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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Champion Cyclists Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 34

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. --Grose, the New Zealand cycle champion, was injured while training at Christchruch, and is now in hospital…

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COLLISION. Train and Trucks. JUNEE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 11

It has Just been revealed a high railway official that a serious railway accident Was narrowly averted at Wagga on Monday night. As it was, the damage done was Considerable…

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On Wrong Line Engine Crew Injured Orange

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 13

TWO railway employees were injured when their engine struck a dead-end. The injured men are:— Fireman Alfred Hic[?]…

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Over Embankment. Car Falls Thirty Feet. Five Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 15

The five occupants of a motor car were seriously injured about 8 o'clock last night, when the car crashed through a fence, and fell over an embankment about 30 feet high…

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Car Drops Forty Feet Five Injured Sensational Smash at Granville Just Misses Train

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 1

MISTAKING a dead-end for a road, a car with five passengers crashed through a fence in Bridge Road, Granville, last night, dropped 40 feet,…

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Are Arteries Injured by Athletics? Doctor's Test to Prove They Are Not Applause of Crowds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 7

"That the arteries should be absolutely normal is certainly the condition that one would expect with an athlete," said "Macquarie…

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Head Pierced. Accident on Farm. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 13

While erecting a tent in a paddock on Brunskill's farm to-day, George Rutherford, bending over to secure a guy-rope, failed to notice a pithfork, one of the prongs of…

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Accident Ends Fatally. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 12

M. O'Connor, who was seriously intered when thrown out of a cart contracted tetance, and died this morning. He leaves a wife and a grown-up family…

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Accidents at Tamworth. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 12

While chopping wood, Henry Hunt, of Moonda, severely cut his right foot with an axe, necessitating several stitches. Thomas McFurland, of Nundle, fell from a…

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Standen Badly Injured

Arrow · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 15

Standen, however, met with a nasty accident last Wednesday while training with Gray and others at English Park, Christchurch. His pedal struck the…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 15

James Wylle 56, of Kensington-street, East Perth, who was run down by a train at a crossing yesterday afternoon, and had one leg completely severed below the knee and the…

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Cyclist Hurt Collision with Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 14

Roy Adams (20), printer, residing at Champion-road, Gladesville, was riding a motor bike one the Woodville-road, Granville, on Saturday, when he…

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Three Drowned in Harbor Capsize

The Land · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 7

Three of the seven occupants of a ship's bout from the steamer Baldina were drowned in Sydney Harbor on Friday afternoon when the boat was…

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Boy and Girl Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 12

Two drowning cases occurred near Murray Bridge to-day. Two girls, with a child. aged three, while driving near an irrigation drain struck a culvert spanning the drain, and…

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Miner Injured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 12

Leslie Holden, a miner, employed at the field No. 2 colliery, was struck by a fall coal while at work to-day. He received contusions to the back and hips…

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Harbor Collision Nambucca and Tiga Court's Decision

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 13

A Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Judge Cohen (president) and Captains W. T. Howell and J. M. Hart, to-day inquired into the…

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Boats Too Close Harbor Collision Claim Hobart

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 6

An echo of the collision which occurred in Christmas afternoon, 1927, between the [?] streamer Pogo Carteria was [?] in the Admiralty Court today, what the…

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Fell on Escalator Man's Spine Injured

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 15

While stepping on a descending escalator, at Milson's Point, this morning, Prank Wood, aged 47, salesman, of Remuera-street, Willoughby,…

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Woman Drowned in Dam. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 16

Mrs. Washbourne. whose husband attempted to shoot her and then committed suicide at Selwyn, was found drowned in a dam near her home…

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Boat Capsized Three Persons Drowned Tragedy on Sydney Harbor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 4

A sudden squall caused the capsize of a ship's boat belonging to the Adelaide Company's steamer Baldina,in Sydney Harbor, on Friday afternoon…

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