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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 101

Fall of Coal. Accident at Stanford Merthyr

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 14

Mr. J. W. Earp relates how an accident occurred to Donald Price, 26, married, a wheeler at Stantord-Merthyr…

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Motor Accident. Chinese to Get £499

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 13

In Melbourne the jury awarded Low Soon, Chinese cabinet-maker, £499 damages, the full amount claimed, against Miss Muriel Starr…

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Shocking Accident. Wharf Labourer's Luck Out. Rockhampton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 13

While A wharf labourer named McCardle, was assisting to unload a case of oil from the motor ship Hinnoy, a sling of cargo struck him…

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Wollongong Smash. Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 2

Threw passengers were injured when two motor cars collided near North Beach, Wollongong, on Sunday…

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Fatally Injured. Death of Athletic Association Official. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 5

Donald McKenzie, one of the official timekeepers to the N.S.W. Amateur Athletic Association died this morning as a result of injuries…

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Gaol Mutiny Four Warders Injured Others Knocked Out. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 5

It was been ascertained that four warders were injured during the mutiny at Parramatta Gaol on Saturday. Two were punched and kicked, while…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Andrews, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Mount Vincent district was found drowned in the creek at Mulbring…

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Motor Accident at Gulgong Baby Killed, Eight Persons Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

When a motor car got but of control at Gulgong to-day, a baby was killed and eight persons were seriously injured…

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Train Strikes Lorry Man Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred at Riverstone, near Sydney, early on Saturday, when a train crashed into a lorry at a level crossing…

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Baby Killed. Eight Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 3

When a motor car got out of control at Gulgong to-day, a baby was killed and eight persons seriously injured…

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Four Warders Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

It has been ascertained that four warders were injured during the mutiny at Parramatta Gaol on Saturday. Two were punched and kicked, while…

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Harbour Collision. the Gwydir and a Ferry Steamer. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 5

A sensational collision occurred in the harbour early this morning. The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Gwydir…

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Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

At Bungwahl on Monday, 1st inst. George Piper, 23. was thrown from a horse whilst riding in the bush. He was brought to his parent's home…

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Accident While Mustering Transfusion of Blood Unavailing. (By Telegraph.) Rockhampton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

Frank Wilkinson, aged 20, was out mustering horses at Buralaba on Friday afternoon, when the animal he was riding stumbled and rolled over him…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

Mr. W[?]am Coleman, 34., a miner, residing at Ada-street. Homeville, and employed at Ayr[?]eld No. 1 Colliery, sustained sever contusions to…

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Hit by Cyclist. Woman Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 3

Mrs, Margaret Sullivan, Mrs, Willis, and a youth Ernest Jones, were crossing Park street, Collingwood, when two [?]lists ran into them…

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Surf Tragedy. Woman Drowned at Dee Why. Sydney

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

While surfing at "Dee Why this morning, Mr. Barden, a station owner, of Cunnamulla, Queensland, and his wife were carried out by a strong…

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Strange Tragedy. Maori Woman Killed: Handband Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 7

An extraordinary fatality [?]rred at Te Rape. Hear H[?]iton (N.Z.). A Maori worian (Ngapeti Rawiri) was killed, and her husband (Peter)…

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Huge Blaze McILRATH'S Burned Out Firemen Injured. One of the most disastrous fires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

in recent years occurred in Sydney last night, when the five-story, grocery emporium of McIlrath's Ltd., at the corner of Pitt…

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Three Injured. Back Firing Engines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 6

Three persons were treated at the Newcastle Hospital for injuries sustained through the back-firing of motor engines while being cranked…

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