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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Boy Shot. Accident at Miniature Range

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 3

Robert Gratton, aged 12, of Leichhardt, was shot in the right thigh at the miniature rifle range attached to the Leichhardt drill hall on…

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Car Overturned. Accident Near Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 8

While travelling on Saturday afternoon along the main road on the Tenterfield side of Bolivia a car, on its way from Brisbane to Glen…

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Tram and 'Bus Collision Fifteen Injured at Manly

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

Fifteen passengers in a 'bus and tram were injured in a collision at Pittwater-road, Manly, on Sunday, afternoon…

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Tram and 'Bus Collision. Fifteen Injured at Manly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

Fifteen passengers in a 'bus and tram were injured in a collision at Pittwater-road, Manly, on Sunday afternoon…

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Young Girl Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

Valda Keating, 13 years, a daughter of J. Keating, a fruit block holder, was drowned in Mildura, (Vic.) town baths. The girl was…

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Motorists Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

Two residents of Kurri Kurri were admitted to the district hospital on Thursday last, as the result of a motoring accident. They…

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General News Lads Rescued From Drowning

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

One day last week Cliff and John Jones, aged, 6 years respectively, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones, were bathing in the river at…

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Man Drowned. Tied Himself Up. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

The body of Edward York, an elderly man, was found under a wharf in the river near Bowraville to-day. York had tied himself into a…

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Five Injured. Capsize of Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

George Tabley, of Clovelly, was arriving a motor car to Sydney on Sunday afternoon, when, near Raglan, in order to avoid a boy on a…

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Claim for Damages. 'Bus and Bicycle Collision. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

A claim for damages arising out of a mishap between a bicycle and a motor 'bus in Vincent Street, on January 25, was heard at the Small…

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Damage to Bicycle Youth's Claim Succeeds Sequel to Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

As a sequel to a collision in Vincent-street, a youth named Thomas Mills to-day proceeded against Giacomo Bonomini in the Small…

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The Floods. Forty-five Drowned. Queensland Damage. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

A message from Brisbane to-day, states that three Chinese were rescued by the police from the flood in the Barron River, at Freshwater…

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Boy Drowned Tragedy at Toowoomba. (By Telegraph.) Toowoomba

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

While a number of boys were swimming in a creek near Toowoomba yesterday afternoon, one slipped into water 15 feet deep and was soon in…

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Silent Cop. Causes Fatal Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

When the driver of a motor cycle and side car was thrown from his seat at the intersection of Merewether and Hunter-streets, Newcastle, the machine…

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Gloucester. Pea Rifle Accident. Mining at Copeland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

Mr. W. Holmes, or Clarence Clarence Town, has purchased "Manchester," one of the best of the properties on the Barrington River,…

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Three Men Burned. Sulphuric Acid Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

Three men, Thomas Cumming, 23, labourer, John Planning, 22, labourer, Charles Luckman, 25, mechanic, were Severely burned at the electric…

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Killed at Quarry Council Employee Run Over By Lorry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, the District Caroner (Mr. George Brown) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding…

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Sunk in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 5

The steamer City of Birmingham, from Wallaroo, collided with and Bank at Barrow last night the motor schooner Hibernia. The former was…

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Drowned at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 4

Herbert Spruce, aged 63 years, an old resident of the Raymond Terrace district, was drowned in the Hunter River at Raymond Terrace yesterday…

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Woman Severely Injured. Thrown From Side Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 3

Crushed against a heavy post when a side car in which she was riding became d[?]hed from a motor cycle, a woman was seriously injured in…

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