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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

216 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 11

Serious Motor Truck Accident. Wagga

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 2

The overturning of a motor truck on the Albury Road, eleven miles from Wagga, on Saturday night, resulted in the death of an infant, Muriel…

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Late Telegrams. Speedway Royal Accident. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 2

J. Doraghty, who met with an accident while riding at the Speedway Royal on Saturday night, died last night…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 2

A year-old infant, Muriel Harris, was killed, and eight other persons belonging to the same family, were more or less seriously injured when a motor…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 8

A sad drowning case has been reported from Harparary, of William Thomas Nash, aged 16 years, who was drowned in the Namoi River…

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Boy Drowned

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 1

Michael Wooiridge, of Condobolin, aged 16, wa bathing in the river at Whitton, when he caught on a snagand was drowned…

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Two Children Drowned. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 2

Alexander McDonald and Mervyn Pound, each 8 years old, were drowned while swimming in a dam at Gampdale, near Orange…

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Two Boys Drowned. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 2

Two eight-year-old boys, Albert McDonald and Mervyn Pound, were drowned in a dam at Campdale paddock, near Orange, while bathing…

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Badly Injured by Shark

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 3

The Pritchard, 17, of Merewether, [?] was swimming 50 yerds [?] Mere vether beach on Tursday when [?] att[?]ed by a shark…

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Railway Fatality

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 1

Two railway fettlers named Baird and Gibson were proceeding from Girilambone on a railway tricycle when they were rundown by a…

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Motor 'Bus Fatality

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 1

Two men were killed instantly and twenty-three others including women and children were injured, when the brakes of a motor 'bus failed to hold…

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Fettler Killed; Another Injured. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 2

Two railway fettlers named Baird and Gibson, were run down by a special stock train while proceeding from Girilambone on a railway tricyle. Baird was…

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Lad's Painful Accident

North West Champion · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 5

Leslie, the eight-yeare-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Elliott, of Moree met with a painful accident on Thursday night last. He was playing with a…

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Motor Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

While Mr. Bob Gardner and his little niece were proceeding along the road in a sulky, on Sunday they were run down by a…

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Casino Railway Accident Five Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 1

A message from Casino states that five railway workers were Injured, two seriously, when two Sheffield trucks left the rails near…

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Railway Workers Injured. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 2

Five railway workers were injured when two trucks left the rails near Boomoodorrie Bridge, in the Casino district yesterday. The condition of one…

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Found by Radio Injured Woman's Husband

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 4

Still another instance in reported of the value of radio in cases of emergency. A woman spendinp a holiday at Bulli fell and broke her…

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Trucks Leave Rails. Five Men Injured. CASINO

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 2

Five railway men were injured, twp seriously, when two Sheffield trucks left the rails near Boomooderrie Bridge yesterday…

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Drowned in a Dam

Manilla Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

Two school boys, both eight years of age, Mervyn Pound, and Alexander Richard McDonald, were drowned, in the Campdale…

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Cairns Fatality Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 1

An explosion of acetylene ens in Fairwy Buoy at Cairns, which was facing filled with carbide beside the wharves, inflicted terrible injuries to…

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Mona Vale Fatality Man Drowned in Surf

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 1

A man about 55 years of age was drowned in the surf at mona Vale yesterday afternoon, When he was observed to, be in difficulties, two…

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