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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 123

Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 9

Mr. William Dennett was travelling in a motor car along the Main Southern road, Mittagong, yesterday, when it collided with a lorry engaged in…

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Mine Fatality. Underground Manager Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 1

Thomas Anthony Freeman, underground manager at the State coalmine, Wonthaggi (Vic), was crushed to death by a skip which broke…

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Man Drowned. Tragic Fishing Excursion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 13

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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Traveller Killed. Crossing Fatality at Griffith

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

A collision between a train and a motor car at a railway crosing half a mile from the Griffith railway station on Tuesday, resulted in the…

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Head On. Fatal Collision at Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 14

As the result of a head-on collision on the Ipswich-road, Brisbane, between a motor car and a tram. Henry George Mackay, driver of the car…

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Shooting Fatality. Gun Exploded When Boy Tripped

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

While five boys were on a shooting expedition, one of them, Reg. Lawton, tripped and his gun exploded at Griffith…

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Polo Fatality. Mr. Jack Ryrie Killed. Gilgandra Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

While playing in a polo tournament at Gilgandra, Mr. Jack Ryrie. of Penally Station, Gulargambone, was thrown, as a result of a collision…

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Girls Injured. Struck by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 14

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

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Stanford Miner Injured. Motor Car Smashes Into Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 14

Irbnbark Creek bridge, on the Maitland-road, near Hexham, was the scene of another motor smash on Saturday afternoon…

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Firemen Injured. Buried Under Machinery. Big Melbourne Blaze

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 14

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

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Wheels Skid. Tram Smash at Newtown. Six Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 8

A number of passengers received severe shock and minor injuries, when a city-bound tramear crashed into the rear of another tram which…

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Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Police Patrol. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 14

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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Struck by Car. Man Seriously Injured Youthful Driver Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 9

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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Car Hits Iron Standard One Killed, Two Injured. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

Robert Watson, aged 30, was killed, Robert Ruhilly, aged 39, and Clarence Shields, aged 38, were injured, when a motor car in which they were driving…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 13

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

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Motor Accidents. Sydney's Week-end List

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 14

About 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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Accidentally Shot While Rabbit Shooting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 7

So many people are now after rabbits, owing to the big prices being paid for skins, that there is a certain amount of danger attached to…

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Lift Accident. Fatal Injuries at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 9

In returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquiry into the death of Walter Bubbins, who was jambed between a lift and a…

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Motor Accident. Sir A. Chamberlain Injured. London, June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 4

The Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs (Sir Austen Chamberlain), in Court dress, after attending the King's birthday dinner at the Foreign…

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Fell Under Train Fettler Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 2

William Kemp (35), fettler, of Marrickville, had his right arm severed at the shoulder and got a big gash on the back of his head at…

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