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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

1,179 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 59

Woman Drowned Parramatta Tragedy Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Rose Westamacotte, 50 who lately resided at Charles Street, parramatta, was found drowned in the Parramatta River, near the flood gages, this…

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Cars in Collision Crash on Kelso Road

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

At about 7 o'clock last evening, two ears collided on the Kelso-road, but fortunately the occupants were unhurt. One car, driven by Mr…

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Train and Motor Car Collision. Eleven Killed. VANCOUVER

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

An Austin (Texas) message sta[?] that eleven members of the Bay University basket ball team were [?] and eleven injured, five [?]…

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Motors Collide Three Women Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

When two motor cars collided on the western road to-day, three women were injured. Mrs. Scholz, of Wentworthville…

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Viscount Curzon Injured in Motor Smash London

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Viscount Curzon. who is a noted speed motorist, was driving his car when it skidded at a bend in a frost-covered road and overturned and fell…

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Child Injured Car and Cycle Collide Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 15

During the week end several persons were killed as a result of motor car accidents. In one case Annie Colless, 19 and…

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Crashed Into Post Cricketers in Smash Two Men Injured

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Through their motor car skidding on a sand bed, and crashing into a post, a party of Bathurst cricketers were thrown to the…

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Train Leaves the Rails. Six Persons Injured. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Six persons were injured [?] cable tram left the [?] while [?] a curve. The derailment is posed to have been caused by a…

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Three Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

At the ironworks on Friday afternoon Santoreno Tonio, a laborer, sustained a broken, toe as the result of a billet of iron falling on it. The…

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Fatal Accident at Condobolin

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Herbert [?], aged 15, recently from England, was engaged felling [?] at Kookaburragong Station, on Thursday. He had felled one, but in…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Passenger Thrown Into Tree Fork. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Lester Begg[?], aged 27, of North Carlton, was killed and two other persons injured, when a [?] car crashed over an embankment at Aura, near…

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Accident Ends Fatally. Four-Year-Old Boy Killed

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

An accident of a very painful charted, which [?] Allan, the [?] years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlies [?] bard, of Rosemary Lane, Orange, had…

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Stepped Through Train Door. Sleek Walker's Accident. NEWCASTLE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

James O'Neill, a railway employee, who was walking in his sleep, stepped through the carriage door of a fast-moving train between Broadmeadow…

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Death [?] Road. Orange Man Tells. How Motor Fatality Occurred

Orange Star · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 4

The Coroner at Katoomba, Mr. A. Judges, at. an inquiry concerning the death of John George Carson Hunter, 21, who was…

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Girl Loses Eye Accident at Orange Woollen Mills Orange

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

Barbara Williams (19), a recent arrival from London, engaged as a weaver at the Orange woollen mills was working to-day when the shuttle…

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Killed by Explosion. Wallerawang Roads Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

At the Lithgow courthouse on Monday, Coroner Boyd held an inquest into the death of Daniel Walsh (45), a powder monkey, who died as the result of…

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3 Drowned Floods in Queensland Terrific Damage Brisbane

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

With the partial restoration of communications, graphic stories are coming through of the terrific flood…

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The Mt. Victoria Fatality Unknown Driver's Carelessness. "I'll Catch the Cow." Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 1

The Coroner, Mr. A. Judges, at an inquiry concerning the death of John George Carson Hunter, 21, who was killed in a motor accident on the Great…

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Sleeper Cutter's Terrible! Accident. Back Cat With Axe. ROCKHAMPTON

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 6

James Cronin was the victim of a peculiar accident while sleeper cuti[?]ing near Yamba. [?] mate's are slipped off the greasy wood and[?]…

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Woollen Mills' Accident. Girl Loses an Eye

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 6

Miss Burbu[?] Williams. 19 years of age, was the victim of a serious accident [?] the Orange W[?]llen Mills, un Monday afternoon. and as a result…

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