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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 16

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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Woman Severely Injured. Thrown From Side Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

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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Three Injured. Woman and Children Knocked Down

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 11

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

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Rum Explosion. Two Men Injured at Parkes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

Two men were injured at Parkes when a rum barrel exploded. F. Reynolds, railway foreman, was standing in the backyard of the…

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Three Killed. and Three Injured. Victorian Motor Smashes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 9

John Clarke, of Condah, was returning from Portland (Vic), when his car, in attempting to pass another, overturned. Clarke was…

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Fifteen Injured. Trams and Bus Collide. Smash at Manly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 14

A collison between a motor bus and two trams occurred at Manly on Sunday afternoon and fifteen persons were injured…

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Heavy Fog. Collision in Channel. Deserted Steamer Running Amok. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 12

The whole of England south of the Midlands has been enveloped in a fog which has never completely lifted since Friday. Many collisions…

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Brakes Fail. Motor Bus Smash. Twenty-five Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

Twenty-five passengers, mostly young girls, on their way to business, were injured when a motor bus got beyond control on a steep hill…

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Many Lives Lost Disastrous Floods in Queensland. Fifteen Italians Drowned £100,000 DAMAGE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 13

Twelve lives were lost in the floods in the Ingham district (Q.). Cairns reports that the…

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An Accident. Stranding of Steamer Kallatina. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 7

A preliminary inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Kallatina on a reef near Cairns during the recent cyclone, was held…

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Boy Shot. Accident at Miniature Range

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 14

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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Three Men Burned. Sulphuric Acid Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 16

Three men, Thomas dimming, 23, labourer, John Blanning, 22, labourer, Charles Luekman, 25. mechanic, were severely burned at the electric…

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Car Overturned. Accident Near Glen Innes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 13

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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Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 7

Whilst proceeding from Muswellbrook by car, to his home at Jerry's Plains, on the 8th instant, Mr. W. Moxham met with an accident…

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Youth Thrown. Accident at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

A youth, named Roy Hymans, 18. fell from a horse or the corner of Vincent and Hall Streets, to-day. Hyanig was rounding the corner, when…

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Gloucester. Pea Rifle Accident. Mining at Copeland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 7

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

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 4

As the result of injuries received through falling between two railway carriages near the East Greta railway station sbout 8 o'clock on…

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Four Injured. Skid Causes Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 3

Four persons were injured when a motor car skidded and crashed into a telegraph post at Moore Park early on Sunday night…

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Cessnock Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 4

Sid Gray (43), of Cessnock, a miner at Pelton Colliery, was walking down the steps to the Newcastle Beach on Saturday afternoon, when…

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Little Boy Killed Motors in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 2

Albeit Dukes, a boy of three years, was fatally injured on Saturday afternoon at St. Marys, when a motor car and a motor cycle and sidecar…

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