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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Seven Drowned Boat Sinks in River. Four Are Saved Toowoomba

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 3

Two women and five children were drowned yesterday, when a boat struck a tree and sank in the flooded Condamine River…

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Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Christensen met with a severe accident at Tilly-Willy railway siding last Friday morning. He was assisting in guiding a couple of…

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Steamer Founders Off Terrigal. Several Drowned

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

THE collier Galava foundered oft Terrigal at midnight on Tuesday. Several members of the crew were missing or drowned. The captain (James…

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A Lucky Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 7

It was in 1825 that the famous French chemist, Micheal Eugene Chevreul, took out patents for the hard candle…

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Motor Accident. Taree Resident Involved. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 4

A sensational motor accident occured at Wallerawang when a car, owned and driven by Mr. R. B. Young, of Taree ran off the road…

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Terrible Floods in Cairns District, North Queensland. 17 Drowned, Some Missing. Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 4

IT is known that 17 persons perished in the great floods following in the wake of the cyclone that swept the Queensland coastal districts near…

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Gun Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 4

A son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Powers, of Ballengara, met with a shocking accident Sunday last, when a shotgun he was carrying bumped a log and…

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Sensational Accident at Wauchope

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

The "Hastings Shire Gazette" states that on Sunday last, whilst Mr. M. J. O'Connor, a skin buyer, who is well-known on the Coast, was driving in his…

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A Revolver Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 4

Wagga: Miss Durkitt, daughter of the manager of the Yer[?]ong branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was engaged in…

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Explosion. in Perdriau's Rubber Works. About 100 Girls Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

One hundred girls were injured in an explosion at the Berdriau rubber factory at Roseby street Drummoyne, at midday on Monday. The explosion…

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Serious Accident Mr. Dick Mitchell Severely Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

A serious accident bevel Mr. Pick Mitchell, of Gloucester River on Tuesday last. A cedar tree had been felled and not falling clear Mr.Mitchell…

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Riding Accident. MR. J. Hayes Injured

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon last Mr. Jack Hayes, of Taree, was thrown from a horse against a telegraph post, near Kolodong, and has since…

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English Mine Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 5

Two tragic mine accidents early on Tuesday morning resulted in the death of, it is believed, 76 men, and serious injury to many others…

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Gun Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 4

Sunday last, near Macksville, a young chap Harry Ennis, son of Mr and Mrs. H. Ennis, met with a shocking gun accident. It appears that…

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Serious Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 4

A serious accident befell Mr. Dick Mitchell, of Gloucester River, on Tuesday of last week. A cedar tree had been felled, and, not falling clear, Mr…

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Painful Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

During the week-end Mr. A. G. Griffin, cheesemaker at the Seven Oaks factory, met with a very painful accident. It appears that something was amiss…

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Serious Gun Accident. Boy's Hard Fight for Life

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

On Sunday last Leslie Ennis, aged 15 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ennis, of Argent's Hill, met with a very serious accident: which nearly ended…

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Serious Gun Accident. to Tuncurry Resident. Victim in a Critical Condition'

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

John Honan, aged about 22, employed us a buttermaker at the Cape Hawke factory', met with a serious. shooting accident late on Sunday…

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Shooting Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

Mr. John Ronan, 22, butter maker at Tuncurry factory met with a shooting accident late on Sunday evening, at the rear of the factory. On going…

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Forster Notes. Tuncurry Shooting Fatality. Death of a Popular Young Man

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

"Those whom the Gods love die young" was never better exemplified than in the passing to the Great Beyond last Tuesday night of Jack…

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