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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Double Drowning. Teacher's Heroic Attempt to Save Girls Life

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 8

About 4.30 on Wednesday the people of Taree received a severe shock when the word was flashed through that had been a double…

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Double Drowning Teacher's Heroic Attempt to Save Girl's Life

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 4

About 4.80 on Wednesday the people of Taree received a severe shock when the word was flashed through that there had been a double…

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Strange Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 2

There yas an unusual occurrence at the Epping Racecourse on Saturday afternoon, when an official of the Greyhound Coursing Association was…

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Accident on Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 4

Walter Ernest Nelson, sleeper cutter and dairy farmer, Rollands Plains, claimed from Allen Taylor and Co. Ltd. payment for loss of wages for…

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Double Drowning. Teacher's Herioc' Attempt to Save Girl's Life

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 3

About 4.30 on Wednesday of last week (as shortly reported in last issue), people of Taree received a severe shock when word was flashed…

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Stolen Car in Collision

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 4

When two cars collided at Bondi late last night John Michael (34) and Eileen Launt (20), the occupants of one of the cars, were injured, the…

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Oxley Drowning Fatalities. Finding of Accidental Drowning in Each Case Rider Added Commenting on Absence of Life-Saving Appliances and Absence of Boat from Punt

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 12

The enquiry into the cause of the deaths of Mr. Charles Manning Evenden and Miss Enid Mary Brook, who were drowned while crossing the ferry from Oxley Island to the mainland on the afternoon of Wednesday,…

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Pola Negri Injured

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 2

Pola Negri met with a serious accident when thrown from a horse in Paris. Miss Negri has now recovered, and…

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Oxley Drowning. Coroner's Inquiry Piper to Verdict

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 6

On Wednesday last the District Corner (Mr. H. W Flett) held an inquiry concerning the double drowning fatality at the Oxley Island ferry…

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Taree Railway Fireman Claims Compensation. for Dingo Bridge Accident. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 4

Before Judge Perdrian and members of the Workers Compensation Commission, application was made by Edward Henry Delves, of Eric Street,…

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Shocking Accident. Forster Native Loses Foot

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Singleton at about 5.30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, when a Studebaker car, driven by Mr. A. E. Taylor, of…

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Oxley Drowning Fatalities. Finding of Accidental Drowning in Each Case Rider Added Commenting on Absence of Life-Saving Appliances and Absence of Boat from Punt

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 3

The enquiry into the cause of the deaths of Mr. Charles Manning Evenden and Miss Enid Mary Brook, who were drowned while crossing the ferry from Oxley Island to the mainland on the afternoon of Wednesday…

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The Double Drowning Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 2

The president of the Manning Shire Council (Cr. Milligan) said at the meeting of the council on Monday before proceeding with the business…

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The Double Drowning Fatality

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 6

The president of the Manning Shire Council (Cr. Milligan) said at the meeting of the council on Monday before proceeding with the business…

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Sydney Harbour Collision

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

A serious accident was narrowly averted on Sydney Harbour on Tuesday night, when a collision occurred between the ferry steamer Kirawa, and…

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Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 4

WHILST coming to town last Saturday, Mr. and .Mrs. J. Hack's son had his, thumb badly crashed on the Blackman's ' Point ferry through it…

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Accident to Shire Employee

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1928 · page 2

While returning from work on Thursday evening last Arthur Yardy, an employee of the Gloucester Shire Council, received a heavy fall from a…

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A Serious Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1928 · page 2

The ten year old son of Mr. White, of Long Range, between Belbora and Krambach, lies in Narraweema Private Hospital, Gloucester, in a serious…

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Coroner's Enquiry. the Camden Haven Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 6

On Monday last, before Mr. H. P. C. Flett, at Taree Court House, an enquiry was held into the cause of death of the late Stephen Latham who was…

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Car Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1928 · page 5

Whilst motoring up the Yarras road on Wednesday, the Rev. P. F. Tilghman's car collided with one driven by…

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