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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Railway Fatality the Late Steven Hogan

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

The skull was fractured, right ribs fractured, right clavicle fractured, a scalp wound 8in. long, a big burn on the right side of back, and…

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Accidents Small Boy Loses Thumb Top

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 8

A simple accident caused the four-yearold son of Mr. J. Simpson, Warrant-Officer, Armidale, to lose the top of his thumb. Mr. Simpson was cutting a…

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Two Killed. Quarry Fatality. Adelaide

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

[?] Perks [?] and Richard Ful[?] were killed and two others ser[?] injured in an explosion in a quarry at [?] Valley, South…

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Two Children Drowned An Unfortunate Family

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 5

The adage, "misfortune comes not in single le, but in battalions," was tragically exemplified on Thursday afternoon (says the Inverell…

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Trucks Bolt. Tramway Employee Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

A ballast tram of two trucks, loaded in metal, bolled at Rozelle (this morning, and crashed through the double gates of White Bay Power House,…

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Eight Killed 100 INJURED Buildings Demolished By Gale GLASGOW

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

Right were killed and a hundred taken to hospital at Glasgow as the result of a gale which raged throughout the day, attaining ninety miles…

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Four Nurses Injured When Ambulance Crashes Another Ambulance to the Rescue SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

Four [?] attached to the staff of the [?] Hospital were injured when as ambulance waggon on which they were riding got out of…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Sister Attempts to Rescue Brother. Both Drowned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 2

Perhaps the saddest happening known of in our community is that of Thursday last, when Gwen and Gordon Skippen, aged 10 and 8…

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Two Drowned. Brother and Sister

The Uralla Times · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 2

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Warialda on Thursday. The victims were Gwen, aged 10 years, and Gordon, aged 8 years, the…

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Bundarra Tragedy. Coroner's Inquiry. Recent Drowning Case

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 4

An inquest in connection with the death by drowning of John Bede Campbell, it Peach Tree, Bundarra, on…

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River Tragedies Drowned at Sunday School Picnic MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 1

Two drowning accidents occurred in the Yarra River to-day. Elsie Innokent, aged 15, was drowned at Hevington. She was a member of…

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Thrilling Trip Service Car in Creek Accident on Glen Innes Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 4

One of Willbat's service cars[?]on the Glen Innes road was towed into South Grafton on Friday afternoon at about 5.30 o'clock, and the incident…

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Overboard. Old Man Drowned. Yachting Tragedy

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 2

Thomas Henry Rogers, aged 70, old age pensioner, who lived in Ernest-street, North Sydney, a member of the crew of the 60-ton sailing yacht,…

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Brother and Sister Drowned. in a Water Hole

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 7

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Warialda. The victims were Gwen, aged 10 years, and Gordon, aped 8 years,the children of Mr. and…

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Motor Lorry's Plunge. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 4

A motor lorry was proceeding across the bridge at Long Core Canal, Leich[?]ardt when the wheels Struck the tramline, with the result that the…

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Mysterious Explosion Seven Persons Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 1

Two serious explosions occurred at 8 a.m. Monday at the rear of Benja[?]in's store, Chatswood. A large storing shed was wrecked,…

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Scaffold Collapses One Killed ; One Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 2

John J. O'Farrell, of West Perth, was killed and Henry Laker, of Subi[?], was badly injured when they fell 26 feet from the scaffolding at…

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A Riding Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 4

Mr. Tim Mullins was the victim of a painful accident recently, as a result of which he is under treatment in the District Hospital. Mr. Mullins…

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Warialda Tragedy. Sad Drowning Case

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

An inquest was held at Warialda on Friday into the circumstances under which Gwen and Gordon Skippen, aged 10…

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Two Children Drowned Brother and Sister Fall From Jetty MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

A man named Farqu[?]son was fishing from the end of the jetty at Geelong, when he met two children who said they were from Melbourne…

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