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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

1,005 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 51

Ambulance Crashes Collision With Pole SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 4

Nurse Mason, of the Coast Hospital, who with other nurses, was injured last night owing the the ambulance on which the were riding…

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Boy Drowned Queensland Flood Mate's Heroism Waters Slowly Receding MARYBOROUGH (Queensland)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 4

Submerged flats on the bank of the Mary River at the foot of Bazaar-street, where the flood waters are from twelve to fourteen feet deep…

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Miner Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 7

William Blair, 24, of Pittown, Wallsend, a miner at New Lambton colliery, hit his head on a steel bar at the colliery to-day and then fell…

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Accidents in Sydney Four Killed, Four Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Motor cars were involved in the death of four persons and the injuring of four others during the week-end Mrs. Mary McGregor, aged 64, of…

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Racecourse Fatality Apprentice Jockey Killed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Allan McCurley, the apprentice jockey who was injured at Moorefield races yesterday died in hospital to-day from a fractured skull and broken ribs…

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Tram and Car Collide Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Two children were injured when a collision occurred between a tram car and a motor car at Brown-street, near the Broadmeadow bridge yesterday afternoon…

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Boat Overturns Three Men in Terrific Sea Two Drowned Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Three men were observed hanging to an upturned boat off Pearl Beach, near Woy Woy, shortly after 8 a.m. to-day. A message was sent to the…

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18 Killed, 27 Injured— Head on Smash in U.S.A.

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 8

H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE DRESSED WITH FLAGS for the Sydney Regatta. She left last week for Hobart, which is holding on February 1, a regatta a year younger than ours. BATTERED ENGINE OF PONCE DE LEON TRAIN after a head-on collision in Florida, in which 18 were killed and 27 injured. PRAWN, SHRIMP, OR LOBSTER?—This creature was…

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Blown Up Terrific Explosions at Chatswood Six Injured 20 Buildings Extensively Damaged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Two explosions in a shed at the rear of A. J. Benjamin's general store, in Victoria-avenue, Chatswood, this morning, caused seven casualties and enormous damage, not only to Benjamin's shop, but also to about 20 shops and private…

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Fishing Party Ends Tragically Two Men Drowned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 4

When a fishing boat containing three men capsized in a heavy sea off the ocean beach at Woy Woy this morning, the occupants clung to the upturned craft, but…

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Two Boys Drowned Locked in Each Others Arms AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 7

Clasped in each, others arms, two boy, Frederick Blackford, 15. and Sydney Mawson Clark, 12 met their deaths by drowning…

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Danger Driving Speed in Wrong Place Cause of Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

That there are too many motoring Accidents no one will deny, but that the problem of "dangerous driving" can never be dealt with except by…

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Six Drowned Pilot Boat Swamped New York

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 1

The hurricanes continue to dike a toll of lives in the North Atlantic. The steamer Avon, which arrived from, Bermuda, still had Henry…

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Didn't Keep to Left Collision at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 7

On January 3, Paul Black, of Killingworth, while driving a motor carin Nelson-street. Wallsend, near Cowper-street, collided with a Chinaman's…

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Motor Crashes Into Tram Four Persons Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

Temporarily blinded by the glare of the sun shining through the windscreen of his car, Harry Clarke (44), of North Sydney, was unable to see while driving…

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Hospital Expenses Insurance Companies' Stand Injured Workers Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 7

The Minister for Health (Mr. Cann) informed Sir. Booth, in the Legislative Assembly to-day, that the Government was…

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Injured Miner

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

The condition of Thomas McGuire, a minor at Polaw Main Colliery, who was Injured by a fall of coal at work yesterday, is reported to be…

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Maitland District Motor Cycle Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 8

Mr. Harry Miller, Maitland district representative of the International Correspondence School, died in Maitland Hospital yesterday at 8.30 a.m., of injuries…

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Workman Killed Fatality Near Artarmon SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

William Cossells, 40 a cement worker, who lived in Woollahra, was killed, and James Frost, 41, flagman, of Paddington, was severely injured,…

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Accidents in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 6

While driving a dray along Darley-road Randwck near his home, to-day, Robert Pyne 59, became entangled in the reins. He fell from the cart and the…

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