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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Abe You Safe? Two Wheel Brakes Double Risk of Accidents 84 per cent. Cars Now Use Four Wheel Brakes

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. with its enormous membership of 32,000 is the greatest motoring body in Australia Mr. Fielder is its Technical Engineer…

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Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 4

While grinding the planer knife at the East Kempsey Sawmilling Co.'s plant, Mr. John F. Allen met with a most painful and serious. accident. It…

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Out Collision Mats! a Command at Sea That Is Quickly Obeyed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 8

In the accounts of the collision between the gigantic White Star liner Olympic and H.M.S. Hawke, it was set out that as the cruiser came…

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Fatal Motor Accident Cr. J. J. Webster the Victim

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

Widespread regret was expressed throughout the whole of the Macleay district yesterday when it became known that Mr. James J. Webster had…

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Motor Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

When coming to Taree on Monday afternoon with the Wallamba mail and five passengers, Mr. Chas. Bowers had a serious accident some 3¾ miles…

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Fatal Motor Accident. CR. J. J. Webster the Victim

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 3

Widespread regret was expressed throughout the whole of the Macleay district on Monday, when it became known that Mr. James J. Webster…

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Accident to Mr. Jas. Summerville

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1927 · page 2

At Friday's P. P. Board meeting mention was made of a recent accident, through a fall from a horse, to Mr. Jas. Summerville, in which that…

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Woman Drowned? PRIGHTFUL (?) TRAGEDY

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 4

There was a big sir in Dungog on Wednesday afternoon (says the "Chronicle") when a rumor spread over the town that a woman had been…

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Injured School Children

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 4

Some days ago, Ida and Olga Battle, little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Battle of Dondingalong were riding to Sherwood public school when the…

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Railway Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 4

The following appeared in the "Daily Guardian" of Tuesday, 6th. instant:—Sleepers and rails, stacked four…

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Accident on Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 2

Fireman Delves, of the N.C. service, had a miraculous escape from death on Wednesday morning. He was on the leader when the goods train was on…

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Fatality at Tuncurry. Man Killed by Falling Tree

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 8

A message received from Tuncurry on Thursday staled that a man had been killed that afternoon by a falling tree. It appears that Mr…

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Fatal Accident at Darwanx

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 4

A young man named Augustus Albert Wilks, aged 23, was killed at Darawank on Thursday morning He was in the employ of Mr. Thomas…

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Fatality at Tuncurry

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

A message received from Tuncurry on Thursday stated that a man had been killed that afternoon by a falling tree. It appears that Mr. Augustus…

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Fatality at Tuncurry Man Killed by Falling Tree

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

A message received from Tuncurry on Thursday stated that a man had been killed that afternoon by a falling tree. It appears that Mr…

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Bolting Accident

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

Mr. Roy Bradley, herd tester, met with an accident yesterday, resulting in his being admitted to the District Hospital. It appears that while in the…

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Fatality Near Tuncurry. Accidentally Caused

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 2

At the court house, Forster, on Friday, the coroner, Mr. F. F. Potts, P.M., held a magisterial inquiry touching the death of Augustus Albert…

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Fatality near Tuncurry Accidentally Caused

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 2

At the court house, Forster on Friday, the coroner, Mr. F. F. Potts, P.M., held a magisterial inquiry touching the death of Augustus Albert…

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Painful Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 2

Our Bretti correspondent writes : As a result of his horse falling while homeward hound from work on Friday night, 16th inst, Mr. T. F. Breese…

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No Case for Jury. Judge Says Death of Mr. J. B. Rickard Was Accidental

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 4

"An absolute accident" was the opinion of Mr. Justice Gordon regarding the death of Mr. James Bennett Rickard on July 6, the…

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