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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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The Holidays Toll of Accidents. Burglars Active

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

The holidays this year have been more productive of. accidents Hum usual. Undoubtedly the. worst occurred at Mildura on Christmas Eve, when four…

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Girl Drowned. Fell Into River. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 5

Muriel Lodge, nino, slipped into the water in the Molongle River while playing will a number of other children and was drowned…

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Drowned in Baths. Note Left by Deceased. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 5

A body, which was identified aa Henry James, 35, a resident of Glebe, was recovered from the Domain Free Baths this morning…

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Boy Loses Eye. Injured by Glass From Windscreen. Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 5

A motor car dashed into a tree near Trigsomen, near Warialda. Harold Moore, 15, was flung forward on to the wind-screen, the…

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Motor Fatality. Two Boys Killed. Verdict of Accidental Death. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

The District Coroner, Mr. Alex, Morrison, held an inquest concerning the deaths of Allan Eric Brown, 17, and Harold Douglas Simpson, 14,…

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Car Skids. Collision with Tram. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

Owing to the sudden application of the brakes, a motor car skidded on a wet roadway find collided with a cable train at Carlton last night…

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Injured Man's Ordeal Through Storms and Floods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

Through raging storms, through swollen rivers and bog-like roads, suffering agony from a fractured thigh, John Hornsby, aged 32, was brought from…

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Unusual Accident. Racehorse Wedged Between Rails. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

A filly, which took charge of her rider at Kensington racecourse this morning, dashed into a narrow space whore two tracks met, and became…

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Shot in Eye. Air-gun Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

Roy Simpson, 15, of Young, was trying out a new air-gun T.d, after shooting several sparrows, was looking down the barrel when he…

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Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 4

Joyce Brazier, aged 5, living with her parents in High-street, West Maitland, fell off the counter of a shop in West Maitland to-day, and…

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Injured Man's Ordeal. Through Storms and Floods

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

Through raging storms, through swollen rivers and bog-like roads, suffering agony from a fractured thigh, John Hornsby, 32, was brought from the…

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Accidental. Boy Cyclists' Deaths. Inquest at Singleton. Singleton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. Alex. Morrison) held an inquest yesterday into the deaths of Allan Eric Brown, 17, and Harold Douglas Simpson, 14,…

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Singleton Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 3

An inquest into the deaths of Allan Eric Brown and Harold Douglas Ralph Simpson, both of Jerry's Plains, who both received fatal injuries in a collision…

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Policeman Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 16

Through his motor cycle colliding with a cow on Pittwater-road, Brookvale, Constable Hamer, of the Manly police, was thrown heavily to…

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Seven Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 16

Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously, owing to the car in which they were travelling along the Prince's Highway on Saturday…

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Lift Accident. South AUSTRAlIAN Premier Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 3

The Premier of South Australia (Mr. Hill) was on his way yesterday to preside at a meeting of the general committee, which has arrangements…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 16

Severe injuries, including a probable fracture of the shoulder and right leg, scalp wounds and concussion, were received by Michael John…

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Boy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 16

A fractured thigh, fractured skull, and lacerations to the face, were received by Charles L. Hook, aged 9 years, of Gale-street, Maroubra,…

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Capsize of Boat Night Rescue From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 6

At the Lakes entrance, Tuggerah, four men and a boy were thrown into the water when their prawning boat capsized at night, and were rescued from…

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Bodies in River. Brothers Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 13

Doubt as to the fate of the two lads, Reginald and Edmond Worn, were ended on Saturday by the discovery of their bodies in the Yarra Weir…

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