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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Motor Accidents. No Intention Op Closing Hotels on

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 3

Mr. Wearne asked the Chief Secretary whether he would consider cancelling for all time the licenses of any persons found driving motor cars…

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Boating Tragedy. Seven Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 8

While a party of 11 people was rowing in a boat on the Condamine River at Condamine on Monday, the craft capsized, and the whole of the…

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Girl Killed. a Newcastle Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

Elsie Parson, aged 18 years, living at 170 Railway-street, Glebe, met her death under tragic circumstances last night…

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Collier Founders. Disaster Near Terrigal. Three Men Drowned; Four Missing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 2

With remarkable suddenness, the well-known collier Galava foundered off Trrigal at about one o'clock on Wednesday morning…

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Seven Drowned. Two Women and Five Children. Four People Rescued. Toowoomtoa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 9

A terrible drowning accident occurred on the Condamine River, resulting in the death of two women and five children…

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Seven Drowned. Two Women and Five Children. Four People Rescued. Toowoomba

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

A terrible drowning accident occurred on the Condamine River, resulting in the death of two women and five children…

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Accident at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 12

On Wednesday afternoon, whilst attempting to board a moving motor lorry, Mr. Dan McDonald, of Aberdeen, missed his footing and fell to…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 3

Whilst proceeding. from Muswellbrook by car, to his home at Jerry's Plains, on Monday evening last, Mr. W.Moxham met with an accident…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 4

Two men were injured yesterday afternoon when a car proceeding along Rutherford Flat-road capsized. The accident was causod by a tyre…

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Seven Drowned. Boating Fatality on Condamine River

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 6

While a party of 12 people were In a boat on, the Condamine River at Condamine (Q.) on Monday evening the craft capsized, and the whole of…

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Killed by Train. Fatality at Ashfield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 11

Albert Ernest Heath, 24, was run over and killed by a train at Ashfield railway station late on 4th inst,…

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Adelaide Smash. Injured by Flying Glass

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 5

The holiday visit of two Curramulka families to Adelaide had an unfortunate ending. The motor car in which they were…

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Harbour Collision Marine Court Opens Inquiry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 6

The Marino Court to-day opened an inquiry into the collision between the ferry steamers Baragoola and the Kosclusko on Christmas Eve…

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Drowned in Creek Near Kurri Kurri. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

Harold James Naylor, aged six, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Naylor, of Third-street, Pelaw Main, was drowned in a creek at Richmond…

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Five Drowned. Tragic Week End. New Zealand Fatalities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 16

The week-end, says an Auckland message, was marred by three aquatic accidents, involving the death of five people…

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Girl Drowned in Baths Watchers Thought She Was Joking

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

Valda Keating, aged 13, cried for help while bathing in the Mildura town baths on Thursday, but her schoolmates, thinking she was joking, paid no heed…

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Three Injured. Woman and Children Knocked Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 6

While proceeding along George-street, Sydney, to the scene of an accident, last evening, an ambulance waggon knocked down and injured…

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Motor Cycles Collide Two Young Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 9

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

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Terribly Injured. Dray Driver Dragged to Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 13

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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Aeroplane Crashes Passenger Killed, Pilot Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 8

One of the Brisbane "Courier's" fleet of four aeroplanes crashed just outside Ipswich on Wednesday morning, returning from Toowoomba, after…

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