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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Drowning Fatality Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 3

Frederick Clarke, aged 13 years, was drowned in n creek at Canterbury during yesterday's storm. Usually the creek bed is almost dry,…

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Drowned in the Lachlan Cowra

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Willie crossing the Lachlan river on his yesterday, G.C. Crookson, 17, was swept away, and drowned. Crokson was a dreadnought boy,…

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Farmer Seriously Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

A Temora man has been detained at West Wyalong in connection with a collision in which a farmer named Lawrence Clark was seriously injured…

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Farmer Seriously Injured West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 1

A Temora man has been detained at West Wyalong in connection with a collision, in which a farmer named Lawrence Clark was seriously…

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Head-on Collision Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

In Kembla street to-day a head-on collision occurred between a car and a motor cycle. William Hughes and James Maker, both or Punchbowl,…

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Level Crossing Smash Tallangatta Collision ALBURY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

At 7.48 p.m. yesterday, at Tallangatta level crossing, three were injured when a motor lorry, driven by Mr. W. Peck, of Tallangatta, came…

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Car Wrecked Goulburn Lady Injured SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Mrs. Jane Chisholm, wife of Mr. F. Chisholm, of Kippilaw, Goulburn, suffered a wound to the face necessitating the insertion of 50 stitches…

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Sensational Accident Collapse of Scaffolding Workmen Fall 120 Feet SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

One man was killed and eight others were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a new buildings being erected for the Hotel Meropole in…

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Boy Drowned In Parramatta River SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 4

John Judd, aged 14, of Glebe, a member of a Sunday School picnic party, was frowned in the river at Cabramatta on Saturday afternoon…

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Runaway Train Ten People Injured SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

Getting out of control on a steep hill at Yarra Bay on Saturday night, a tram crashed in to the back of a stationary tram, and ten people were…

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Cyclist Over the Top Two Women Injured MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

Two women spectators were injured at the motordrome last night, when Vic. Outen skidded, and shot up the track at 70 miles an hour,…

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Terribly Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 3

Charles Sedgwick, aged 35 years, a crane driver, of Granville, fell 30 feet fromt he top of a crane which he was oiling at Berger's paint works,…

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Boy Drowned at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

James Warcup Brian, aged 2 years son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brian, was playing with his brother and sister at his parents' residence, Old Howlong…

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Surf Fatality Father Drowned Swimming to Daughter's Rescue SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 1

Frederick Keary was drowned at Ocean Beach, woy Woy, yesterday, while attempting to save his daughter, who was Carried out in the…

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Sad Drowning Case a Father's Sacrifice Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 5

Frederick Keary was drowned at the ocean beach, Woy Woy. today while attempting to save his daughter who was carried out in an undertow…

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Serious Accidents Man Loses His Foot

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

An employee of the Mirrool Wineries, Lindsay Ingram, met with a very serious and painful accident last Saturday. By some mischance…

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Girl Fatally Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 2

On Sunday, Annie Mott, aged 10 years, of Urangeline, died at a Lockhart private hospital as the result of injuries received in a sulky accident…

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Girl Fatally Injured Lockhart

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

On Sunday, Annie Mott, aged 10 years of Urangeline, died at a Lockhart private hospital as the result of injuries received in a sulky accident…

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