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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Liverpool-road Fatality. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 5

Sir,—Regarding your report in this morning's paper headed "Careless Parents," there has been no carelessness regarding the parents. As for the child who was killed,…

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Injured in the Surf Struck by a "Shooter"

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 1

When another bather, shooting the breakers at Coogee yesterday afternoon, cannoned into her, Mrs. Elleen Derris, 30, of Newman St., Newtown…

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Life Saver Drowned Hugh Macready at Clovelly No Trace of Body

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 1

HUGH KENNEDY MACREADY, 23, of Arden Street, Clovelly, a member of Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club, is believed to have been drowned at…

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Fatal Smash Temora Tragedy 1 KILLED : 2 Injured Temora

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 9

ONE man was killed and a man and a woman were injured, when a car ran through a [?] and overturned about a mile from Temora last…

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80 Injured in Indian Riots Mass Protest Against Commission Calcutta

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 5

RIOTS and boycotts continue throughout India as a protest against the arrival of the new Commission of Inquiry into the question…

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Two Are Badly Injured Head-on Car Smash Girl Flung Through Windscreen

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 5

Two people were seriously injured when two cars crashed head-on in Parramatta Road, Lidcombe, yesterday…

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Surf Boards Used to Save Swimmers at Manly Eight Men Swept Out by Undertow Rescue Lines Become Entangled in Rocks; Woman Injured at Bondi Busy Day for Lifesavers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

Rough seas and a strong undertow swept most beaches yesterday, many people being carried out and rescued in trying conditions. At Manly over twenty people were rescued and in…

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Level Crossing Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 12

In a collision which occured at the railway level crossing in High-street, Shepparton, on Saturday night, between a sh[?]ting engine and a motor car the body of the car was…

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Country News. Chaff-cutting Accident. Harden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 12

When engaged in chaff-cutting Herbert Manwaring. 23, had his right hand severed through its being drawn into the cutter. His brother applied a tourniquet, and together they walked…

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Accidentally Shot Deniliquin

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 7

While a party of Deniliquin youths were returning from a shooting expedition in a car, a gun exploded in the vehicle, and a lad. Norman…

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Motor Collision Two Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

Two people were injured on Sunday afternoon when a motor car, proceeding along Parramatta-road, Lidcombe, collided with another driven by Stanley…

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Surf Fatality. Young Woman Drowned. Treacherous Current. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 11

After being swept from her feet by the force Of incoming breakers, and carried out to sen by the backwash of a treacherous current, Miss Katherine Molloy, aged 35 years, was drowned…

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Many Injured Two Cars Crash Hill Top Collision Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 6

A terrine motor smash occurred on the main highway between Bathurst and Orange, when one of the Sydney service cars, travelling towards…

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Drowned in Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

TWEED HEADS, Monday.--Miss Mary Katherine Molloy, 35, single, was drowned while surfing at Billinga with three others…

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Old Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 12
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James Henry Johnson aged 87 years, of Beaumont-street, Pitt Town, near Windsor, was found drowned in the Hawkesbury River about 11 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Hawkesbury Pioneer Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 12

Mr. James Henry Johnston, aged 87, one of the oldest farmers on the Hawkesbury, who was drowned there yesterday, is to be buried to-day in the…

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Found Drowned. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 12

Mr. James Henry Johnston, of vermont, Pitt Town, a native and lifelong resident of the Hawkesbury district, was found drowned in the Hawkesbury River, near Pitt Town…

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Old Man Drowned in Hawkesbury River

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

James Henry Johnson, 87, farmer was drowned in thy Hawkesbury River at Pitt Town yesterday. Relatives of the old man, becoming…

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Young Life-saver Drowned at Clovelly

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 15

The body of Hugh Kennedy Macreadle, the well-known young Clovelly life saver, who disappeared in the surf at Clovelly on Sunday, was found…

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