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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 101

Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 6

The Miners' Federation has instructed the direct check inspectors that where possible in all cases of fatal accident an inspection of the place or…

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Woman Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 5

A motor car narrowly escaped going over Dunkeld Bridge, near Bathurst, which it crashed into the structure…

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Collided with Cart. Motor Cyclist Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 5

Walter Hebden, 47, was riding a motor cycle at Ultimo to-day, when he collided with a cart. He sustained a fractured left arm, cut forehead…

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Mine Accidents. an Assembly Question. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 5

Mr. Murray asked the Minister for Mines in the Assembly to-day whether he was aware that the Haamer out[?] which had been introduced into mines…

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Drowning Tragedy Bodies Pound Looked Together

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 4

A double drowning accident took place five miles west of Hay on Saturday, when Victor Sydney Gilbert, a young man, whose parents reside at…

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Man's Eye Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 5

An engineer named Ervine Fotbig in the employ of Messrs. Russell and Chonoweth, dairy engineers, etc. of Singleton, met with a painful…

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Motor Cvelist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 4

A collision between a motor car driven by Miss Steele, of West Maitland, and a motor cycle, ridden by Basil Bes[?] occurred near…

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One Man Killed. Another Seriously Injured. Defence Plane Crashes. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 5

One man was killed and another seriously injured when a plane, belonging to the Defence Department, crashed, at Canberra to-day. The…

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Swab in Throat Case Coroner Finds "Accidental." Some Caustic Comments

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of a three-year-old boy named Keith Nicholson, who succumbed following an operation at the St. George's…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

Mr Ervine Folbig, an engineer, in the employ of Messrs Russell and Chenoweth, dairy engineers and machinery agents, of' William-street Singleton,…

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Child Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 5

A painful accident befel a seven-year-old child named Thomas Graham, whose parents reside in Foster street, Cessnock. The little…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 6

All accidents to racing motor cyclists do not happen on Speedways. There was an instance of this on Wednesday evening, when…

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Collision. Remarkable Escape. Car Strikes Train. Casino

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 5

A collision occurred at Casino on Saturday at 5 p.m. between a motor car and the Sydney express. Four youths were in a heavy…

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Two Killed Another Severely Injured. New Zealand Motor Smashes. AUCKLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 5

Thomas Neachen, assistant railway motor foreman, was killed and W. O. Ennis, staff supt. of railways at Wellington received severe injuries…

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Woman Injured. Struggle with Man. Jumped From Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 5

While a police patrol car was proceeding along Anzac Parade shortly after midnight, it passed another car in which a man and a woman…

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Accident at Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

John Foster, an engineer, employed at the Farmers' and Dairymen's Milk Factory, Dungog, sustained a broken jaw, had several teeth…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. J. Foster, senr., of Dungog, met with a serious accident whilst working at the F. and D. Milk Factory. He was attending to a pully…

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Moses or Accident? Professor's Remarkable Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 11

Dr. Grimme, the renewed professor of Egyptology at Muenster University, makes the remarkable claim that a great historic secret which, almost…

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Smash at Newcastle Speedway Rider Hurt, Spectator Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

As the result of a smash at the Newcastle Speedway on Saturday night, Spencer Stratton, the crack motor cyclist rider, and Samuel Hughes, a…

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Accident to Guard's Van

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 7

An accident occurred a few days ago on a side track of the railway connected with the Aberdare Extended Colliery, with the result that…

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