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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Country News and Personal Notes Child Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 28

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday. -- Patricia "Margaret Patrick, 3 years of age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Patrick, was drowned at the residence…

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Knocked Off Tram Schoolboy Is Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 15

WHILE riding on the footboard of a tram in Flinders-street, Darlinghurst, to-day, a schoolboy. Arthur Edwards, 10, of Green's-road, Paddington, was…

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The Sun Stop-press Boy Drowned" in Surf Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 1

A boy, whoso name is believed to be Patrick Sullivan, was overcome by the strong surf at Stockton this afternoon and drowned…

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Collapse of Turkish Baths Algerian Horror Five Women Killed Numbers Are Injured Algiers

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 5

Turkish Baths for the feminine Mohammedan residents of the city collapsed last night with a sickening crash,…

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Three Men Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

HOBART, Wednesday.--Three young men, John Mann, Edward Osborne, and, Kay Cameron, were drowned at South Arm when the punt in which they Were…

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Found Drowned Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

Pietre Demartina, 15 has been found drowned in the river at Catrns. He was a farm worker. and had a wife and children in Italy. Demartina has…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 12

While bathing in the river. Mary Rossiter, aged 16 years, got out of her depth. She was unable to swim, and two girl companions called for help. As she was sinking…

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Both Legs Almost Severed Youth Falls Under Tram, Then Figures in Car Collision Benefactor Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 8

A youth named Joseph Beveridge (16), of 5 Orlando Avenue, Mosman, had both legs practically severed when he fell under a tram in Military Road,…

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Tram Fatality Driver for Trial

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 13

AT the conclusion of the inquiry this afternoon into the death of Princes Ol[?] Josephine Dunn, 24, on December 17, the AcUng-City Coroner, Mr. Flynn,…

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Tahiti Helpless? to Avoid Collision Ferry Master's View

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 13

JEFFREY Reginald Clark, ho was in charge of the ferry Burraba on the day of the Greycliffe disaster, said at the Coroner's Court to-day…

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Five Injured in Melbourne Smash Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 9

TWO women, two men and a lad were injured when 1[?] meter cars collided at North Fitzroy [?] last night. One of the cars was completely wrecked…

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Boy's Axe Slipped I Woodcutter Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

John Harkners, 30, of Lake Illawarra, and his left leg severely lacerated yesterday. With another man and a boy. Darkness…

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Hole in Bow Oil Tender's Bump Collision in Harbor Steamer Undamaged

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 15

A collision between the North Coast steamer Nambucca and the oil tender Tigi occurred between Goat Island…

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Motor Car Turns Over Two Are Injured Cootamundra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

A Ford car, driven by William Richardson, Jnr. came to grief on the Gap Road last night. Richardson was driving, accompanied by Ted Maegan and…

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Man Drowned by a Fish N. York Angler's Fate New York

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

AN inquest on the body of a man recovered from Long Island Sound revealed that the man had probably been drowned by the fish…

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Nasty Accident

The Auburn and Lidcombe Advance · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

While little Hilton Hawkins, aged 2 years was standing at the front gate of his home, “Wilcannia,” Sheffield. street, Auburn, on Tuesday evening…

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Collision with Car Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

When the push[?] was riding collided with a motor car at the [?]…

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Harbour Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

A collision occurred off Goat Island yesterday morning between the oil-lighter Tign, owned by the British Imperial Oil Co., Ltd., and the North Coast Stream Navigation…

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Drowning Accidents Mystery of the Lachlan a Tragedy of the Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

ThE body of Louise Tardy, who disappeared, from her home at Forbes (N.S.W.) on Thursday of last week, was found in the Lachlan river on…

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Child Drowned in Yard

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

Patricia M. Patrick, aged throe years, was drowned in the back yard of her parents' residence at Murwillumbah on Monday owing to the river…

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