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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Burnt Alive Dreadful Accident. Motor Lorry and Phosphorus. LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

A horrible accident occurred at Hockliffe to- day, when n motor lorry skidded through a hedge and down a bank. The petrol tank exploded,…

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Car Accidents. Motor Collides with Tree

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

Whilst driving along the Orandumby road, Mr. Arthur. Lewis, of the New England Hotel, Walcha, collided with a tree…

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Drowned by the Yarra Why the [?] MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 1

While swimming to the form of Abbetsford, [?]…

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Miraculous Escape from Death. Mian Injured by Falling Tree

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 1

Mr. Michael Kirby, an assistant drover, had a miraculous escape from death at Tenterfield. In company with Mr. T. Landers, he was travelling a…

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Family Tragedy. Father Killed; Son Drowned. in Attempting Heroic Rescue. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 6

Henry Reginald Howard was drowned while trying to save two women at Woodwood, on the Murray River, yesterday. The women were rescued by…

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The Harbor Disaster the Inquiry Ends Cause of the Collision Tahiti's Speed Excessive Failure to Observe Harbor Rules SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 1

Mr. Justice Campbell to-day delivered the judgment on the cause of the collision between the Greycliffe and the Tahiti. He said there was…

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Motor Accidents. Car Crashes Into 'Phone Post

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 1

On Monday evening a motor cyclist, travelling on the Grafton road, dismounted from his machine on the Big Hill. When he had walked some paces,…

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Mutilation after Accident. Husband's Theory. Woman's Strange Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 2

"Unaccountable!"—In one word Mr. E. Sampson referred on Wednesday to the facial injuries sustained by his wife, Mrs. Iolene…

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Car Collision Woman's Hip Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 1

A head-on collision took place -on the Great Southern road, at Ingleburu last night. It resulted in two cars being badly damaged. One…

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Still Unconscious. Injured Youths. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 1

Two youths, Frederick Hamilton and William Bonner, who were injured in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle in Centennial Park…

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Thunderous Explosion Two Killed; Eight Injured. BERLIN

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 1

A thunderous explosion apprised the citizens of Dahlem village that a garage occupied by experimenting chemists had been blown up. The…

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Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 2

Mr. Harry McGee, who had been on a motor run to the North Coast during Xmas week, met with an accident near Glen Innes on Monday…

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Macquarie Street Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

A car driven by Mr. Merton Priest and a motor cycle ridden by Roe Eraser came into violent collision yesterday, at the corner of Macquarie and…

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Found Drowned. Italian Farm Hand. CAIRNS

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

Pietro Tina, as Italian farm hand, who has been missing for several days' was found drowned in the river at Babinda last night…

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To Stand His Trial. Sequel to Car Collision. GRAFTON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 1

William Edward Langden has been committed for trial by the local police court on a charge of having feloniously slain Charles Henry, who was…

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Hospital Patient Drowned Wenthworth

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 4

Harry Newsome, 42, a patient in Wentworth Hospital, was drowned in the Darling River yesterday morning at 4.30. a.m. A nurse heard a shout…

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Five Injured [?] Collide SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

Two men [?] and a [?] were injured [?] collided at North [?] last night. One of the cars was completely…

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Racehorse Injured Mishap at Railway Station

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 11

The well-known racehorse, Go You, owned by Mr. O. E. Couch, had one of his hind legs badly injured on Saturday last…

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Miraculous Escape from Death. Man Injured Bit Falling Tree

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

Mr. Michael Kirby, an assistant drover, had a miraculous escape from death at Tenterfield. In company with Mr. T. Landers, he was travelling a…

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Car Driver Seriously Injured Brother-in-Law Arrested SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

A motor car and a motor lorry collided [?] at Rockdale last night. One man Andrew Simpion, who was drives the car was…

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