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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Premier's Fingers Injured Adelaide

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Hill) had the top of a finger nearly severed and another finger crushed by a lift at the Treasury buildings to-day. While waiting for the lift Mr. Hill…

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Car Over Embankment Mishap on Burringbar Range. Log Prevents Serious Accident. Occupants Slightly Injured But Continue Journey

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

Mr. F. J. Withford, Murwillumbah, and Messrs. Walter and Thomas Grant had a narrow escape from, serious injury on Thursday afternoon, when a…

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Shocking Accident Mangled Body of Elderly Man on Railway Line

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--William Kelly (60), an inmate of the Old Men's Home, was found lying face downwards on the railway line at Darling…

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Motor Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 6

Whilst returning home from Evans Head on Saturday night last, a car driven by Mr. J. A. Henderson, of Kyogle, was overturned. Mr…

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Accidentally Killed Inquiry at Mullumbimby Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

The coroner (Mr. W. E. Selwood, J.P.) conducted an inquiry at the Mullumbimby Court House this afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of Aid…

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Drowned in Grafton Baths

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

Mr. E. O. Hannigan, a well-known Grafton business man, went to the local baths about 6.30 a.m. yesterday, with his son, Howard Ross Hannigan (7),…

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Canoe Capsized. One Boy Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—When a canoe containing two boys capsized at Valley Lake, Archie Ashley (13) was drowned. A companion made heroic…

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Young Man Drowned. Bathing at Penrith

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Basil Fi[?]tikietis (19) was bathing in [?] River at Penrith with a number of companions when he suddenly disappeared. The…

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Boy Drowned in Grafton Baths Grafton

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 5

A child was drowned in Grafton baths on Saturday morning. Mr. E. O. Hanigan, a well-known Grafton business man, went to the baths about 6.30 a.m. with his son,…

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Headless Body. Washed Up on Beach. Sailing Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

HOBART, Monday.—A headless body, from which one foot was missing, which was washed ashore at Letters Bay, has been identified by a note found in the…

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Car and 'Bus Collide. Two Critically Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—William Long (35) and Norma Johnson (21) were critically injured when a car in which they were travelling collided…

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Thrown Again Prince of Wales Injured Wrist Sprained Continues the Day's Sport London

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 5

The Prince of Wales met with an accident while hunting with the Quorn at Melton-Mowbray. His horse stumbled when taking off at a…

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Mullumbimy Sensation. Accidental Death Recorded

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. W. E. Selwood) conducted an inquiry at Mullumbimby Court House on Friday, into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Girl Falls From Train. Accident Near Amarina

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

A little girl named Khrae, a passenger on the Sydney mail train, was leaning out of the carriage window when the train was travelling at a fair…

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Accident at Speedway Wagga

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 6

While riding at the speedway last night two well-known Sydney riders, Jack and Mick Fitzgerald, were involved in a collision, Jack sustained a fractured collarbone and…

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Boy Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--Cecil Clarke, 15, was drowned in the river at Heyfield (Vic.) while trying to rescue a companion who had got into difficulties…

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Little Boy Drowned Pathetic Fatality at Grafton. Missed While Swimming in Baths

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

GRAFTON, Monday.--A little child was drowned in Grafton Baths on Saturday morning in strangely pathetic circumstances. Mr. E. O. Hanigan…

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Boy Drowned Tragedy at Gympie

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 3

GYMPIE, Monday.--A boy named William Gordon Lobwein (9), was drowned in a creek at Kybong, near Gympie. Carrying an air rifle, he…

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Fell From Train Elderly Man Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Robert Stephens (60), Brewarrina, fell, from the platform of the Dubbo-Sydncy passenger train near Bathurst on Saturday…

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Lucky Escape Motor Cyclist in Collision Wagga

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 6

Albert Warhurst had a miraculous escape from serious Injury when u motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car. So severe was the impact that Warhurst…

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