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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Accident at Albury. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 14

As the result of a collision between a motor car and a motor lorry at the intersection of the Townsend and Smollett streets, Charles Plume (18) was taken to the Albury…

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"Deliberate" Mutilation After Accident Husband's Theory Woman's Strange Death Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 9

"Unaccountable!"-- In one word Mr. E. Sampson referred to-day to the facial injuries, sustained by his wife, Mrs. Iolene…

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Crossing Accident--Painter Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 9

Edward Mervyn Madden, aged 28, a painter, of Gladstone-avenue, Ryde, was, at the Redfern Court to-day, charged with having driven a…

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A Bundle of Letters Harbor Accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 11

Mr. L. C. Carrington (hon. secretary Willoughby federated Progress Associations) writes:-- The danger of harbor collisions is…

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Cycle-truck Accident Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 6

Stanley Hunt, adult, of Booval, while riding a motor-cycle on Redcliffe Road yesterday, collided with a motor-truck, and received a fracture of the left…

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Youth Drowned. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

Percy Raymond Wade, aged l8, residing at Table Cape, was drowned as the result of a boating accident in Chambers Bay. Table Cape, to-day. Deceased was paddling in an…

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Peculiar Drowning Swallowed His Teeth Maitland

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 6

"Accidentally drowned" was the verdict recorded by the District Coroner, Mr. W. J. McLaughlin, at the inquiry held to-day, at the West Maitland…

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Motor Fatality. Beecroft Touring Party. Car Overturns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

Mr. W. H. Ballard, president of Beecroft Bowling Club, has been advised that his son. Stewart, aged 21 years, was killed yesterday afternoon. Only the day before Mr. Ballard…

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Caught by Tide. Man Drowned. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

It was reported to the police on Monday that a man who had been swimming between some reefs at the,mouth of the Cara River, near Somerset, had disappeared…

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Two Injured. Car and Tram Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

Two men were injured when a motor car and a steam tram collided at the Intersection of Kogarah-parade and Grey-street. Kogarah, about 11.30 last night. They were taken by…

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Car Passes Over Surfers' Peril at Two Men Freshwater After a Collision One Victim Critical Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

Two members of Corrimal Miners' Lodge were seriously injured white returning from work at the pit this afternoon…

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Vicious Assault with Bottle Man Severely Injured in Early Morning Fracas Four-hoodlums Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

When he attempted to go to the rescue of a man who was being attacked by four hoodlums at Darlinghurst section early this…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

A rowing boat containing four young men capsized In the River Yarra. Three of the occupants reached the bank, but one, Stephen Murray, aged 2S years, a recent arrival from…

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Pea Rifle Accidents. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

Two pea rifle accidents occurred in the district. While Ralph Sbumnck was cleaning a weapon at Sunny Corner It exploded and the bullet entered a thigh of his…

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Pea Rifle Accident. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 10

G[?]bert watt, a youth, when out shooting with Ralph Bennett, aged 14 years, dropped a loaded pea rifle, which exploded, and the bullet entered Bennett's foot. The injured…

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Too Many Car Accidents Insurance Men Lose Money Rates to Be Heavier New York

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

BECAUSE the American Judges and Juries have shown a steady tendency to increase damages against car-owners who are responsible for…

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Serious Rifle Accidents Lithgow Boys Are Hurt Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 6

George Williams, 16, a resident of High Street, met with a serious accident while cut shooting in the bush near Lithgow. He was carrying a…

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Car and Tram Collide Midnight Accident at Kogarah

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

In a collision between a motor car and a steam tram on the corner of Grey Street and Railway Parade, Kogarah, late last night two men were…

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Jockey Drowned. a Singular Fatality at Bega

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

William Gardiner, a well-known jockey, when swimming a racehorse in the river at Bega (N.S.W.) on Tuesday morning last, fell off and…

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Bathing Accidents. One Man Drowned

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

Doll's Point was the scene of two bathing accidents last week-end, one man being drowned and another having a narrow escape. In the latter case…

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