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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Spine Injured. Fall Terminates Fatally

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

Falling 18 feet from a building in course of election at Abbotsford (Vic.) Chares Larkin, a middle-aged man, of Ascot Vale, sustained spinal…

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Woman Drowned Escaped From Private Hospital. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 5

Mrs. Victoria, Khaury, 24, of Wollongong escaped form a private hospital at Coogee lats night. This morning her body wa washed up on…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

Thomas Wood, a miner, employed at Abermain No. 3 Colliery, and residing at Weston, while at work on Monday afternoon received a…

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Woman Drowned in Surf

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

Mrs. Victoria Korry, aged 24, of Wollongong, escaped from a hospital in Beach-street, Coogiee, at 1.30 a.m. yesterday, and seven hours…

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Speedway Riders Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

Three motor cycle race race riders injured in a double collision at Smithfield Speedway, Adelaide, on Saturday. The accident was caused…

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Shocking Fatality "Bert" Victor Run Over

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

Whilst returning from the Abermain miners' picnic at Speers' Point in one of special picnic trains on Saturday night, Herbert ("Berf…

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Shaft in Chest Motorist Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 3

Reginald Anderson (51) was sitting beside the driver of a motor car at Fremantle, when a baker's cart ran into the car…

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Motor Accidents. Melbourne's Week-end Coup

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 6

Over a dozen motor accidents occurred in the Melbourne Metropolitan area during the week end. Several persons were critically injured…

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Miner Injured. Accident at Richmond Main. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 4

Hans. (Hugh) Hug, 41 years, of age, a miner, residing in Halcyon-street, Cessnock, was admitted to Kurri District Hospital to-day suffering from…

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Collision at Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 4

About 6 o'clock on wednesday afternoon, a sulky driven by Edward Charles Balkham, of the Weston Soldiers' Settlement, in which were also…

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Killed by Motor Bus. a Sydney Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 8

While crossing the roadway at Central-square, Sydney, to the tramway waiting shed, on Wednesday afternoon, an unknown man, about…

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Labourer Drowned. in Three Feet of Water. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 5

Frederick Vickers, a labourer, was drowned at Lawson's Creek, six miles from Mudgee, in about three feet water…

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Launch Wrecked. One Man Drowned. Four Struggle Ashore. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 5

The launch Marcia, While attempting to cruise around North Cape, crashed ashore in heavy seas. A huge wave washed the deckhouse…

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Many Injured. Motor 'Bus Crashes. Adamstown Sensation. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 4

Three people were injured and fourteen others received minor abrasions, when a motor 'bus crashed into a building…

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Cessnock Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

The condition of Hans (Hugh) Hug, miner, afed 41, residing at Halcyon, Street, Cessnock, who sustained severe injuries to his back in a fall of coal in…

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Two Injured. Crushed by Iron Plate. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

George halbert, 25, received internal injuries and a severely crushed left arm, and Sidney Hamilton, 17, scalp wounds and shock, at the White…

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Accident at Colliery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

H. Campion sustained injuries to the chest as a result of an accident at St Heliers' colliery yesterday. He was engaged in loading small coal into a…

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Shooting Accident Boy Killed at Yerong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

As Miss burkitt, daughter of the manager of the Yerong branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was engaged in household duties on…

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Kurri Accident Patients

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

George Thomas Allwork, 17, motor mechanic at W. J. Maher's garage, kurri, who was injured by a sully shaft-point on Wednesday…

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Sinkers Injured. Accidents at Kalingo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 8

Two minor accidents occurred at Kalingo shaft on Thursday, Andrew Carr., a sinker, had his leg badly bruised when a piece of falling rock…

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