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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

2,459 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 123

Muswellbrook Letter Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 6

What might have been a serious motor car accident occurred on the Denman-road, a short distance from Muswellbrook, aud close to Balmoral…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 5

Mr. Richard Dark met with a painful accident while out riding. The horse swerved and the young man's leg was brought in violent…

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Accidents

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 4

Reginald Haldock (27), residing at Church Street, Bellbird, and employed by Harry Davis as a motor-driver, received injuries to the right leg on…

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Motor Collision. Three Injured Near Tamworth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 6

Three persons were injured when a motor lorry and a motor car met in a head-on collision on the Manilla-road, about eight miles from…

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Labourer Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 6

Francis Haling, 47, a labourer, residing in George-street, Homeville, employed by West Maitland Council. slipped off the council's steam lorry…

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Verdict for Plaintiff. Sulkies in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 9

Before His Honor, Judge White, at the Maitland District Court [?] the 30th ult, Lewis Hughes, of Aberdare, sued Mark Wilson, of…

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Almost Drowned. Unconscious Baby Dragged From River

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

Becoming alarmed at the prolonged absence of their two-year-old son Ronald, on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Burnett, of Moscheto Island…

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Speed Boat Burnt Crew Drowned. (By Cable.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 6

Ontarie (Canada), Thursday Night. W L. Hodgskins, Chicage millionaire, and his crew of two, were drowned when their speed boat caught fire…

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Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, at Kurri Court House to-day, returned a finding of accidental death in connection with the death…

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Thrown From Sulky. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 5

Through a horse slipping on the hard surface of Maitland-road, Mayfield, Frederick Kempster, aged 55 years, a watchman employed by…

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Seriously Injured. Overwhelmed by Tall of Earth. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

David McPeak, 47 a labourer, was seriously injured in a pit at the Central Brick Works, St. Peters, when a quantity of earth, weighing…

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Man's Skull Fract-ured. Horse Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 3

Roy Bialey, aged 35, of Canterbury, was seriously injured last night when a heavy steam waggon collided with a sulky in which he was driving…

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Bus Overturns. Twelve Persons Injured. Four Seriously. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

A motor bis, crowded with passengers overturned near Geelong late last night. Twelve people were injured—four…

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Skull Crushed. Fatality at John Darling Collieey. Shaft Sinker Killed. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

Richard Crozier, 45, a married man, and a shaft sinker, employed at the John Darling Colliery, Belmont, was killed shortly after 8…

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Newcastle Casualties. Three Motor Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

John Davies, 23, living at Lambton, was playing football at the Newcastle Showground on Saturday, when he fractured his left collar-bone…

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Accident to Cyclist Run Over by Car

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 6

While riding a bicycle in Darbystreet, Cook's. Hill, on Thursday, C. Scott, aged 23, employed as a mail assistant at the Newcastle Post Office,…

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Accident at Westbrook Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 6

On Thursday night a car owned by Mr Allsop, of Maerannie, was being driven along Maerannie-road in the direction of Singleton, when it…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycles in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 4

Two persons were injured in a collision between two motor cycles in Prince's Highway, Sylvania, on Sunday…

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Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 4

Two motor cars collided on then hill at Four-mile Creek, just beyond East Maitland, yesterday afternoon. The front portion of one car, owned…

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Injured Man's Condition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 4

The condition of Francis Haling, council employed, who had his left, foot amputated as the result of an accident on Saturday, was reported…

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