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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 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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Bathing Tragedy. Father and Son Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 14

A lather and son were drowned at Chelsea (Vic.) on Monday afternoon, when the four members of a bathing party into difficulties in a strong…

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Swept to Sea. Young Woman Drowned

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

A party, consisting of Miss Emily Tower, Charles Hill. Mrs. E. Highland. Mrs H. Tower, and Wilson [?]lagson, set out prawning at The…

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Long Journey. Injured Man's Ordeal

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

John Hornsby, 32, was thrown, from his horse at Goovinga. He was admitted to Rockhampton Hospital after a journey of 24 hours during…

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Five Injured. in Motor Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 9

Swerving off the main Belgrave-road, Melbourne early on Friday morning, a double-seater car ran up an embankment and crashed into a…

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Seven Injured. Motor Cars Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 9

Two motor cars were involved in a collision at Liverpool at 2.30 on Saturday morning. Seven persons were injured, two…

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Car Skids. Collision with Tram. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 5

Owing to the sudden application of the brakes a motor car skidded on a wet road way and collided with a cable train at Carlton last night…

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Car Overturns. Swerving to Avoid a Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 14

A motorist who was proceeding along the Great Western-road, Pros[?]peet, on Monday afternoon swerved to the side of the road to avoid a…

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Death From Injuries. Collision in Pitt Street

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 9

Mothilda Pi[?]es 64. who was admitted to Sydney Hospital two months ago suffering from injuries to the head received when she collided…

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Two Boys Missing. Believed to Be Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 11

Two boys, who wore visiting the Tarrawarra (Vic.) district, are believed to have been drowned in the [?]arra River They wave Reginald…

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Drowned in Baths. Note Leet by Deceased

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 7

A body, which was identified as Henry James, 35, a resident of Glebe was recovered from the Domain Free Baths on Wednesday…

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Boy Rescuer. Saves Three From Drowning. Children Fall Into Creek

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 11

William Melatyre, aged 12, was responsible for rescuing three other children who fell into Turntable Creek, near Chaunon, on Wednesday…

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Fell Under Train. Girl Terribly Injured

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

While attempting to alight from a moving train at the Pendio Hill railway station last night, Lilian Battle, aged 14 years, of Eettalong road,…

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Four Injured. Cars Collide Near Hexham

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 2

A collision, attended with serious results, occurred on the Newcastle to Maitland rod, about 200 yards on the Newcastle side of Hexham on Monday…

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Killed by Car Leichhardt Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 6

William Valentine Paley was knocked down by.a motor car at Leichhardt late last night, arid-sustained a compound fracture of the skull, and fracture of…

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Trams Collide. Five Persons Injured. Conductor's Serious Condition

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

Five people were injured, one seriously, as the result of two distinct tramway accidents, which occurred in the Bondi cutting between…

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Boy Loses Eye. Injured by Glass From Windscreen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 7

A motor car clashed into a tree near Trig[?]omen, near Warialda. Harold Moore, 15, was flung forward on to the wind-screen, the…

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Shark Fatality. Boy Killed at Port Hacking. Heroic Attempt at Rescue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 14

Mervyn Allum, 15 of Ashfield, was terribly injured by a shark at Port Hacking on Monday and died soon after. An herole attempt at rescue…

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Brothers Collide. Accident on Speedway. Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 7

While riding at Wagga Speedway last night, the well-known Sydney riders, Jack and Mick Fitzgerald were involved in a collision…

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Shot in Eye. Atr-gun Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 5

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

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