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Accidents, 1928

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Why Tahiti Left Port After Collision Manager Explains that Inquiry Was Held

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 7

The owners of the Tahiti were criticised by Mr. Fletcher, the City Coroner, yesterday -- the seventeenth day of the Greycliffe inquiry…

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Man Is Fatally Injured by Passing Train Two Girls in Critical Condition -- Tragedy at Cabramatta Left on Wrong Side

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 2

A young man was killed and two young girls seriously injured when they were run down by a Sydney-bound train at Cabramatta railway…

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Fifty Years Ago the Great Railway Accident at Lapstone

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 6

It will be exactly 50 years next Monday (30th January) since the great[?] railway aceident at Lapstone occurred. It is still talked about with awe and…

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Cabramatta Accident Young Women Dies

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 8

Ada Hoy, aged 22, of Liverpool -road, Cabramatta, who, with her sister Edna, was injured last night in a train accident, in which Arthur Clark, aged 24,…

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Kiama Show Establishes More Records Jumper, Mystery, Shot After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 11

KIAMA, Friday. -- The Kiama show, which was concluded to-day, constituted a series of records. The gate takings, which amounted to £429, were…

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Railway Train Fatality Second Death Cabramatta Smash

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

Ada Hoy, of Liverpool-road Cabramatta, the second victim of Friday night's accident at Cabramatto Station, died yesterday morning at St. Joseph's…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

James Frederick Noble, of South-street, Granville, was thrown heavily to the roadway of Smithfield-street, Fairfield, when the sidecar broke away from his motor cycle last…

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Woman Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

Violet May Brown, aged 40 years, Mackenzie-street, Waverley, was knocked down by a motor car at the intersection of Tebitt-street and Pittwater-road, Narrabeen, late…

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Motor Accidents. Four People Injured. Lorry Driver Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

Four people were injured late on Saturday night when a motor lorry overturned on Parramatta-road, Flemington. They were: Doreen Howell, years of age, of…

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Boy Drowned. in Marrickville Waterhole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 16

Andrew Anelzark, aged 12, was drowned in a waterhole off Smith-street, Marrickville, late yesterday afternoon. Bathing in the hole, he suddenly sank below the surface of the…

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Child Killed. Remarkable Railway Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

Kathleen Jennings, a four-year-old child, who was returning with her parents on the Great Western express to Leonora, was killed on Saturday night in unusual circumstances…

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Rescuer Drowned Tragedy at Forbes Forbes

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 7

A VERDICT of accidental death was returned at the inquest to-day concerning the death of James Thomas Spice, who was drowned yesterday in the…

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40 Killed, 28 Injured CALCUTTA

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

A torn-up rail, believed to be the work of a train wrecker, was responsible for the derailing of the Rangoon-Mandalay mail, which crashed through…

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Boy's Spine Injured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

Edward Hanson, aged 14 years, a resident of Thornton, is in Maitland Hospital in a critical condition as the result of injuries received while swimming in a waterhole at…

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Young Man Killed When Cycle Skidded Collision with 'Bus

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 9

ALLAN Squllander, a young man, of Riley—street, Darlinghurst, was killed when the motor cycle on which he was a [?] skidded…

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Collision Injures Five Motor Car and Taxi Stanmore Street

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Five persons were injured bat fortunately not sep[?]only. when a car and taxi collided at Ca[?]ligan and Salisbury Streets Stanmore late last…

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Solicitor Injured. Unconscious in Bathroom. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 10

Dr. Donald Kerr, a well-known Adelaide solicitor, was on Saturday morning found unconscious in his bathroom, with his left wrist deeply gashed. The bath was full of…

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Man Killed. Six Persons Injured. Two Cars Collide. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

One man was killed and six persons were injured to-night in a collision between two motor, cars at the junction of Atherton and Dandenong roads at Oakleigh, about ten miles…

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Husband Killed in Car Collision Wife Seriously Hurt Smash in Victoria Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

An elderly man wee killed, and his wife critically injured, in a sensational motor smash on Dan, denon[?] Road, at Oakleigh, to…

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New Idea Disappearing Hare Success at Mascot Dogs Cannot Be Injured

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 11

When a dog in a tin hare race or trial breaks away and gallops in the opposite direction, there is always a danger…

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