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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Vessel Instantly Sinks After Dramatic Collision "Callous" Governments Condemned. Attitude to Unemployed. MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 1

Before the Australasian Council of Trades Unions adjourned it passed a resolution registering its indignant protest against the callous stand taken…

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Drowned at Bundarra

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

"William Holmes, an old employee of Laura Station, in the Bundarra district, was crossing Laura Creek Sunday, when some logs struck the…

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A Lad Drowned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

Noel Bryant (13) was drowned while bathing at Wattamondara in the Corown district. rescue but both were drowned…

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Car and Cycle Collision Motorist Fined

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

Before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., in the local Police Court yesterday morning Merton G. W. Priest, was charged with having failed, while…

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Drowning Fatalities Car Runs Off Punt Broken Hill

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

A telegram was received last night from Pooncaire intimating that Daniel Ford, formerly a well-known publican at Broken Hill, was crossing…

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Blow Out Car Occupants Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 6

Four persons were more or less seriously injured in a car accident which occurred on Wallangarra road, about three miles from Tenterfield…

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Tram and Car a Terrific Collision SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

Two [?] passengers on a Canterbury board train were injured-- one seriously -- when a motor car collided with a train last night. The…

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Prince Henry Injured a Hunting Mishap LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

Prince Henry was thrown while hunting with the Quorn Club, Leicestershire. He injured his leg muscles and was badly shaken, necessitating…

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Babies Burnt to Death. Shocking Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 10

Two babies, one aged three years and one four years, were fatally burnt at Glebe while playing, with matches. A celluloid doll caught alight and the…

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Three Drowned. Broken Hill Tragedies. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 6

Daniel Ford was crossing the river at Pooncaire, Broken Hill district, in a motor car on n punt when the car ran back and disappeared in deep…

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Car Smash. On Ashford Road. Wife and Children Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 1

A sensational motor accident occurred on the Ashford road this morning. Mr. W. J. S. Gobbert of the Commercial Hotel, Ashford, was motoring…

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Street Accidents. 206 Persons Killed. in the Metropolis

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 8

Figures issued by the Government Statistician (Mr. Waites) indicate the heavy loss of life that is occurring through street accidents…

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Fell From Roof Passer-by [?] Injured SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 1

Joseph S[?] 87 laborer, was working on a roof [?] Clarence Street, Sydney, when he slipped and fell, crashing through a glass awning to…

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Motor Collision

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

A collision between two motor cars occurred about 6 o'clock on Wednesday night at the junction of Otho and Vivian Streets. Mr. E. L. O'Brien,…

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Hand Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. Parry, school dentist, had a painful experience on Wednesday. He was mending a blowout, when a jack slipped, cutting and badly bruising his…

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Ring Steward Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

Mr. W. Campbell, one of the ring stewards, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon, during the bullock riding events. The cattle for…

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Migrant Drowned. Crossing Hooded Creek. . SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

Ernest Butler,19, a migrant station hand employed on Gillendoon station, near Warren, has been drowned in Pemunnel. Creek while mustering horses…

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When a Tyre Blew Out Car Occupants Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 6

Four persons were more or less seriously injured in a car accident which occurred on Wallangarra road, about three miles from…

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Car Accident. Four Persons Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 10

Four persons were more or less seriously injured in a car accident which occurred on Wallangarra road, about three miles from Tenterfield, on…

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Drowned While Holding Perth

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 1

Clad in a bathing suit, the dead body of Archibald Frederick Dawe, aged 35, a farmer, of Nungarin, who left his brother home at…

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