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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 123

Booth's Doings Miners' Accident Relief Fund

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

Mr. Geo. Booth, M.L.A., has had a further interview with the Premier relative to the beneficiaries under the Miners' Accident Relief Fund. He…

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Motor Collision. Man's Leg Terribly Smashed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 7

As the result of a collision at Inverell between a motor car and a lorry, JAmes Kenneth Cameron (23) had his left, leg frightfully injured…

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Speedway Fatality. Question in Assembly. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

Mr. Skelton drew the attention of the Chief Secretary in the Legislative Assembly to the fatal accident which occurred at Newcastle Speedway on…

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Five Injured. Motor Car Somersaults. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

A motor car, when returning from the master builders picnic at Wentworth Falls, somersaulted on the main western road…

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Fatal Mistake. Car Driven Into Water. Woman Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

The body of the woman who was drowned when a motor car, plunged over, the punt jetty at Taren Point, George's River, last night, was…

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Cvelist Injured

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

Mr. Bert Denny, of Abbot-street, West maitland, a barman at the Imperial Hotel, received abrasions to the head last night. He was riding a…

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Killed at Speedway. Another Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 1

Clifford Lille, aged 18 years, a grocer's assistant, living at Mayfield, met his death under tragic circumstances at the Newcastle Speedway on…

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Four Injured. Smash at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

When a motor car collided with a lorry drawn by two horses in Macquaric-street, Merewether, on Wednesday afternoon, the occupants of the…

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Char-a-banc Disaster Eight Killed: 31 Injured

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

A remarkable char-a-bane accident, in which eight were killed and 31 injured, occurred in the hilly district of Lower Silesia. The vehicle carried 68…

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Terribly Injured. Pell From Building. Death Follows in Hospital

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

Eddie Collins met with a fearful death this morning. He was working on the sixth floor of the Euston Hotel, which is being…

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End of a Picnic Master Builders Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

A motor car, when returning from the Master Builders' picnic at Wentworth Falls, somersaulted on the main Western-road. The five occupants had…

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Manslaughter Charge. Sequel to Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 3

Alfred Henry Stanborough, 44, motor garage proprietor, was charged at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, with feloniously slaying Joan…

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Accident to Miner

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

"Mr. E. Gonge, residing, at Violet Hill, West Maitland, employed as a miner' at East Greta, received a wound over the left eye late…

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Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

In the Sydney District Court on Tuesday,Judge Curlewis is gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £250 in an action in which Molly Mahony, a schoolgirl, by…

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Bicycles in Collision

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

Mr. George Pilgrim was riding from Lorn this afternoon on his bicycle when a collision occurred with a motor cyclist coming from the…

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Terribly Injured. Boy Under Tram

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

Attempting to jump on to the footboard of a steam tram at Kogarah, a schoolboy, Richard Giford, aged 8 ½ years, fell, and rolled under the…

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Car Overturns. Three Persons Injured. Smash at Ryde

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 3

Three men were injured, two seriously, when a motor car' overturned at Ryde last night. The injured are:—…

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Shocking Aeroplane Fatality in Queensland. Former Sconeite, Mr. Archibald Bell, Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 2

Word reached us yesterday, of a shocking aeroplane fatality in Queensland, in which two were killed out right, and another fatally injured…

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British Air Force. Cause of Accidents. London, March 23

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

In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Gorell said that Mr. Baldwin's recent statement in the House of Commons on air accidents had not fully…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 2

A fatal shooting accident occurred at the Myall, beyond Mr. A. Hogno's place on Thursday last. A young man named William…

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