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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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CLOUDBURST. Man Drowned at Lithgow. Flood Water Disappears Down Colliery. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 12

A cloudburst occurred at Oakey Park, [?] Lithgow, this afternoon, when a man namad John Brennan, 67 years of age, was drowned. A remarkable feature of the storm was that…

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Motor Accidents. Fatalities in Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 15

On Saturday night Richard John Stanhope. 27, of Glencig, was killed in a collision between a motor car and the motor cycle which he was riding near Henley Beach…

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After Eight Weeks. Death Follows Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 15

Harold Frederick Lennis, aged 23, of Longdown-street, Newtown, was was injured in a motor car accident at the corner of Riley and Campbell streets on Christmas of Riley in…

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Relentless Floods Take Tragic Toll Throughout State Death and Destruction in Track of Storm Floods Take Life and Livelihood Man Is Swept From His Back Yard Another Drowned in River Mine Damaged to the Extent of £500,000 Trains Still Held Up

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 5

TWO victims were claimed during the week-end by the flood that are sweeping the State. A Lithgow resident went into his, backyard, which abuts on a creek, and was hurled into the water and drowned as u section of the bank…

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Lifesaver's Death. Accidentad Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 6

Just before 11 o'clock on the morning of February 5, Hugh Kennedy Macreadle, a wellknown member of the Clovelly Life-Saving Club, was seen standing on the platform at…

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Baby Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 12

The dead body of a boy baby. appa[?] about six months old, was found [?] the harbour at the foot of Adolp[?]-street Bal[?], on Sunday. The body seemed…

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The Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 12

Stanley Stephenson, aged 25, drowned in the Lachian, near Forbes, while attempting to cross on horseback. John Brennan, swept into a creek after a…

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Not Drowned Casino

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who were believed to have been drowned in Grady's Creek Casino, several days ago, are alive and well…

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Men Drowned. Dorrigo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 11

The body of a man mined Peery was discovered in Kirton's Creek, Leigh about six miles from Dorrigo, shortly before noon to-day. Two brothers named Simpson were…

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Two More Drowned in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--Caught in the swirling current of a flooded creek, a horse and sulky containing three men were swept away at Wallaville. Two…

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175 Injured Munich

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

One hundred and seventy-five persons were injured in the collapse of a grandstand at the revival of the historic ceremony, ''butcher's leap"…

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Drowned in Taxi Died at Wheel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 6

A wheel of a taxicab being driven along the towing-path at Walton-on-Thames, recently, caught in a deep rut, causing the taxicab to swerve and plunge…

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Baby Drowned in Bath. Mother's Pathetic Story

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 12

A distracted mother told a pathetic story to the City Coroner yesterday morning during the inqiry into the death of her buby. A verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Factory Fatality. Man Caught in Wheel. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 11

Hugh Davis, of Lachian-street, Thirroul, an employce of the Vuldan Refractories Coy., was accidentally killed to-day. Whilst engaged at his usual work at the grinding [?] he slipped…

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Man Drowned Near Dorrigo Riderless Horse Brothers' Grim Find Dorrigo

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

A man named Perry, who arrived here on Friday from Disputed Pla[?] Richmond River, to inspect a farm, at Leigh, which he proposed buying…

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300 DROWNED Steamers Collide on the Yang-tze River SHANGHAI

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

The most ghastly tragedy for many years in China waters occurred on Saturday night, on the Yang-tze River, near Chin-Kiahg, when a…

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With Iron Bar Two Men Injured Incident at the Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

Gerald Beckett (29), of Pearl-street, Newtown, was struck on the head with an iron bar at the Castle Hill Show about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen and Jury.) Injured by Platform Truck. Briscoe v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 8

In this case Daisy Marie Briscoe, of Newland-street, Waverley, sued the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales to recover £50 damages for negligence. Plaintiff…

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Three Hundred Killed in Collision on Yangtsze River in the Dark Crowded Ship Rammed 500 in Panic Shanghai

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

Three hundred persons are believed to have been drowned or killed in one of the most ghastly tragedies that has taken place in Chinese waters for many years. The crashing of two steamers on the Yangtsze river…

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Receding Floods Leave Trail of Devastation Death Roll Reaches Eleven Enormous Damage to Property-- Crops Ruined, Stock Drowned, Homes Wrecked Many Narrow Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Floods have spread death and desolation over two States. In New South Wales seven lives have been lost, and four deaths have been reported from Queensland…

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