Bees Injured Accident in Brisbane
Practising at navies Park Speedway (Brisbane), Teddy noes, the. Newcastle Speedway rider, had his foot caught in the back wheel of his…
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Accidents, 1928
1,213 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 61
Alleged Stolen Car Three Arrested and One Drowned. Sydney
Leslie John Chisholm (20), was drowned, and his three companions. George Peter (20) Gladys Jeffries (19), and Jean Smith (17), were arrested at Wilberforce,…
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When the front tyre of a motor car, which was travelling along the western road, near Penrith, burst to-day, the driver lost control…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty Towns Swept by Disastrous Floods—-14 Persons Drowned Harrowing Scenes Families Trapped While Asleep Thousands Homeless Floods Cause Havoc in 20 Towns LONDON, Sunday Night
Twelve rivers overflowed in the English comities, Essex, Kent, and Norfolk, during the week-end. The terrible havoc wrought in the Thames district of London, which resulted in 14 deaths and the ejection of thousands of…
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In a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at Parramatta to-day, Winifred Kemmings, 25, and Kenneth Gardiner, 24, of Balmain received bruises…
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Dan Todd (26), of East Maitland, was the victim of a painful and unusual accident yesterday. He had fitted a tyre and tube to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lucky Escape Girl Saved From Drowning DUBBO
Mary Rossitter, 16, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Macquarie River,Companions who saw her get out of her depth, went to her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Villa Blown Up Two Killed: Eight Injured LONDON
With a thunderous roar, a Dahle (Prussia) villa, occupied by experimenting chemists, blew up. Two persons were killed and eight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall of Stone Accident at Wallsend
Struck by a fall of stone while filling a skip at Wallsend Colliery this morning. Thomas Peters was taken to Wallsend Hospital by Newcastle…
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While running across Vincent-street, Cessnock, about 1 p.m. to-day, Wm. Roddemby, aged 14, a counter-hand, living at Paxton, was struck by a…
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Mr. Thomas Harrigan, aged 19 years, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harrigan, of Stanhope, was fatally injured by a fall over a ledge of rock, a depth of 25…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sea Tragedy Member of Crew Drowned Body Disappeared
When the Union S.S. Company steamer Karetu, which arrived at Newcastle to-day, was on her way from Lyttleton (N.Z.) to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Skirt Caught Ferry Accident SYDNEY
As the 8.38 boat from Mosman was leaving old Cremorne wharf yesterday morning. Miss K. Condray, of Iredale-avenue, Cremorne, attempted…
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The 14-year-old son of the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, while driving the Ambassador's motor car, ran over a 10-year-old girl, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surfing Fatality Stockton Boy Drowned
The first local surfing fatality this season occurred on Stockton beach yesterday afternoon, when John Sullivan, the ten-year-old son of Mr. W. Sullivan, of…
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Trimming a sleeper on the railway line at cockle Creek yesterday, E. White was hit on the right foot with an axe. He was taken by Lake…
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Jumping off a moving lorry in Central Square to-night, Harold Johnson, 17, of Lakemba, slipped and fell under the wheels, which passed over his stomach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District Railway Fatality Riding on Carriage Roof
Some remarkable evidence was disclosed at an inquest which was conducted by Mr. W. M'Lauchlin. Deputy Coroner, at the West Maitland Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"It's Got Me" Stockton Boy Drowned Stepped Into Hole Searching for Body
"The undertow has got me! Tell the surf men!" were the last words of young Jack Sullivan to his mate. Vincent Ryan, who teas in the surf…
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Despite the vigilance of water police and others yesterday, nothing was seen of the body of John Sullivan, the ten-year-old son of Mr. W. Sullivan, of…
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