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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Car Fatality Collision with Bicycle Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

One man was killed and two others injured when a motor car collided with a bicycle and then dashed into a culvert and overturned in Hardy-Street, Ashfield, to-night…

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Youth Drowned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Friday.--A youth, Don. Eden, was drowned when the yacht Buccaneer capsized off Summer Beach, New Zealand. Five companions…

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Drowning Tragedies New Zealand Fatalities

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday.--Two sisters named Dette, the one aged 14, and the other 12 years, went bathing in the Wanganui River, near Taumarunui…

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Sisters Drowned Auckland

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Two sisters named Dette, aged 14 and 12 years, were drowned while bathing in the Wanganui River. The younger girl got into difficulties and her sister rushed to [?]…

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Killed by Engine Fatality at Newtown

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--William Clark (30), of Bankstown, was run down and killed by a train near Newtown railway station this afternoon. Clark, in…

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Tram and Motor 'Bus Collision at Marrickville

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--Four passengers wire injured when a motor 'bus and tram collided at Marrickville this afternoon. The 'bus, which was bound…

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Fatal Colusion Motor Car and Bicycle. One Killed. Two Injured. Accident at Ashfield

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--One man was killed and two others injured when a motor ear collided with a bicycle and then dashed into a culvert and…

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Policeman Injured in Search Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

While searching for burglars on a fire escape at Fraser House in Devonshire-street late last night Detective Sergeant Carmody slipped and fell to a concrete yard 20 feet…

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Five Persons Injured Car Climbs Embankment

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Five persons were injured one seriously, when a motor car travelling at a high speed swerved off the roadway, climbed an…

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Four Injured Motor 'Bus and Tram Collide Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Four passengers were injured when a motor bus and a tram car collided at Marrickville this afternoon. The bus, which was bound from Sydney to Belmore, tried to pass the…

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Deadly Deluge Tuberculosis Cultures Accident to Dr. Spahlinger

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

To be deluged beneath virulent cultures of tuberculosis, through, the bursting of a flask, was the experience which befell Dr…

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Boat Capsized. Girl Drowned While Prawning

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Winnie Towers, a young girl, was drowned at Tuggerah while prawning, as the result of a boat capsizing…

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Motor Cyclist Injured On Southport Road

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

SOUTHPORT, Saturday.--Robert Johns (22), clerk in the Commonwealth Bank, Brisbane, was, thrown from his motor cycle near the Surfers'…

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Thrown From Sulky. Eentley Residents Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

Mr. mid Mrs. Leslie Knapp, of Bentley, had a painful experience when returning to their home from Casino on Christmas Eve…

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Plucky Youth. Rescues Three From But One Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

Willam Mclntrye, aged 12, was responsible for rescuing three other children who fell into the Tuntable Creek near Channon, on Wednesday last…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Pilot Injured, But Passengers Escape

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—An aeroplane crashed near Portland on Saturday. The nose of the machine was wrecked, and the pilot was badly cut…

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Man Fatally Injured. Oar and Cycle Collide

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Francis Williams (25) was fatally injured, and Thelma. Smith (20), a car passenger, was Injured, when a…

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Caught in Undertow Exciting Incident Near Little Burleigh. Man Narrowly Escapes Drowning

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

SOUTHPORT, Saturday.--An exciting incident occurred this morning near Little Burleigh, at a somewhat isolated place on the beach. Mr. John Jordan,…

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Motor Cycle Turns Turtle Two Persons Badly Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--An adult named Walter Burgess and a child named Herbert McCarthy, both residents of Merivale Street, South…

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Dragged 300 Yards. Motor Cycle Hit by Car. Youths Badly Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Allan Brown (17) and Harold Simpson (14) were killed at Singleton when a car at a crossing crashed into the motor cycle…

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