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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 123

Miner’s Accident

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. [?] miner, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, and residing at George street, had his right head broken whilst at work on…

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Accidentally Shot

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 9

Charles Harold Humphries, aged 19, a clerk, employed at the Commercial Bank of Australia, Tweed Hills, accidentally shot himself with a…

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Seriously Injured. an Unusual Accident

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

Bernard Henry, aged 35 years, received serious injuries in an unusual manner at Sydney. He was loading a lorry from a train…

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Four Killed New Zealand Crossing Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 9

An express train crashed into a motor car, driven by a farmer named Mellroy, at Ongarue crossing (N.Z.). The car was carried 30 feet over a…

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Crushed to Death. Sand Pit Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 15

Pinned down by a large stump a young man was found dead in a sand pit at Mount Gravatt, Queensland. On Sunday afternoon Richard…

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Shark Sensation Injured Youth's Story

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 3

A thrilling story of his dreadful experience was told on Wednesday in his bed at hospital by Edward Pritchard, the victim of Tuesday's shark horror,…

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Skull Fractured Injured in Altercation

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

A man named Jack McDonald, of Balmain, became involved in an altercation at the Communist Hall. Sussex-street, Sydney, late on Saturday…

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Two Injured. Crushed by Iron Plate

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

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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Drowned in Dam Infant Girl Wanders From Home

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 16

A two-year-old girl named Devitt, was drowned in a dam at her father's residence, near Griffith. She was seen playing near the house…

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Three Injured Motor Cycle and Side Car Crashes

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

Lawrence Kane. Rupert sl and Wallace Stanley, all of North Sydney, were injured when a motor cycle and side, car crashed into a…

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Fatally Injured Fell Down Sewerage Shaft. Sydney

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

Allan Chapman, who fell 25 feet down a sewerage shaft at Hunter's Hill yesterday, died this morning…

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Two Killed. and Pour Injured. Motor Car Strikes Post

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

Two were killed and four passengers injured, when a motor, car, travelling at about 40 miles an hour, struck a tramway…

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Seriously Injured Tell Forty Feet From Building. Sydney

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

Joseph Miller, 38, fell 40 feet from a building at the corner of York and Barrack-streets, city, this morning and received fractured ribs and other…

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Boiler Burst. Explosion at Perdriau's Factory. Fifty Employees Injured. Sydney

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

Five Ambulances were required to transport to Hospital fifty employees who were injured in a sensational explosion at…

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Saloon Shooting a Barrowman Charged. Injured Man in Critical Condition. SYDNEY

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

Sidney Hayes, 30, a barrowman, was remanded at the Central Police Court on a charge of having shot Harry Rose with intent to murder…

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An Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

Close to the finish of the Open Handicap at the sports on Saturday, a runner. P. C. Bird was unfortunate enough to be trodden on by…

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Shooting Accident Boy Killed at Yerong

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

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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Three Horses Fall Trotting Accident at Epping

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

The long list of racing accidents which have occurred recently was added to at the lipping Trotting Meeting on Tuesday…

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Tramp's Luck Out Peculiar Motor Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 9

Bernard Sheehy, of the Railway Parade, Leura, was travelling home with a tramp, whom he had picked up near the Anzac Memorial…

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Severe Wound. an Unusual Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 9

Antonio Mustrico was the victim of an unusual accident in Sydney. He was sharpening a knife on his machine in Castlereagh-street, when…

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