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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 101

Man Killed. and Father Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 9

An accident occurred at No. 3 bench of the McBride tunnel of the State coalmine (Vic.), W. A. Matthews, aged 27 years, married, dying later…

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Cyclist Injured. Crashed Into Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

Jack Oliver, residing at South Broken Hill, is in a serious condition in the hospital, as a result of a motor cycle he was riding colliding with…

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Maddened Horse. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

Jack Kahl was watching the Olympia rodeo at Rockhampton when a horse rushed around the ring and collided with him…

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Redhead Disaster. Injured Men Improving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

It was ascertained on inquiry at the Newcastle Hospital that the condition of Messrs. Black, Goldie and Anderson, who were admitted to the…

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Aberdare Fatality. Struck by a Prop. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 13

Frank Geaches, wheeler, died in Cessnock Hospital yesterday from concussion, as the result of being struck with a prop in Aberdare…

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Six Injured. Tram Collides with Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

Six persons were injured when an electric tram collided with a lorry loaded with steel rails in St. George's-road, Northcote (Vic.), on…

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Wheels Skidded. Carter Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

George Kennedy, 34, a carter, was driving a horse lorry in Redfern today when the wheels skidded in the tramline…

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Child Injured. Put Hand in Machine. Rockhampton (Q.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

Bobby Dale, aged 5, wandered into the back yard of a saddler's premises where he discovered a machine. The boy started the…

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Child Killed. Three Others Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 9

A child was killed, two other children were seriously injured and a fourth child received minor abrasions when a motor car overturned on the…

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Twelve Injured Motor Cars Collide. Smash at Randwick

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 9

Twelve persons were injured as a result of a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Church and Cowper streets…

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Skull Pierced by Point of Pick. Remarkable Colliery Fatality. Toowoomba

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

Archibald Fletcher, 44, met with a remarkable accident at the Sugarl[?]Colliery. He was working in a stooping…

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Disastrous Explosion Sugar Refinery Works Five Men Badly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 9

A sensational explosion occurred in the packing room of the Colonial Sugar Refining Coy's Pyrmont works, on 23rd inst. Five men were…

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Accident at Vacy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

An unfortunate accident occurred a few days ago to Master Beresford Hudson, eldest son of Mrs. Emma Hudson. He had caught a young…

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Dreadful Accident Youth's Arm Torn Off. Accident on The Marama. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

During the voyage of the steamer Marama from Auckland to Sydney, S. Ramsey, 19, an engine-room wiper, met with a dreadful accident…

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Motor Accident. Mrs. Rowley's Death. the Inquest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

An inquest was held at the West Maitland Courthouse on Thursday by the Coroner, Mr. M. H. Cleeve, concerning the death of Mrs. Isabella…

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Boy Drowned. Strange Fatality at Killingworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 6

A 15-year-old boy, John Edward McWilliams, was drowned in a dam near Killingworth, Newcastle, late on Saturday afternoon…

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Found Drowned. Fatality at Warkworth. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

Edward James Kenna the thirteen-year-old son of Mrs. Ellon Kenna, of Glencairn, Warkworth was drowned in a waterhole on Sunday afternoon…

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Man Killed. Railway Fatality at Gordon. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

A man was run over and killed on the railway line near Gordon station at five o'clock this morning. The body was mutilated beyond recognition…

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Two Drowned. Woman Falls Three Hundred Feet. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

A shocking tragedy is reported from Mil Buffalo yesterday. Mrs. Ernest Gray, 21, with her husband was spending a holiday at…

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Terribly Injured. Boy Falls on Spiked Railings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 3

Cecil Wyman, aged 10, of Bayview-street, Tennyson, climbed up a wall at the Tennyson Baths in Sunday to escape companions with whom he…

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