt. broke when two workmen were placing the girder into position at the top of an arch…

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Motor Cycles in Collision. Two Persons Seriously Injured

The Campbelltown News · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

Returning from Sydney to Camden on Sunday, night last, at 7.15 o’clock, Messrs. Charles Armour and Thomas Roberta, of Camden,…

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Motor Accidents. One Man Killed. Five Injured

Camden News · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 10

A Ford motor lorry loaded with ten passengers, journeying to Burragorang last Saturday night capsized over a steep embankment near Mr. A. V…

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Fall from a Cliff Henry Schmarr's Death. Verdict of Accidental Death

Camden News · Thursday 16 August 1928 · page 1

Mr. Henry August Schmarr, aged 67 years, of Oakdale was killed last Thursday night. Mr. Schmarr, who had been a sufferer for a long time, and of late confined to his…

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Motor Accident

Camden News · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 1

While travelling from Camden to Katoomba on Saturday afternoon last, with his wife and baby and two passengers, Mr. Hubert McAleer, of Camden, had an…

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ACCIDENTS Nepean Dam Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 13 September 1928 · page 1

On Thursday last Owen McKenna, aged 22 was loading a dray at the construction works, Nepean Dam, when a stone rolled down an embankment and struck him on…

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Motor Accidents

The Campbelltown News · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 7

Last Saturday night while proceeding to a dance after the football match—Liverpool v Fairfield at Camden—a car party met with…

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Alleged Manslaughter Sequel to Motor Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 7

George Gaundle, 21, a labourer, was charged at the Parramatta Court on Friday last, with having feloniously slain Michael Cleary 23, a taxi-driver, on the Campbelltown Rd.,…

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The First Fatal Accident At Nepean Dam

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 1

Further particulars are to hand concerning the death of Mr. McKenna. A correspondent writes:— A serious accident, with fatal…

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Pola Negri Injured. Paramount Star Thrown From Horse

The Campbelltown News · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 6

Pola Negri, Paramount star, has been reported to have met with a serious accident when thrown from a horse in Paris…

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Double Drowning Tragedy in the Nepean River

Camden News · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

A sad happening followed the pleasure of fourteen boys, inmates of the Boys' Home, Camden, last Friday afternoon, while they were enjoying a swim in the Nepean River…

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Correspondence Recent Drowning Fatality. (To the Editor)

Camden News · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 5

Sir—I shall greatly esteem it if you will afford me the space in you paper to tender my thanks to all those who so readily responded to the call…

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A Lucky Escape Workman Injured

Camden News · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 1

Mr. Robert E. Wilson, living at Elderslie, Camden, had a remarkable escape froni death on Wednesday morning. Employed by Mr. Arthur Rideout, Wilson was unloading…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 2

[?]or 9 p.m. at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday night, Ald. Asbereft received a telephone message that his son…

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Motor Lorry Accident

Camden News · Thursday 1 November 1928 · page 1

A motor lorry driven from Canberra on its way to Sydney last night (Wednesday), ran over the side of a culvert on the Camden-Campbelltown Road, near Curran's Hill, and…

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Drowning Fatality. Lachlan John Grant

The Campbelltown News · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 5

Last Sunday morning at about 10.30 o’clock as Miss Claire Marshall and her brother when on their way to the Campbelltown…

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