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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

Ernest Healy, of Grafton-street, Woollahra, came into collision with a motor car while riding a motor cycle along Avoca-street, Randwick, yesterday afternoon. He was…

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Bexley Man Injured

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

Frederick Whye, a plumber, residing at Stoney Creek Road, Bexley, was injured in a lift well in the city. He was attending to some pipes in the well when…

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300 Sheep Drowned Toowoomba

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

A mob of 1100 mixed sheep, travelling to Dalby from Moree, was caught in a heavy storm near Talwood, when 6½ inches of rain fell. Three hundred…

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Shallow Dive. Youth Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12
Also in The St George Call

At the Vale of Ah pleasure grounds yesterday. Ernest Cummins (18), residing in Columbine-avenue, Bankstown, climbed a tree on the bank of the George's River and dived into…

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Injured Diving Maitland

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

Edward Banson 11 of Thornton was slaloming in a water held to-day and allwed into shallow water striking his hand on the battom…

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Explosion in Mine. Remarkable Accident. a Man Seriously Injured. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

A message from Queenstown states that a remarkable accident occurred at North Lyell mine at 11.30 o'clock last night, when Cecil Pickans, whose father resides at…

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Injured Youth. Beside Damaged Cycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

Inquiries are being made by the Ultimo police concerning an accident in Harris-street, Ultimo, last night, in which G. Trott, a youth, residing at Bulwarra-lane, Ultimo, was…

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Truck Driver Injured Reisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

A tram and motor truck collided near the Norman Hotel on Ipswich Road about 10 p.m. yesterday. The driver of the truck a man named…

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Tragic Picnic Young Boy Drowned Murwillumbah

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

WILLIAM LEWIS, 12, of Brisbane, who was hoildaying with relatives at South Murwillumbah, was drowned at Dum Dum yesterday afternoon…

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Motor Car Overturns. Six Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

Serious injuries were received by the six occupants of a motor car, which overturned after striking a telephone pole near Cronulla last night. The injured…

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Bather Is Drowned Warner's Bay Tragedy Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 6

The body of D. Towarn, 39. of Kings Road, Tigbe's Hill, was recovered at Warner's Bay. Lake Macquarie, this morning…

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Head-on Collision Motor Bike and Lorry Yass

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

A head-on collision occurred in Holding Street yesterday afternoon, when a motor bicycle, ridden by Phil. Led-'iter, collided with n motor lorry…

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Yarra's Fault Newcastle Collision Excessive Speed Chief Engineer's Error

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

Excessive speed on the part of the collier Yarra was responsible for the collision that occurred between that…

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"Yarra to Blame" Not Properly Manned N'castle Collision

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

IN delivering the Judgment of the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day regarding the collision between the steamers Yarra. Huddart Parker. Ltd…

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Cowardly Attack. Music Teacher Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

Miss Mackie, a music teacher, who resides alone in a dwelling in Richmond-street, was admitted to hospital last night suffering from severe scalp wounds. She told the police that…

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Motoring Mishaps Crashes on the Road Collision in National Park

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

Colliding with a motor-car at Windsor (N.S.W.) on Saturday afternoon, Aubrey Bushell, aged nineteen years, a member of a well-known Windsor…

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Razors Used. In City Street. Man and Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 12

Considerable mystery surrounds an assault, in which razors and a revolver were used, and a man and a woman injured, in Elizabeth-street, near Reservoir-street, city, last night…

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FELL 15 Feet Over Cliff Girl Injured in Game With Brother

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 3

Eva Beard (15), was playing at Como with her little brother yesterday- afternoon, when she overbalanced and fell 15 feet over a cliff. She was admitted…

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Blow-out Upsets Car Hits Telegraph Pole- Five Injured Caringbah Crash

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

When a tyre of a car blew out in Kings's Way Caringheh near Sutherland last night the vehicle swerved across the road erashed into a…

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