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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Fatal Car Accident Rockhampton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 2

Nicol Joseph Francis Coyne was killed and five other persons were slightly injured when their motor car overturned while travelling from…

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Drowned in Creek Horseman Ignores Advice Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 6
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Henry Francis Archer, aged 24 years, was drowned in the Dumaress Creek last night. Flood waters made the usual crossing place dangerous and,…

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Two Injured Mail Car Smashed ALBURY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 1

A sensational accident occurred at the foot of the Monument. Hill at about 6.30 on Tuesday night, when the Albury-Corowa mail car crashed…

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Military Camp Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 2

Several men of the list Battery Australian Field Artillery, Wagga, had some exciting experiences at the camp at Holdsworthy last week…

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Fatal Motor Accident Barry Noonan Killed

Ariah Park News · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 7

The residents of Ariah Park and district were shocked on Monday morning when It was learn that Harold (Barry)…

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Child Accidentally Killed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

Esther Hutchinson, aged 10 years, only child of Mrs. S. Hutchinson, of Pullitop Station, was driving to the Burrandana School in a…

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Kensington Accident Tridomante Crashes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

The racehorse Tridomante collided with another horse at Kensington race track yesterday morning and fell heavily, breaking his shoulder…

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Man Killed. Tragic Accident Near Shell Depot

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

Residents of Yass and district were shocked on Saturday night when the news was broadcasted that a man had been fatally injured on the…

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ACCIDENT Fortunate Escape

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

An accident occurred on Tuesday morning last which resulted in three men receiving injuries. The injuries were not of a serious nature, but from…

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North Sea Collision Esperance Bay Damaged London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

The Commonwealth liner Esperance Bay collided with the outgoing Dutch ryter vessel Kota Radka off Cape North Foreland. The Esperance Bay's…

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Trams Collide 12 KILLED, 34 Injured Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

The goods waggons of a road tramway broke loose near Thionville and violently collided with a passenger tram at a level crossing. Twelve…

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Miss Bebe Daniels Injured in Motoring Mishap Los Angeles (Cal.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

Miss Bebe Daniels, the well known movie actress, was gravely injured, narrowly escaping death, in a motor car accident while while filming a scene…

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Motor Car Fatality Riverina Man Arrested Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

On Saturday night Mrs. Gibbons was knocked down by a motor car at St. Kilda Junction, and she died from her injuries. Detectives to-night arrested John…

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Woman's Throat Cut in Motor Vehicle Collision Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

A woman whose identity has not been established met her death under remarkable circumstances at Redfern at a late hour to-night. She was a…

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Sewerage Tunnel Collapses. One Killed, Four Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 3

Buried under a fall of earth at Killara to-day one man was killed and four others hurt, one of those being in a serious condition.. The victims are;…

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Fall of Earth One Man Killed Four Others Injured SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 1

Buried under a fall of earth at Killara yesterday, one man, J. Drown, was killed, and four others burt, one seriously…

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Painful Accidents

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. "Bill" Swasbrick was engaged in lifting the engine of a motor, at Cowshed Hill on Saturday last at half-past 1 o'clock, when it dropped…

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