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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 101

Accident to Boy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 6

A boy named Frank Austin, 12 years of age, was handling a live cartridge at his father's residence in View street Singleton, when it expolded…

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Motor Accident. £250 Damages Awarded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 8

In Sydney, George McGrath, a member of the executive council of the Trades Hall, brought an action against S. O. D. Spies, plaintiff…

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Motor Accidents (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 7

A cur driven by Roy Stone, manager of Mercer's garage at Benlah, overlurned early this morning. Stone was killed instantly, and a passenger,…

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Accident at Flying School Whirled by 'Plane Propeller

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 8

Stopping back after swinging an aeroplane propeller at Point Cook (Vie.) Flying School, on Wednesday, Charles Stanicr failed to get clear. He…

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Workman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 4

Alfred Seal, 21, employed on the South Maitland Railways fell from an engine which was in the shed to-day. He sustained lacerations to the…

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Found Drowned. Hobart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 3

After he had been served with papers in a divorce suit, citing him as a co-respondent, on Wednesday, Percy Norman Shearing 27 a single…

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Crossing Tragedy. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 6

When William Sadler attempted to drive a cart across a railway crossing near Colac (Vic.) the engine of an approaching train smashed the cart…

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Jumped From Train. Young Man Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 6

It has been ascertained that a young man named Tredren who was fearfully injured by a train near Albany (W.A.) got on the train when it was passing…

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Shooting Fatality Charge of Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 2

James M'Donald, an employee on Peter's estate at Glenloth, in the northern part of Victoria was shot in a groin with a short-gun early on Saturday…

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Injured at Play Head Pierced by Umbrella Rib

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 2

An inquest was held in Sydney into the death of Joseph Hfield, aged nine years, Whose death followed an injury he recived while playing with his…

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Car Overturns. Swerved to Avoid Motor Cyclist. Three Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 5

Jas. Webber, 24, was driving a car between Aspendale and Edithvale shortly before midnight, when he swerved to avoid a motor cyclist…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 2

News has reached Dungog of a motor cycle accident near Avon dam, in which Mr. Bruce Woodman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodman, of…

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Extraordinary Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 4

An accident which involved five motor cars, a motor lorry, and a charabanc occurred at Cottesloe Beach (W.A.) on Saturday. The…

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Motor Fatality. Cessnock Case Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1926 · page 6

Archibald Muir was before Mr. Cleeve, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, charged with driving a car while under the [?]…

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Man Blown to Pieces. Tour Others Injured Quarry Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1926 · page 7

A man was blown to places, and four others were injured, two seriously, by an explosion at a quarry near Murwillumbah…

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3000 Sheep. Caught by Flood. Nearly All Drowned. Coonamble

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 6

Three thousand sneep, the properly of the estate of the late Mr Peter Ferguson, of Gulargambone Station. were going to agistment country from…

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Dashed to Death. Fireman Killed at Prahran. Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 4

One fireman was killed and three injured when a combination hose and pump carriage from Windsor Fire Station crashed into an electric tram at…

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Trains Collide Ten Killed, Twenty Injured. (By Cable) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

A Router message from from Begota, Columbia, says at least 10 were killed and 20 injured in a collision between an express train and a freight train…

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Boating Accident Youth Shot in Thigh

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 1

William Eager, aged 16, residing at Hurstville, was shot when in a rowing boat on the George River, Outley, on Monday afternoon. Fortunately the…

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Found Drowned. Hobart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 13

After he had been served with papers in a divorce suit, citing him as a co-respondent, on Wednesday, Percy Norman Shearing, 27, a single…

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