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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 123

Slashed with Razor. Man Shockingly Injured. Alleged Assailants Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Claude Taylor, 41, wharf labourer, and Ralph Williams, 27, fruit packer, were charged with having maliciously…

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German Fascists. Clash with Communists. Twenty-four Injured. Berlin, April 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 13

A Fascist convention at Essen ended in violent street brawls with Communists. Twenty-four persons were injured, and taken to hospital…

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Train Smash. Accident on Crookwell Line. Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

A collision occurred between an engine and a stock train on the Crookwell branch line near Woodhouselee…

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Peculiar Accident. Three Motor Vehicles Involved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 7

An extraordinary motor accident occurred on the Tarcutta-road, a few miles from Wagga. Charles Atherton, manager of…

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Football Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 13

The services of Lake Macquarie Transport Ambulance were called on to deal with three football accidents on Saturday. Joseph Porter, 21…

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Fatal Accident at Greta

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

Nora Bernadette, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. James Sharkey, a deputy employed at East Greta Colliery, died in Maitland Hospital on Thursday at…

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Car Accident Over Steep Embankment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 1

When the steering gear of a car, driven by T. Bowen, of Bellpage, near Bathurst, went wrong on the Orangeroad on Tuesday, the car went over a…

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Five Injured. Motor Collision at Parramatta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 8

Five people were injured on Saturday afternoon when a motor car and a lorry collided violently at the corner of Church and Marion-streets…

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Fatal Collision. Petty Officer Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 4

Petty Officer H. C. Maize H.M.A.S. Sydney sustained a fractured skull and died inter following a motor car accident at Adelaide…

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Fell From Tree. Four Boys Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 8

Leaving their homes at Tamworth on Friday for a walk through the bush four boys Neil Cavanagh aged 15 Leslic Dennis aged 14 Athur…

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Injured Engine-driver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 4

The condition of William Davies, 43, married, of Edward-street Kurri Kurri, was very low this morning, although he was reported to…

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Injured at Pelaw-Main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 4

Henry Andrews, aged 60, of Mulbring, was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital to-day, suffering from an inJury to the knce received in…

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MR. W. G. (Wyn.) Swan. Another Motor Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

Word reached us this morning of the death of Mr. W. G. (Wyn.)Swan, widely known locally and throughout the North in the stock trade, and…

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Wagon over Body. Ex-muswellbrook Resident Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

Norman McGoldrick, of Cleveland (Q.), is a lucky [?] to be alive to-day. On Tuesday last while cycling along Cleveland road he came in…

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Fall From a Tree Four Boys Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 4

Searching for adventure, four boys, whoso ages range from 11 to 16 years, were injured in the mountains near Tamworth. They were: Neil Cavanagh,…

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Runaway Horse. Two Youths Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 5

A horse attached to a cordial wagen bolted in Erskine-street, City, this morning, and eventually struck a tram and capsized. Two youths were…

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Killed Outright. Two Men Injured. Car Over River Bank. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 5

Thomas Hicks was killed, and John Evans and William Watson injured, when a motor car, in which they were returning from Claremont…

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Aeroplane Somersaults. Accident at Cootamundra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 3

A tyre of one of the aeroplanes on route from Point Cook to Duntroon, punctured when it landed at Cootamundra on Monday…

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Accidental Death East Greta Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. M. H. Clceve, at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, at a…

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Severely Injured. Struck by Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 7

Shocking injuries were sustained by W. G. Gilzean, aged 38, of Mortdale, last evening, when he was run over by a South Coast train as it passed…

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