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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Bus Accident. Cwm Mourners. Two Killed, 23 Injured. LONDON. March 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 5

While tens of thousands of persons wore arriving at Cwm to attend the funeral of twenty of the colliery. victims the brakes failed of a motor bus,…

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Car Overturned Four Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 6

Four men were injured, one seriously, when a car overturned on the Liverpool road on Sunday afternoon…

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Crossing Fatality. Smashed by Train. Boy's Remarkable Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 3

Striking a large closed-in car with terrific force at a level crossing near Croydon, Vic, a train carried the car along for 45 feet. The driver of…

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Two Lives Lost. Accidents in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 3

William Herman Tabinski a young man, was drowned in Six-mile Creek. Cooran (Q.), on Saturday afternoon. A man named Hitching, with two…

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Railway Fatality Young Man Killed Near East Greta. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 6

The District Coroner. (Mr.George Brown), on Friday last, at Abermain Police Court, held an inquiry into the circu[?]istances surrounding the…

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Crossing Fatality Car Struck by Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 3

Striking a large closed-in car with terrific force at a level crossing near Croydon (Vic.) early on Saturday night a, train carried the car along for 45…

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Struck by Ball. Cricketing Fatality. Launceston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 5

John Stone, 12, while playing cricket, was hit on the back of the ear with a ball. He became unconscious and expired within a few…

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Pea Rifle Accident. Man Shot in Foot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

During the week-end, Mr. Jack Woolley was accidentally shot in the foot with a pea rifle. He was able to return to his home on Monday after being…

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An Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 3

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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Five Injured. Trucks Crash Into Workers

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

Five railway workers were injured, two of them seriously, when two sheffield trucks left the rails near Boomooderric Bridge, says a Casino message…

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Under Cart. Youth Injured Near Casino

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 6

Horace Cohen, a youth, employed on Brack's farm. at Mumulgum, near Casino, was dragged 30 yeards beneath an unturned cart, and badly…

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Killed by Cycle. Melbourne Accident

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

While crossing a road in Melbourne on Tuesday, an unknown man, aged about 40, was knocked down and killed by a motor cycle. Another…

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Shotgun Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 5

J. H. Dates, aged 28, a farm labourer of Vacy, was loading a shotgun this morning when it exploded, and the shot entered his left foot. He…

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4000 Dead and Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

In other towns on the Sea of Japan, Tottori, Aming, Nakagori, and Shimagumara, the dead and injured number over 4000…

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Just Missed Collision Narrowly Averted Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

A collision was narrowly averted on the harbour this morning, between the ferry steamer Kuloga and the steam lighter Young Rock…

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Crashed Into Post. Motor Cyclist Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

While riding a motor cycle at Sandringham late last night, James Bates crashed into a telegraph pole, and was badly Injured. A…

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A Series of Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

A number of lads are nursing injuries caused by falls from cycles. J. Hazell sustained, a broken collarbone in this, way, and Will Lowe sustained…

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Death From Heart Failure. Following Motor Accident

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

Mrs. Mary Sars Christie Groth (59), of Evanston (S.A.), died an hour after admission to hospital from heart failure following shock…

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Stroud Recent Motor Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 3

Mrs. W. Crick, who with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Newton, were the victims in a recent motor lorry accident, has returned to stroud after…

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Miner Injured. Accident at West Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 3

James Curran, miner, 60 years of ago; was seriously injured while at work in Seaham No, 2 Colliery, West Wallsend, on Friday afternoon,…

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