Four Drowned Lake Michigan Squall CHICAGO
Four people were drowned as the result of the capsising of a salling boat on Lake Michigan to-day during a sudden squall…
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Accidents, 1927
1,005 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 51
Cycle and Car Collide Motor Cyclist Injured
As a result of a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car that occurred about half-past twelve yesterday afternoon in Maitland-road, Sandgate,…
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Christopher Codway, aged 56, of Redfern, was crossing the street near his home last night, when he was knocked down and run over by a tram. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thrown Down Hatch Accident on Mud Punt
H. Hughes. 64, of Bruce-street, Cook's Hill, seaman, was working on a mud punt in tow of the tug Eden this morning when he was struck by…
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Joseph Bourke. 19, was drowned in the Hunter River, near Belmore Bridge. West Maitland, about 10 p.m. yesterday…
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W. Daley, 48, living at Cardiff, employed as a greaser at Rylands, was putting a belt on a machine at work this afternoon when he was caught in…
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Chalice Filcock 29, of 20 Frederick-street, Merewether, employed as a linesman by the postal department, fell 30 feet from a telegraph pole at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured Workers Employers' Liability for Fees Cessnock Test Case
That colliery companies had failed to carry out their obligations under the Workers' Compensation Act by paying for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase Wanted Miners' Accident Fund
Mr. Booth. M.L.A., has been in touch with the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) respecting an increase to the M.A.R. fund for old…
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Joseph Bourke, Gregory Ducker, Douglas Farquhar, and William Scott went into the river at a locality known as "The Point," above the Belmore Bridge, on…
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The body of Joseph Bourke (19), who was drowned in the Hunter River at Maitland on Wednesday night, was recovered by Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Hits 'Bus Collision at Tighe's Hill Narrow Escapes
Passengers in the front compartments of a Newcastle-bound tram had a narrow escape at the high-level bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Drowned Caught by Gale Boat Swamped Tuggerah Lakes Tragedy Tuggerah
Caught in a sudden and boisterous southerly that was blowing at midnight, a boating party on the lake,…
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While working on the coal wharf at Pyrmont this afternoon, Alexander Nicholls, 40, of Pyrmont, was jambed between two railway waggons laden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision at Tighe's Hill Tram Strikes Omnibus
Fortunately no one was injured when a tramcar, city-bound, came into collision with a stationary motor omnibus at the top of the Tighe's Hill high-level bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy at Tuggerah Lakes. Three Persons Drowned. Pleasure Boat Swamped
A boating tragedy occurred at Long Jetty, Tuggerah Lakes, in the early hours of yesterday monring, resulting in the loss of three lives. The names of the drowned…
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George Watt. 42, who has been in Cessnock Hospital for the past two days suffering from concussion and a fractured left arm, and whose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Drowning Fatality a Peculiar Case Question of Identification
A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the death of Joseph Allen, also known as…
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Adam Watson, 51, a miner at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, was struck by a fall, of timber while at work to-day, and was admitted to Kurri District Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Redhead Fatality Inquest on Victims Verdict of Accidental Death
The deaths of Matthew Jarvie and Abraham Butterworth, the former a deputy and the latter a shiftman at Redhead Colliery, which occurred as a result of a…
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