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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 123

Hand Cut Off. Accident at Rylands

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

George Edmonds, aged 26 yours, a marker employed at Lysaght's factory, Port Waratah, met with an accident while at work last night, the…

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Victim Dies. the Forster Accident. Forster

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

John Ronan, the victim of Sunday's gun accident, died last evening, He was 23 years of age, and was interested in all sports…

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Car Somersaults Threw Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 6

A sensational accident occurred on the Albury-Rutherglen road, when a motor car completely turned over aud then righted itself…

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Went to Sleep Lorry Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 2

Harry Lockwood, aged 42, was seriously injured this morning when a motor lorry which he was driving crashed into an electric light pole at the…

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Drowned in Washtub Fainted While Washing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

Henry George Joseph Pratt went home to [?] on Thursday to find his wife, Helen Pratt, aged 33 yours, dead. She was leaning against a tub…

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Stolen Car. Little Girl Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

A boy, aged about 14 years, stole a motor oar from outside the Stadium, West Melbourne, late on Wednesday night, and having driven for a distance…

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Windbag Injured. Incidents At. Randwick. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

At Randwick training track this morning Manacre, attar, throwing his rider, galloped on the rails on the outside of B grass track. He was…

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Workman Injured. Fell Into Trough. Op Caustic Soda. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

Alexander Greig, aged 41, met with a dreadful accident this morning. He was assisting to place a heavy cooler into a trough or caustic…

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Miners' Accident Fund

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

Mr. Booth, M.L.A., has been in tonch with Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., Minister for Mines, prior to his departure for Europe and on…

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Accident at Elrington

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

A youth named Stephen Stanbridge of Rawson-street, Kurri, employed as a laborer at Elrington Colliery, yesterday afternoon, sustained…

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Three Injured. Capsize of Motor Bus. Following Collision. Sydney

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

When a motor 'bus capsized at, Croydon this morning, three persons were injured. Cecil Holmes, the driver 27,…

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Motor Collision Woman Loses an Bye

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

Two motor cars collided at Gulargambone. One driven by J. Litchfield overturned, but of the five occupants none was injured. The other,…

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Electric Shock. a Butcher Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 4

Donald McKinnon, 44, was putting meat into the ice-house at a butcher's shop at Marrickville, on Tuesday afternoon, when he noticed that…

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Car Somersaults Three Persons Injured

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

A sensational accident occurred on the Albury-Rutherglen road, when a motor car completely turned over and then righted itself…

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Motors Collide. Tronmonger Badly Injured. Sydney

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

John Palmer, 66, an ironmonger, was badly injured to-day, when a motor car, which he was driving, collided with a motor lorry at…

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Two Injured Motor Cyclist Collides with Omnibus

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

Two youths were injured when a motor cycle came into collision with a motor omnibus at Hamilton. Arthur Aggett, aged 24 years, a…

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Motor Lorry Crashes. Driver Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 4

Harry Lockwood, 42, was seriously injured this morning when a motor lorry, which he was driving, crashed into an electric light pole…

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Seriously Injured. Train Crashes Into Tricycle. Brisbane

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

Sidney Richards, 44, was severely injured when a train crashed into a railway tricycle he was riding near King's siding…

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Several Killed and Injured Strike Called Off. London, March 11

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

Messages from Athens delayed by the censor show that a clash occurred between the police and strikers last night. Two were killed and 15…

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Run Over by Bus Boy Badly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 4

Jeffery Brown, aged 9 years, was run over by a bus at Mosman this morning, and was taken to hospital suffering from concussion, a fractured…

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