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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 123

Ferry Collision. an Inquiry Opened. Damage to Kanimbla. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 4

A preliminary Inquiry was opened this morning into the collision between the ferry steamers Balgowlah and Kanimbla yesterday afternoon…

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Motor Fatality. Widow Sues for Damages. Contractor Denies Negligence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

On the night of August 27, last year, Louis Goldman, storekeeper, was killed by a motor car while walking along the highway at Maroubra…

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Chinese Ferry Capsizes Five Hundred Drowned. (By Cable.) Shanghai, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

Five hundred Chinese were drowned at Swatow, a southern seaport. A ferry crossing the harbour capsized through the passengers crowding to one…

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Second Death. Victims of B.h.p. Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

Fruitfully injured when G. M. Dawes was Killed by an engine in the shunting yards at the B.H.P. steelworks last Thursday, Edward…

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Injured Twiner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 4

Struck by a piece of coal that fell from the roof, William Peck, a miner, employed at Stanford Merthyr, was injured about the head on…

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Motor Collision Verdict for Plaintiff

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

Percy Alfred Atkins represented by Mr. Williams of Cessnock, at Newcastle District Court, proceeded against Albert Giggins who failed…

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£70 DAMAGES. Result of Collision

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

At the Newcastle District Court yesterday, Percy Alfred Atkins, represented by Mr. Williams, of Cessnock, proceeded against Albert…

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Injured at Glen Ayr

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

TV. Gray employed at Glen Ayr Colliery, was pinned beneath a fall coal on Tuesday. He was aduitted to Maitland Hospital, and…

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Motor Fatality. Chinaman Knocked Over. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

Lee Kut, aged 60, a grocer, died in Sydney Hospital during the night as a result of a fractured skull received through being run over by a…

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Fatality at Moonan Flat. MR. J. J. Boswell Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 10

Mr. J. J. Boswell. licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Moonan Flat, was killed on Tuesday last.It appears that Mr. Boswell was working in…

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The Recent Fatality at Moonan Flat. the Late Mr. John Boswell

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 2

The untimely passing, under distressing circumstances, of Mr. John Boswell, of Moonan FLat, as briefly referred to in last issue, has occasioned…

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Chapter of Accidents Tragedies at Nice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

The "Petit Journal" (Paris) reports an extraordinary series of tragedies at Nice. A woman who attempted suicide was taken, to…

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Accident to School Boy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

While on his way to school Arthur Murphy had the misfortune to fall and break a small bone in his right hand…

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Damages Awarded. Loss of Husband in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 6

In the action in which Sarah Gold[?] widow Samuel Solomon, and Henry Solomon executors of the will [?] the late Louis Goldman…

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Mine Accidents

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 4

Norman Reynolds (26), miner employed at Elrington Colliery, and residing at Aberdare Road, Aberdare, sustained injuries to the right hand…

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Ferry Collision Terrific Impact on Harbour. Passengers Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

The Manly ferry steamer Balgowlah and the Kanimbla, owned by Sydney Ferries, Ltd., came into collision near Fort Macquarie shortly…

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Brakes Fail. Tram Collision in Melbourne. Motorman Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 11

Two electric trams collided at the corner of Ormond-road and Bendigo-avenue, Elwood (Vic), with a result that one motor man was…

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Cafe Fatality. Motor Driver Acquitted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 6

Vincent Young, 21. motor driver. was charged at the Central Criminal Court. Sydney with having feloniously slain Patrick Fitzpatrick, at…

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Riding Fatality. Sydney Girl Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 4

Miss Dorothy Isobel Eugenic Wogan Browne, daughter of Mr. Sydney Browne, of Manly, while visiting friends at Mandagery, near Parks…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 9

Samuel William Robinson, aged 21 years of Lichbardt, while turning his motor cycle from Arundel-street, Glebe, into Parramatta-road, carly…

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