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Daily News
Year End Review - 1928
FATALITIES ON LAND & SEA
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Publishing Any monetary or commercial gain from using this material is strictly
prohibited and subject to legal action.
The records were transcribed by JOHN BAIRD Formatted by GEORGE WHITE
While we have endeavored to be as
correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors.
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December 21, 1927 | Patrick Riley, formerly of Carbonear, C.B., drowned at Fairhaven, when car plunges over bridge. |
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| January 4, 1928 | Claude Newman, 15, drowned at Botwood, whilst skating on harbor. |
| January 7, 1928 | George Morgan, 5, Whitbourne, dies from burns.
Joseph Garland, 63, North Battery, drowned. |
| January 14, 1928 | Oliver and Henry Thornhill, age 21, and 23 years respectively, drowned at Little Bay East., F.B., whilst attending traps. |
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| February 28, 1928 | Samuel Cobb, Wabana, killed whilst drilling. Drill strikes blind blast. |
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| March 5, 1928 | Mrs. Wesley Pardy, frozen to death on ice near Seal Cove, during storm, whilst attempting to reach home at Wild Cove, nearby. |
| March 29, 1928 | Clara Waterman, 22, dies at General Hospital as result of burns. |
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| April 6, 1928 | Abram Basha, 53, killed by street car at railway station crossing. |
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| May 3, 1928 | Walter Oldford, 29, of Greenspond, drowned at Long bridge. |
| May 10, 1928 | Westbury Stokes, 18, accidentally shot off Cape Freels whilst bird shooting. |
| May 15, 1928 | Stephen Anderson, 15, drowned at Boswarlos, Port au Port.
Bruce Travers, of Loon Bay, drowned in Barachoix Brook, Bay of Islands. |
| May 28, 1928 | Philip George Cook, 58, killed by bolting horse, at Central Fire Hall.
Capt John B Farrell, killed in explosion on fishing vessel Mary, at Gloucester, Mass.
Lloyd Clarke of New Melbourne, drowned by falling over schooner, Olgag, at
Old Perlican. |
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| June 4, 1928 | William Hollett, 19, drowned when dory swamped at La Have, N.S.
Jimmie Finn, 19 months, Curling, drowned in well. |
| June 11, 1928 | Mrs Rosanna Mercer, Bay Roberts, drowned.
Archibald Moulton, 40, Edward Moulton, 19, James Moulton, 16, of Burin Bay
Arm, drowned when boat capsized at Burin Harbor. |
| June 22, 1928 | Walter Vaters, 20, of Bristol’s Hope, killed at Buchan’s. |
| June 24, 1928 | James Fox, 16, killed by motor car on Harvey Road. |
| June 30, 1928 | William G Smith, and John Patterson, drowned at Gull Pond, Seal Cove, whilst fishing. |
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| July 7, 1928 | Paul Kelly, died following falling 170 feet from Duggan’s Mount, North Arm, Holyrood.
Charles Hayce, and James Cox, drowned at sea from schooner Arnelt, at
Fortune. |
| July 13, 1928 | Robert Dawe, killed in motor collision with train at Joy’s Point Crossing, Holyrood. |
| July 16, 1928 | Joseph Gould, drowned from boat at Port Saunder’s.
John Rose, 44, dies from injuries received in Glace Bay Colliery. |
| July 17, 1928 | John Cox, 25, of Diamond Cove, drowned from schooner Reginald Moulton.
Joseph Manning, 23, of Harbor Grace, drowned at Buchan’s whilst swimming. |
| July 23, 1928 | George Clouter, Catalina, killed by gravel fall, whilst working on road. |
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| August 4, 1928 | Martin Hickey, 50, formerly of Harbor Grace, killed in motor accident at Pendleton, B.C. |
| August 8, 1928 | Charles Adams, 7, killed by motor car on Pennywell Road. |
| August 13, 1928 | Silas Matthew Whalen, 40, formerly of Cupids, killed at Lansing, Lich. |
| August 14, 1928 | Milton Martin, 12 ½, drowned in Harbor. Body recovered in November. |
| August 23, 1928 | Ralph Eddy, drowned from Bishop’s Falls trestle. |
| August 30, 1928 | Walter Evans, 24, of Fortune Bay, drowned from schooner Charles and Eric, at Fortune. |
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| September 1, 1928 | Leonard Joseph Sulley, 6, killed by motor car on Military Road. |
| September 21, 1928 | George Chafe, 9, Trinity, falls over stage head and is drowned. |
| September 26, 1928 | Andrew Chafe, 27, formerly of St. John’s, killed in New York. |
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| October 14, 1928 | John Young, Cape St George, accidentally killed while bird hunting. |
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| November 10, 1928 | Sylvester Picco, 13, of Fair Islands, B.B., drowned from Steer’s wharf. |
| November 24, 1928 | Jasper Lake, of schooner John Millett, of Fortune, drowned at sea. |
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| December 12, 1928 | Henry B Lyon, 82, accidently drowned in harbor. |
| December 20, 1928 | Mr. Alfred Chadwick, 79, found dead in Harbor Grace. |
| December 23, 1928 | Bodies of Edward Noseworthy, and his sister-in-law Mrs. Hannah Noseworthy, found in field on Freshwater Road. Death due to exposure and malnutrition. |
| December 25, 1928 | Norman Troope, 24, drowned as result of explosion in motor boat, at Ireland’s Eye, T.B. |
| December 27, 1928 | Edward J Whitty, dies from injuries received from falling off boiler at Railway Station. |
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