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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

Thomas McGuire, a miner, residing at Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, net with a serious accident while working at the Pelaw Main Colliery…

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General News Children Narrowly Escape Drowning

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 7

While playing in water at the back of their home at Mudgee on Wednesday three children got out of their depth. Lucy Robinson went to their…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Death of Mr. Harry Miller

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

Cessnock people, among whom he was well known, were both shocked and grieved to hear of the death of Mr. Harry Miller, who died in the…

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Terribly Injured. Dray Driver Dragged to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 6

Robert Payne (57), of Darley Road, Randwick, was killed on Thursday night, when he fell from the vehicle he was driving, and becoming…

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Struck by Fire Engine. Woman Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

While dashing to answer a call from Paling's buildings, in George-street, Sydney, a fire engine struck Mrs. Hill, an elderly woman, wha was…

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Motor Cycles Collide Two Young Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

Riding together on a motor cycle along Parramatta-road last night, Arthur Bowman, 26, and his brother George, 21 both of Parramatta, came…

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Terrified Passengers. Sydney Harbour Incident. Collision Narrowly Averted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

It transpires that a collision was narrowly averted in the harbour last night between the ferry steamer Kuramia and the steamer Merimbula…

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Men Run Over. Third Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

William Cassells, 40, cement worker, was killed and James Frost, 41, flagman, severely injured when run-down by four hoppers between…

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Man Shot. Remarkable Accident at Kempsey. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

A man named Garven met with an unusual accident near Kempsey. Awaking from a sleep, he threw out his arms, one of which came into…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

Mr. Al. Osmond is recovering satisfactorily after his fall from a horse. Al had to be taken to the hospital…

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Bullahdelah Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

Alex. Arkley, aged 40, a married man, living at Mayer's Flat. Bullahdelah, was admitted to the Wallsend Hospital, suffering from a…

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Accident at Hebburn Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

Whilst working at the Hebburn Colliery on Monday, Mr. J. McLeod, of Kurri Kurri, met with an injury to his fingers. He was leading a…

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Drowning Fatality. Inquest at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 13

At the Cessnock Courthouse this morning, the District Coroner (Mr. G. Brown, J.P.). held an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding…

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Assault Case. Aftermath of Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

Geoffrey and Leonard Musgrave, who was charged at Windsor Police Court with having occasioned bodily harm to A. J. Mulhall, were found…

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Head-on Collision Three Women Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

Blinded momentarily by the rays of the sun late on Wednesday afternoon, William E. Clarke, of Bay road, North Sydney, drove a motor car into a train…

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Tram and Motor. Women Injured in Head-on Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

Blinded momentarily by the rays of the sun late on Wednesday afternoon, William E. Clarke, of North Sydney, drove a motor car into a…

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Crossing Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

A man was killed and five people slightly injured when n motor car in which they were travelling was run down by a train at a level crossing…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

Mr Harry Miller, Maitland district representative of the International Correspondence School, died in Maitland Hospital on Thursday at 8.30 a.m., from…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

When he collided with a taxi-cab in Mosman on Saturday night Leo Nixon (18). of Grafton-street, Naremburn, who was riding a bicycle,…

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Fell Into Creek. Boy Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

A boy, Robert William Pyle, S years of age, residing with his parents at Maitland-road. Cessnock. was drowned in Lavender Creek, about…

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