Edward Francis James HAWTHORNE [189] ⁴⁶⁶

  General Notes:

Birth registered as Edward Francis James Tangey because no fathers name was registered on birth certificate. The birth was registered by Ellen Maud Saffron who is names as "friend" however Ellen Maud Saffron was Elizabeth Hawthorne's eldest daughter.

The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Tuesday 18 December 1928 Page 10
MOTOR TRAFFIC.
CAR RUNS OVER EMBANKMENT.
Crashes Into a Tree.
The Driver Killed.
Early yesterday morning a motor car containing three men skidded on the Melbourne-Bendigo road, about two miles from Macedon, and crashed, into a tree,.One of the occupants was killed and the others injured.
The victims were: - 1
KILLED.
JOHN PARSELL, 32 years, of Langley, near Kyneton.
INJURED.
EDWARD FRANCIS HAWTHORNE, of Castlemaine; broken collarbone.
ALBERT J. WHALEY, Kyneton; shock.
According to statements to the police the party was returning from Melbourne to Kyneton, after having driven to his home a motor cyclist whose machine had been disabled near Kyneton the previous day. The car was being driven by the owner, Parsell. Approaching Macedon the car skidded over an incline, and collided with a tree. Hawthorne and Whaley were thrown clear, but Parsell was thrown through the wind screen.
The injured men were conveyed to Gisborne by a passing motorist.

Coincidentally John Parsell and Edward Francis Hawthorne are both in this family tree, but on different sides of the family.

Stories regarding this accident appeared in the following papers:-
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The Daily News (Perth,... (1)
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The Mercury (Hobart, T... (1)
The Narracoorte Herald... (1)
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: The Age Newspaper, 18 Dec 1928, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.