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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Deluge at Tenterfield Young Lady Nearly Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

Tenterfirid experienced a deluge on Sunday afternoon. The Te[?] Creek ran a banker at a height which has not been equalled for many years…

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Hundreds Drowned Collision in Yang-Tse River SHANGHAI

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 1

Three hundred and fifty Chinese adults and children have been drowned in the Yang-Tse river in a collision between a Japanese freighter and a…

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Tragedy at Laura Station Man Drowned When Bridge Collapses

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

The second flood victim in this district is William Holmes, a gardener, employed by Mr. Archie Baker, of Laura Station,. Holmes, who has been in the employ of the Baker family for many years, was crossing Laura Creek footbridge on Sunday,…

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Jumped From a Train. School Girl Badly Injured. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

Peggy Williams, aged, fourteen, who attends a school at Chatswood, boarded a through train at Lindfield by mistake this morning. When it did not…

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Little Boy Drowned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

William Keith Wallace, aged 7, while bathing at Stockton Beach, New causes was carried out by a strong undertow and drowned…

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Young Man Drowned In Dalby Billabong TOOWOOMBA

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 1

A young man, Thomas Ronald Norris, was swimming across a billabong at Dalby in company, with another young man named Sale, when…

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The Grim Reminder. Crosses for Scenes of Fatal Accidents

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 6

In order to try aud reduce the number of motoring fatalities in the United States, the Highway and Public Works Department of the State of…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. J. Mitchell, a fireman at the Ottery Mine, Tent Hill, met with an accident on Tuesday morning whist employed on firing one, of the boliers…

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157 DEATHS Toll of the Motor Over 8000 Involved in Accidents Escape Injury

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

One hundred and 67 of the [?] accidents in Sydney last year were caused by motor vehicles. During the same period 3881 person were…

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Bundarra Drowning Fatality. When Bridge Washed Away

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

Details of the death of Mr. William Holmes, an old employee of Laura Stamen, in the Bundarra district, shew that he was crossing Laura Creek on…

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Hundreds Drowned Collision in Yang-Tse River

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

Three hundred aud fifty Chinese adults and children have been drowned in the Yang-Tse river in a collision between a Japanese freighter and a…

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Launch Afire. Occupants Nearly Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 1

When a motor launch from which they were fishing in the harbor on the western side of Garden Island caught fire last night, the flames drove the two…

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Local and General News. Bundarra Flood Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 4

The body of William Holmes (58), who was drowned in Laura Creek on Sunday last, was recovered about a quarter of a mile from the spot where…

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Fatality in George Street. Man Knocked Down by SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 1

Fatal injuries were received by James Podfied a middle aged man, when he was knocked own by a motor car in George St. He was…

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Drowning Fatality

The Uralla Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 2

The community received quite a shock on Sunday morning last when the news was circulated that Mr. William Lodge (better known as William…

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Dinghy Swamped. Occupant Drowned. HOBART

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

Arthur Bone, aged 50, was drowned at North Bruni when his small dinghy was swamped…

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Caught by Undertow. Lismore Resident Drowned. LISMORE

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

E. T. Willows, of Lismore, aged 39, was surfing at South Beach, Ballina, when he got into difficulties in the channel, where there was a strong…

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Playing on River Bank. Child Drowned. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

Gwen Pilgrim, aged 4, of St. George's Road, Boxley, was drowned in George's River, near Lugarno. The child fell into the water while play…

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Explosion in Bakery. Man Badly Injured. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

A boiler exploded in a bake-house attached to A. D. Judge's baker's shop at Hornshy to-day. Austin John Spratt aged 26, was hurled across the…

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Hit a Telegrahp Post. Two Women Injured. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

Crashing into a telegraph post at Lane Cove terminus last night, a car capsized. Two persons were injured, Mrs. Elizabeth Creighton 69 (shock…

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