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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Child Shot. Bullet Through Mouth. Oistressing Accident at Ulmarra

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

A son of Mr. George Finlayson, of Ulmarra, aged two years, was shot in the mouth when a pea rifle exploded, and now lies in a private hospital at…

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Double Fatality Boys In a Dam. ORANGE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 1

Two eight year old boys, Alexander McDonald and Melvyn Proud, whose parents reside at Orange, were drowned in a dam at Campdale…

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Drowning Fatalities. Two Boys in a Pam. Youth Caught in River By the Foot. WHITTON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 1

Caught on a snag in the bed of a river, Michael Woolridge of Condobolin, aged 16, was drowned. Woolridge was in a camp with his uncle and two…

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Armidale Street Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

What could have been a very serious accident occurred at the corner of Rusden and Allingham Streets, Armidale, yesterday afternoon, when…

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Cars in Collision Some Lucky; Some Unlucky MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

Seven men an their way by car to Ballarat regatta collided with another car at the corner of Sunshine Road and the main Melbourne-Ballarat…

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Knocker by Car Macquarie Street Accident SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

Crossing Macquarie Street M Parliament House last night in order to enter their car, two women were knocked down by a taxi car…

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Terrific Crash. Car and Motor Cycle Collide. an Inter-section Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 2

A terrific crash occurred between a motor car and a cycle and side-car at the inter-section of Rusden and Allingbam streets shortly after mid-day on…

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Argentine Floods Eleven Persons Drowned VANCOUVER

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

A message from Janjui, Argentine, states that 11 persons are known to be dead as a result of record breaking floods and torrential rains in this…

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Pillion Riding Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 13

Miss Florence Bristow (aged 20 years), a resident of Toowoomba, who was on a visit to Southport, [?] the victim of a fatal accident. She was…

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Hunting Accident Valuable Horse Killed Jockey Badly Shaken

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 1

Riders in the cattle drafting and hunting contests this afternon ran big risks with the slimery-surfaced ground, and it would have been…

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Injured by Shark

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

Ted Pritchard, 17, of Merewether, Newcastle, was swimming 50 yards out at Merewether beach, when he was…

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Accident at Show. Horse's Neck Broken

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

During the lightweight hunters contest at Glen Innes show yesterday, Mr. A. Wotton's (Inverell) Irvine crushed into one of the hurdles…

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Buried to His Neck. Mining Accident. Broken Hill

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 10

While a number of men were working at the Central Mine, Broken Hill 50 tons of earth came away. One man named H. Alagich was buried up…

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Peculiar Accident Unpleasant Car Experience

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 8

A very unpleasant experience which may have been attended with far. more serious results, befel Mr. Joe Cook at his home near Tenterfield on…

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Argentine Floods Twenty Drowned Beunos Ayres

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

Twenty are know to be dead, with many families homeless and enormous property damage in the province of J[?]ing as a result of the…

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Pillion Riding Fatality Crash at Intersection PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

A young man, William Molloy, who was riding on a pillion seat on a motor cycle, was killed through the machine colliding with a motor cycle…

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Motor 'Bus Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 4

Eggins' motor 'bus, which runs between Yamba and Grafton, came to grief the other day. It appears that the bus got out of control, through…

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Frightful Face Injuries. Gunshot Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 1

Leslie Darby. the youth who received frightful face injuries from a gunshot accidentally discharged by his mate at Liverpool yesterday, is in a very low…

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Hunting Accident at Glen Innes-show. Valuable Horse Killed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 3

Riders in the cattle drafting and hunting contests at the Glen Innes show on Thursday afternoon ran big risks with the slippery…

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