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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Serious Accident at Bowraville

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Nelson, of Bowraville, met with a very serious accident while felling a tree. The tree, in falling, struck another, from which a branch…

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Shocking Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 4

Sunday last, the thirteen-year old son of Mr.- Alf. O'Dell, of Kinchela, riding horse and chasing another, was kicked by the latter, and severely injured…

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Nigh Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

Mr. George Pund, a dairyfarmer at Carcolla, was driving down Nulla Creek road Friday last to Bellbrook, the journey entailing three crossings…

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Accident at Football

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

During a practice match between the Gloucester teams on Saturday last Cliff Gordon met with an accident. Gordon had possession of the…

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Current Topics Accident—car and Bicycle in Collision

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

About 6.30 on Tuesday evening, on the roadway between Mr. J. H. Smith's residence and the Stock Route, a car driven by Mr. W. J…

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Wang Wank Fatality. Dov Killed by Falling Limb

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 3

On Tuesday last the 15 years old son of Mr. and Mrs Albart E. Benbett was struck on the head by a [?] of a tree and died 15 minutes…

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Accidental Shooting. £300 Damages Awarded Victim

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 3

His Honor Judge Mocatta has announced his reserved decision in the Bowraville shooting gallery case, which was heard in the Bellingen District…

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Panic at Rosebery Grandstand Crumbles 150 People Injured

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 4

Up wards of 150 people were injured when portion of the Leger stand at the Rosebery racecourse collapsed on Saturday…

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Panic at Rosebery Races. Part of Leger Stand Collapses. More Thaw 200 Persons Injured. Women Trampled Underfoot

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 2

More than 200 persons were injured, most of then only slightly, when the stand in the leger reserve at Rosebery racecourse partly…

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Accident on Wharf

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 5

While assisting to unload the Arakoon as the N.C.S.N. Co.'s wharf this morning Mr. Alex McGregor got in the way of the goods sling, which hit…

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Peculiar Fatal Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 4

WHILE working a Sheffield railway tricycle towards Edgeroi on Thursday afternoon, Michael Duggin, 58, bridge ganger, was killed. Deceased, together with two other…

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Golf Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 4

IN spite of its apparent innocuousness golf has a long casualty list. The other day on Melbourne municipal links an associate player was struck…

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Accidental Shooting. £300 Damages Awarded Victim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 7

His Honor Judge Mocatta has announced his reserved decision in the Bowravllle shooting gallery case, which was heard in the Belilngen…

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Moorland Fatality Coroner's Inquiry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 3

On Saturday last the object [?] (Mr. [?] C. [?] held an inquiry at Coopernook [?] the death of Mr. Frederick Edwin Ford,…

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Serious Motor Accident. Mr: Dave .Lean Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 3

A motor accident happened on the main road beyond GhinnL It appears that Mr. George Morton and Mr. Dave Lean, of the Tarce postal staff, had…

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Latest Telegrams SYDNEY, Tuesday Motor Fatality

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 2

Alfred Bishop and Joseph Seans borough were killed and two other men were [?] injured when a motor car crashed into an electric…

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Motor Bike Accident at Ghinni

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 2

When Messrs. Geo. Morton aud Dave Lean, of the Taree Post Office staff, were on their way to Harrington in Mr. Morton's motor bike and…

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Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 4

At Mr. Robert Provost's farm, Taylor's Arm, about 1 o'clock on Sunday last, a fire was observed taking hold of the herbage about…

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Fisherman Drowned. Boat Capsizes at Bonville Reserve

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 11

Alfredo Mirabella, an Italian fisher man, aged 24 years, was drowned at Bonville Reserve on Saturday afternoon through a boat capsizing at the…

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Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 4

WHILST returning from the Hibbard sawmill on Saturday with His bullock team, after delivering a log there, Mr. C. Kilmurray was accidentally…

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