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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Miners Injured. Three From Abermain. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

Three miners were admitted to Kurri District Hospital yesterday afternoon. George Turner, aged 29, of…

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Injured Workers. Cost of Hospital Treatment. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

The Board of Management of the Cessnock District Hospital, intends, as was shown in the annual report at the yearly meeting of subscribers…

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One Killed. Accident at Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police received a telegram from Emmaville to-day, stating that in an accident at the Loch Sloy mine, one man had…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Mr. Fred Evans, proprietor of the ice works, Pindimar, met with a gun accident last week. He was shooting and both barrels exploded…

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Crossing Fatality. Goods Train Strikes Cart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 5

A level-crossing fatality occurred at 4.30 a.m. at the railway crossing at Ovingham (S.A.) Harry Bertrand Dean, aged 41, a milk vendor, of…

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Tram and Bus. Collision at Tighe's Hill. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 5

A tram crashed into the rear of a motor bus at Tighe's Hill this morning, and stove in the back of the bus…

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Boating Tragedy Three Drowned at Tuggerah. Five Survivors. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 5

A boat, containing four youth and four girls, was capsized at Tuggerah about midnight during a heavy storm. Three of the occupants, Eileen…

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Skull Injured. Alleged Use of Hammer. Kurri Case. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 4

Michael Stanley ("Wafer") Moroney, 32, a partial cripple, was again before the Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day, when the hearing was…

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Crushed to Death. Accident at Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 4

George Malyern Reynolds, aged 30, married, was killed at the Zine Corporation's works, Broken Hill, on Tuesday afternoon…

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Drowning Fatality Evidence at Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 5

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Joseph Allen, aged 19, also known as Joseph Bourke, who was drowned in the…

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Tragedy at Tuggerah Lakes Three Drowned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 2

A boat containing four youths and four girls was capsized at Tuggerah Lakes about midnight during a heavy storm…

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Motor Accidents an Unfortunate Family

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 1

Members of the Junge family, of Kandos, near Lithgow, are singularly unfortunate in regard to motor accidents…

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Thrown Through Glass Collision at Sandgate. Cyclist Injured.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 6

Thrown through the windscreen in a collision between a motor car and his motor cycle in Maitland-road, Sandgate,. near Ironbark ridge…

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Shooting Fatality—

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 2

The body of John Bourke (49), with his head almost blown off, was found in a shed on the property of Miss Hamilton at Glendon Brook. A…

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Drowned in Hunter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 12

Joseph Bourke (19) was drowned in the Hunter River at, West Maitland on Monday night. With three companions he went in swimming about 10 o'clock…

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Drowning Mystery. Doubt As to Identity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

A peculiar position has arisen over the identity of the youth who was drowned in the Hunter River halt a mile north of the Belmore Bridge…

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Three Drowned. Boat Capsizes on Tuggerah Lakes. The Entrance

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 2

Three people were drowned, at Long Jetty at 12.45 o'clock this morning. Eight persons set out for a row in a skiff after having been to a party…

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Tribal Squabble. Fight Over a Bride. Girl Injured. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 5

An unusual incident occurred near Rawene. It appears that among members of a certain Maori tribe a girl must…

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Malicious Rumors. Alleged Mine Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 11

On Thursday a rumor, evuiently spread by someone with malicious intent, got abroad that a serious accident had occurred at St. Heliers' Colliery,…

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Accident at Hebburn No. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

Adam Watson, aged 51, residing at William-street, Abermain, received injuries to the back by a fall of timber in Hebburn No. 2 Colliery…

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