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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 123

Struck by Car. Man Seriously Injured. Youthful Driver Arrested. SYDNEY

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

While James Rickard, 64, brother of Sir Arthur Rickard, was crossing the road at Darlinghurst, was struck by a motor car and seriously injured…

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Air Accidents. Investigating the Causes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 1

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

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Shooting Accident. Bullet Under Man's Heart

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

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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Shooting Accident a Strange Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

A strange [?]ooting accident occurred at Halswell, Canterbury (N.Z.). Leonard Gabites, owner of a…

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Foot Torn Off. Shocking Accident at Tea Gardens. Newcastle

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

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

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Accident to Motor Car

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

While about to cross over the Glennie's Creek bridge at Camberwell a motor car swerved from its course, ran into the…

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Air Smash. Verdict of Accidental Death

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

An inquest was hold in Melbourne concerning the tragic air smash on the day the Duke and Duchess arrived, when four men were killed…

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Shocking Accident Foot Torn Off

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 6

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

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Head On. Fatal Collision at Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 8

As the result of a head-on collision on the Ispwich-road a tram, Henry Grorge Mackay, diver of the car,…

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Man Drowned. Tragic Fishing Excursion. Launch Swamped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 8

Disaster overtook two brothers who were fishing in a 16ft, motor launch close to the North Head, on Sunday morning. A heavy sea was running,…

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Girls Injured. Struck by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 2

Two girls were injured on Prince's Highwasy, Rockdale, on Saturday evening, and a man was thrown out of a car and taken to hospital…

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Baby Killed. Three Others Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

A six months' old baby, Norma Barnes, was killed and three other Persons injured, when a motor cycle and side-car and motor car collided…

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Firemen Injured. Buried Under Machinery. Big Melbourne Blaze

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 3

Falling timber and machinery almost completely hurled three firemen when the second floor of H. A. Branch Flowers' furniture factory,…

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Still Unconscious. Injured by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

Thomas Smith, a grazier from Crookwell, who was knocked down by a motor car on Saturday night, is still in an unconscious condition in…

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Stanford Miner Injured. Motor Car Smashes Into Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 8

Ironbark Crook bridge on the Maitland-road, near Hexham, was the scene at another motor smash on Saturday afternoon…

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Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Police Patrol. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

Mrs. Alice Nell, 47, had just alighted from a bus in Flinders-street this morning, when she was knocked down by the police patrol…

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The Renown. Oil Fuel Patches Fire. Men Injured. London, May 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 8

The Admiralty announces that oil fuel caught fire in one of the Renown's boller-rooms on Thursday when the vessel was on route from…

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Motor Accidents Sydney's Week-end List

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 4

A bout midnight on Saturday. Ida M Guire, 18, was walking down the road towards her home at Guildford, when she was knocked down by a…

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Kurri Miner Injured In Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 5

Mr. John Clements, aged 27, who resides at Maitland Road, Stanford Merthyr, and is employed as a mined at Pelaw Main Colliery, sustained a…

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Kurri Coy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 5

I. Inwood, a boy aged live, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Inwood, of Keakin-street, Kurri, received contusions to the right side of his…

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