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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 123

Child's Death. Fatally Injured by Boiling Curry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

John McMahon, aged 13 months, died in Lewisham Hospital from injuries caused when a saucepan of boiling curry fell over him at his…

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Through Fanlight. Woman Falls Twenty Feet. Spine Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 14

Mabel Master's 30, waitress, crashed through the fanlight at furness' Chambers, Kind's Cross. Darlinghurst, Sydney, to-day, and fell 20ft…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

Wilfrid Dodds, of Bulga, was riding his motor cycle on the Bulga-Milbrodale road on Saturday, when he fell off, breaking an arm. He was…

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Football Casualties Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 13

John Finley, aged 15 years, living at Estellville, fell while playing football at Hamilton on Saturday afternoon, and sustained a fractured…

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Motor Accidents. Fatalities in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

During March 13 persons were killed in motor accidents in city and suburban streets…

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Shunter Injured. Accident at Darling Harbour. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 5

Ernest Carmody, 38, a shunter had his right hand and wrist severely crushed when the coupling of a train broke at Darling Harbour…

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Cyclist Injured. Collided with Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 2

Albert Augustus Widdison aged 22, a single man living at Moscheto Island was admitted to Newcastle Hospital on Saturday night in a…

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Car Overturned. Two Young Women Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 4

Mollie Jones, 22, of Camperdown (shock and abrasions, and probable fractured skull), and Grace Seltzer, 19 of Earlwood, (shock and…

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Fatally Injured. Car Smash Near Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 2

A Bathurst message states that a car containing; four people smashed into a bank at the roadside about four o'clock on Sunday morning…

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Fell From Train. Guard Injured at Marrickville. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 5

George Wilson, 38, a railway guard, sustained a fracture of the left ankle, and lacerations to the left leg, when he fell from a train…

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Shooting Accident Bullet Under Man's Heart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 2

A bullet entered the leg of M. W. Wood an electrician at Bega, when a cartridge exploded in a heap of rubbish which was being burnt off…

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Lindbergh. Wonderful Reception Numerous Accidents. Souvenir Hunters Damage Plane. London, May 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 5

En route, to the Embassy, air-pilot Lindbergh wanted to visit and condole with Captain, Nungesser's mother, but he was pursuaded to rest. When…

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Injured at Elrington

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 4

Alfred Brillen, a sinker, employed at Pelton Colliery, was injured while engaged at his work yesterday. He was taken to the Cessnock…

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Injured Man's Recovery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 4

Alexander McNaught, who was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital last Saturday, suffering from head injuries received as a result of being thrown…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 4

William Harrigan sustained a broken ankle yesterday through a fail from a motor cycle. He was treated at the Cessnock Hospital…

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Gun Fatality Didn't Know It Was Loaded. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of Leslie fuller Darby, who died from meningitis following gunshot wounds, Henry Charles Moore said he went…

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Schoolgirl's Death. Illness Follow Injured Knew

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 5

A few days ago, Edna Beare, [?] nine, a pupil of the Waverley Public School, injured her knee.. Later, she complained of illness,…

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Shooting Accident a Strange Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 3

A strange shooting accident, occurred at Halswell, Canterbury (N.Z.). Loonard Gabites, owner of a…

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Motor Fatality. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 4

Patrick Simon Walsh, aged 16, was committed by the Melbourne City Coroner yoiitordny for trial, on a charge of the mnnslaughter of…

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Fatal Collision. Pouch Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 4

The occupants Ernest George Reid aged 20, and Harry Stacey, aged 33—of the motor car which, on Tuesday night, collided with a…

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