Shooting Accident Ambulance's Difficult Trip
Under tremendous difficulties, on almost impassable roads, Lake Macquarie ambulance succeeded in bringing the body of Alfred Grey, 16,…
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Accidents, 1928
1,213 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 61
Motor Car Smash Newcastle Resident Injured. Sydney
Five persons were injured when a motor car dashed over an embankment at Granville to-night. They were:— Daisy Prior, 30, of Enmore, injuries to…
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Joseph Moroney, age 38, living at Charles-street, Abermain, a miner, employed at Abermain No. 1 colliery, was severely injured about the hand…
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Four persons were injured as the result of a crash between a motor lorry and a car near Argenton last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbour Collision Marine Court's Decision. Sydney
The Marine Court to-day hold an inquiry into the collision between the steamer Nambucca, owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widespread Floods Trains Held Up in Riverina Constable Drowned Anxiety Felt on Northern Rivers SYDNEY
Large sections of the railway service of the State are disorganised, and at places have been stopped by floods which have caused further washaways. Five express trains and two mail trains for Sydney are…
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Three persons were injured in a motor car accident on the Argenton-Cockle Creek read at ten o’clock last night. The injured were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Fatality
While engaged in a mock combat over the cliffs near Capel, between Folkstone and Dover, at a height of 200 feet, two planes of the Royal Air Force collided,…
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The floods, which washed away the railway line at Marrina on Saturday night, drowned one of the navvles working on the repairs to the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cloudburst Torrent Man Drowned in Rushing Waters LITHGOW
A cloudburst at 2 p.m. yesterday over, Paddy's Creek, an auxiliary water supply for Lithgow, in a few seconds turned the stream into a raging torrent, which tore into Oakley Park, carrying everything before it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drove While Drunk Collision in King-street Fine of £15
"I am determined to put down the practice of men driving motor vehicles while under the Influence of liquor, said Mr. Perry. S.M., at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Blunder 'Frisco Ferry Disaster Ten Drowned Filled Wrong Ballast Tank
SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday. Ten persons are definitely known to have lost their lives in Friday night's extraordinary…
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While crossing the suspension bridge over Laura Creck, near Bundarra, William Holmen was swept away and drowned…
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While watching the floods near Lithgow yesterday afternoon, Joseph Bronnan, of Oakey Park, was drowned. He was standing on a bank which became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Toll Ten Deaths Caused by Drowning Landslides in North Isolated Families Suffer Food Shortage SYDNEY
With the partial restoration of telephone communication in places, news is trickling through of families isolated, and facing serious food shortage. Raw eggs, oatmeal, and water. That is the diet of some…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Traffic Accidents 13,000 Last Year. Sydney
A report issued by the Government Statistician to-day states that last year the Police Department received reports of 13,064 accidents which occurred in the…
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Tho N.R.M.A. commends the action of the Commissioner of Police in again emphasising the need for car drivers to give proper signals when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yangtsze Fatality
Three hundred and fifty Chinese adults and children have been drowned in a collision on the Yangtsze, between the Japanese freighter Atsuta Maru and a Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Darby-street Fatality Evidence at Inquest
The death of Leslie Close, aged 8 years, who died in the Newcastle Hospital on February 3, from injuries received through being knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death While Bathing Warner's Bay Fatality
Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of Charles Toward, who was drowned at Warner's…
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