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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 123

Dungog. Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 3

Mr. Corrigan, a visitor from Moree, had a narrow escape from serious injury on Saturday night last while travelling from Dungog to…

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Two Injured. Motor Car and Side Oar in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, Ernest Parker, 34, of Concord, his wife, Ada, 34, and a baby daughter, Elizabeth 2, were injured in a collision at the…

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Picnic Tragedy. Boy and Girl Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 3

A double drowning tragedy occurred in the Brisbane River, near Esk, shortly after lunch on Sunday. The victims were Edna Lobegeiger…

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Drowned in Mud. Strange Story of Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

A strange has been told to the Richmond (Vic.) police, and two girl and two men have been detained pending an inquiry…

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Man Killed. Two Others Injured. Oak and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 7

One man was killed and two others injured in a collision between a motor car and 'sulky, which occurred on the Maitland-road, Newcastle, on Saturday…

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Trams Collide. End-on Smash. Many People Injured at Coogee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 3

As the result of an end-on collision between three trams, travelling on the same set of rails, at Cogee, about 11 o'clock on Sunday…

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Motorist Chased. Arrest of Driver. Sequel to Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 2

After knocking down and fatally injuring "William Lyte, aged 68 years, or Belmont-avenue, East Malvern, at ,the corner of Bourke-street and…

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Injured Eye

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 1

While working at a new building at Aberdeen on Saturday, a man named Bartlett received painful injuries to the right eye. The workman hit a…

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Motor 'Buses in Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 4

At about 9 o'clock on Sunday evening. near the corner of Aberdare Street, Cessnock, two motor-buses crashed into each other, the colliding…

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Benefit for Injured Boy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

During the second day of the show a benefit turn at the rodeo in aid of the boy who was injured at the show realised nearly £9…

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Three Trams in Collision Conductor Loses Foot

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

Three trams were flung violently into collision on the Coogee line on Sunday morning, and a conductor, Cecil Keenan (35) suffered injuries…

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Newcastle Maitland Road Fatality Car and Sulky Collide

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

A motor car and a sulky collided on the Newcastle Maitland road on Saturday evening, and John Lunny, aged 40 years, a butter-maker, who was…

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Six Injured. Motor Skids and Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 6

Skidding on the greasy roadway, a motor car capsized at Lakcmba, and five of its occupants were injured. They…

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Tragedy at a Picnic Boy and Girl Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 3

A double drowning tragedy occurred in the Brisbane-River, near Esk, shortly after lunch on Sunday. The victims were Edna Lobegeiger (13), of Ipswich,…

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Sulky Smash. Man Killed: Two Girls Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 3

A man was killed and two girls were injured when a sulky capsized near Lagoon, Bathurst, on Sunday afternoon…

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Eleven Injured Bus Strikes Post. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

Eleven men were injured when the motor bus conveying workmen to Bunnerong power house collided with a post at Matraville this morning…

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Attacked by Stallion. Stud Groom Badly Injured. Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

W. G. Butler, sutd groom, on the property of Frederick Kember, at Ganmain, was attacked by a Clydesdale stallion which he was…

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Man Killed. Two Others Injured. Waggon and Car Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

A man was killed, and two others were injured, when a motor car collided with a hawker's cart at the intersection of of Flemington-road and…

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Cyclist Killed. Two Others Injured. Motor Smash at Camperdown. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

Walter R. Trenner, 24, of Burwood, was killed, and Stanley Hill, 20, of Alexandria, and Joly Molloy 22, of Alexandria, were injured as a result…

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Singleton Leiter. Accidental Death. Inquest and Verdict

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 7

The District Coroner (Mr. Alex. Morrison) held an inquest on Wednesday afternoon into the death of William Griffith, of Scott's Flat,…

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