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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Fatal Car Collision. Melbourne

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

William Henry Wyatt, aged 70, was killed and six persons more or less seriously injured in a collision between two motor oars at Oakleigh last night…

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Twin Brothers Drowned Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 5

William Smith land his twin brother Walter were drowned when a canoe capsized on the lake at Eildon Weir yesterday. Evelyn Fraser (16), who was to have been…

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Casino Cr. Meldrum Injured Casino

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

Cr. Meldrum, of Tomki Shire, is at present an inmate of the Friendly Societies' Hospital. Attempting to pass through a gate on horseback on his farm at Spring…

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Crawled Two Miles. Injured Man's Trying Time

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday. -- William Clarke, who fell about 20 feet into a rocky gully near Kiama and injured his back, besides sustaining several…

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Entangled in Belt Machine Room Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Harry Harrison (21), employed at the White Signet confectionery factory, City, was attending to an engine in the…

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Blasting Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

An unusual blasting accident happened at Josephville on Tuesday. Blasting operations were in progress in one of the cuttings on the…

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Boy Shot. Accident at Grady's Creek

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

While out shooting at Grady's Creek on Sunday, morning, Kevin Shiels, son of Mr. V. Shiels, a ganger employed on the railway…

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Hit by a Train Accident at Cabramatta Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

A man was killed and two young women seriously injured when they were struck by a train at Cabramatta station date Friday night, The victims were: Arthur Clark (23),…

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Sacrificed Life to Save Drowning Child

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday --Percy White, a returned soldier, who was badly wounded during the war, lost his life through rescuing a child from…

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Ammonia Burns Factory Manager Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

MUDGEE, Tuesday.--Harry Rope, manager of the Mudgee butter factory, received severe burns when a discharge of ammonia occurred while he…

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Crawled Two Miles After Being Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- William Clarke, who fell about twenty feet into a rocky gully near Kiama and injured his back, besides sustaining several broken ribs…

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Escape of Ammonia Butter Factory Manager Injured Mudgee

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 3

Harry Rope, manager of the Mudgee butter factory, received severe burns when a discharge of ammonia occurred while lie was adjusting a screw in, some of the machin…

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Death Accidental Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 3

At the inquest concerning the death of Norman James Packer, who was killed near Bankstown on December 18, evidence was given that deceased was travelling, at thirty…

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Bathing Fatality Former Tweed Resident Parents at Chinderah

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

MACKAY, Wednesday.--A bathing fatality occurred at Cremorne swimming pool early this morning, when Wilfred Couie, single, a commercial…

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Motorist Injured Car Moves With Owner Underneath

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- While descending a hill in a motor car at French's Forest, on Tuesday night, Walter Fielder (23), had trouble with…

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Just an Accident Wreck of Cosgrave's Train

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 3

OTTAWA, Tuesday:--Railway officials and mounted police state the wrecking of President Cosgrave's train at Limoges was due to an accident…

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Unusual Motor Accident Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

While descending a hill in a motor car at French's Forest last night Walter Fielder (23) had trouble with the brakes. He got under the ear to make adjustments when it…

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Death Pact Kalgoorlie Sensation Man And Woman Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday. --A sensational shooting affray occurred in Kalgoorlie yesterday. About 4 p.m. police were called to a house in Forrest-street,…

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Youth Killed in Gun Accident at Eureka

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Yesterday morning, about 11.30 o'clock, a young lad named Cecil Robert Barter, aged 16 years, a herdtester, who was on a visit to his sister,…

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Accident at Plains Station

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Bob Barrett was engaged in rounding up stock on Plains Station (Upper Clarence) on Friday afternoon, when his mount bolted and he was…

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