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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Two Injured. Motor Cyclies Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 3

Hodloy N. Smith and Hornce Allison, were injured late last night when two motor oycles collided in Sydenham road, Marrickville…

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Jockey Darcy Injured. Thrown From Master Random. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 5

The well Known cross country jockey, T. Darey, was thrown from Master Random whlie schooling at Randwick this morning…

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Foot Torn Off. Shocking Accident at Tea Gardens, Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 5

Albert Lilley, of Navite, New Zealand, second officer on the steamer Poclta, had his foot torn off while the vessel was at Tea Gardens, Port…

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Air Accidents. Investigating the Causes

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

The Federal Executive, has passed regulations which will enable the Air Accident Committee, recently appointed by the Federal Government to…

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Strange Fatality. Towel Breaks Boy's Neck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

James Thomas Loughlin, aged 12 years, met his death as the result of a strange accident at Newcastle. The boy was staying with a…

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Lift Accident. Fatal Injuries at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

In returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquiry into the death of Water Bubbins who was Jamhed between a lift and a…

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Boxer Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 15

In the final session of a 10-round boxing match between Tom Griffiths and Roy Overend at Wellington, N.Z., the latter was knocked out and…

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Cessnock Accidents. Two Youths Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 5

Alexander Davidson, 17, residing at Ercildoune-street, was knocked down by a motor car in Vincent-street last nigh. He was removed to Cessnock…

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Motor Fatality. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 5

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

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Shunter Injured. Accident at Darling Harbour. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 14

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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Fatal Collision. Police Court Sequel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 4

The occupants — Ernest George Reid, aged 29, and Harry Stacey. aged 33—of the motor car which, on Tuesday night, collided with a…

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Motors Collide. Four Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 11

Two motor cars collided on the Toorak-road, with the result that Emily Moses, aged 60, Minnie Moses, aged 73, Phillip Moses, aged 40, and…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 4

Hedley N. Smith and Horace Allison were injured late last night when two motor cycles collided in Sydenham road, Marrickville…

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Burning Fatality. Maitland Resident's Death. Inquest and Verdict

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 9

An inquest was held on 19th inst by the District Coroner (Mr. Alex. Morrison, at Singleton, concerning the death of Alexander Stewart…

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Car Overturned. Two Young Women Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 13

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

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Cyclist Injured. Collided with Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 14

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

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Fall of Coal. Cessnock Miner Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 11

William Alston, a miner, living in Anstey-street, Cessnock was caught by a fall of coal in the Aberdare Central Colliery. He…

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Fatally Injured. Car Smash Near Bathurst

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 14

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

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Shooting Fatality. Gun Exploded When Boy Tripped. Griffith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 5

While five boys were on a shooting expedition, one of them, Reg. Lawton; tripped and his gun exploded. The charge entered his breast, and…

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Fell From Train. Guard Injured at Marrickville. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 13

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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