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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Youth Drowned. Wellington (N. Z)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The yacht Buccaneer, manna youths, was capsized by a hea[?] off Sumner Beach, [?] crew became entangled [?]…

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Two Sisters Drowned in River Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Two sisters, named Dette, aged 14 and 12, were drowned while bathing in the Wanganui River. The younger girl got into difficulties,…

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Run Down by Train Fatality at Newtown. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

William Clark, 30, of Bankstown, was run down and killed by a train near New down lines, bore down on them . Clark, in company with other…

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Five Injured Car Climbs Embankment. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Five persons were injured, one seriously, when a motor car travelling at a high sp[?]l swerved off the roadway, climbed [?]bankment and crashed into a fence…

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Bus and Tram Collide. Four Passengers Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Four passengers were injured when a motor' bus and tram collided at Marickville this afternoon. The bus, which was bound from…

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Toll of the Car Two Brothers Killed, Three Others Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Russell Carter and Allen Carter brothers aged 16 and 18 respectively, were killed and three others were badly injured in a motor car accident near…

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Car and Cycle Sensational Smash Young Man Killed Two Injured, One Critically. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

One man was killed and two others injured when a motor car collided with a bicycle and then dashed into n culvert and overturned in Hardy…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

A slight improvement was reported Last night in the condition of the lad Willi[?] Andrews, who was injured by a pea rifle bullet at South Grafton on Boxing Day,…

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SPAHLINGER Terrible Accident Germ Flask Bursts Experimenter Splashed with Cultures London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The Geneva correspondent of the London "Daily Express" states that Henri Spahlinger, was working in his laboratory with an emulsion of…

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Six Injured in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 4

Six persons were taken to hospital as a result of a collision between two motor cars at Darlinghurst to-day. The most seriously hurt was Ernest…

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Girl Fatally Injured Accident at Woodburn. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 4

Gladys Isabella --Johnston, 13, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnston, of Mummulgum, died in Coraki hospital this afternoon as a result of injuries…

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Two Boys Drowned Boots Found in River. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

The bodies of two lads, Reginald and Edmond Worn, were found in the Yarra Weir at Healesville to-day. The lads disappeared during the week. The…

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Two Brothers Killed Third Occupant Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 4

A motor ear overturned near Mallacoota, pinning the occupants underneath, William Clarke[?] and Norman Clarke, brothers, of Glenhuntly, were killed…

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Car Capsizes on Way to Races Seven People Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 4

Seven persons on [?] way to the Randwick racecourse to[?]re injured when a motor car caps[?] ile rounding a bend in Prince's [?], Banksia…

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Four Killed in Holiday Traffic Smashes Girl Killed by Motor at Woodburn Over Thirty Persons Injured in Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 4

The rush of, and increase in, the holiday traffic maelstrom each new year adds to the toll of death and the number of persons injured, chiefly by motor vehicles. This new year has proved no exception. Four persons were killed,…

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Collision at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 4

Two motor cars travelling in opposite directions collided in Leycester-street, Lismore, in the vicinity of the North Coast Children's Home on Friday…

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Boat Capsized Young Girl Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

Winnie Towers, a young girl, was drowned at Tuggerah while prawning, as the result of a boat capsizing…

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Surfing Fatality Pathetic Incident at Geelong. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

Walter Batty, 37, of North Geelong, disappeared in the breakers when swimming towards the beach at Bream Creek. The body was washed ashore several hours…

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Boy Apparently Drowned Resuscitated After Two Hours. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

Clifford Hillier, 10, of Hurstville, who was carried out by the undertow at Sandringham to-day, was brought ashore apparently dead. After artificial respiration…

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Woman's Skull Fractured Two Motor Cars in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

A collision occurred, at Croydon this morning between two motor cars. Mrs. Frances Robson, a passenger in one car, was thrown from her seat and…

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