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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 101

Motor Overturns. Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 3

A motor car, driven by Mr. Osborne, of Ballarat, overturned on the main Mildura-road, south of Redcliffs Three people were injured…

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Firemen Injured. Explosion at Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 3

Five firemen were injured, one badly when an explosion occurred in a fire at the Eastern Markets Adelaide on Sunday morning…

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Speedway Smash. Accident at Maroubra. Car Hits Fence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 3

Travelling at a speed estimated at 90 miles an hour, a 38-h.p. car, driven by Allan E. Cooper, crashed into the fence surrounding the track…

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Railway Accident. Engine Dashes Down Mountain Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 6

A railway engine with one truck attached to it, bolted down the Blue Mountains, from Faulconbridge to Blaxland on Saturday afternoon…

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Three Drowned. in the Murrumbidgee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

A man and a boy were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Balranaid and a woman died soon afterwards from the effects of her immersion in…

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Man Drowned. Two Rescued. Swimming Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

A man was drowned and another man and a woman were rescued exhausted when a battling party got into difficulties in the Marrambidgee…

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Motor Fatality. Charge Against Lorry Driver. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Mervin McCarthy motor driver was charged with having Meloniously stain Thomas Brunton, also with having on…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

A sensational motor accident occurred in High-street yesterday when a motor car driven by Mr. McCreadie of W.E. Bramble and Sons…

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Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Frank McNulty, aged 15, an emoployee of this office, and whose residence is in Elizabeth-street, met with an accident in Sydney on Boxing Day…

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Motor Collision. Cyclist Has Legs Fractured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and motor car at Brunswick to-day, the driver of the former was thrown into the car and…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 6

Horace Williams, aged 20, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Williams, of Boundary-street, met with an accident yesterday. He is in the employ…

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Accident at Randwick. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

A Hawkins, a well-known cross-country horseman, was schooling Bowsor over hurdles at Randwick this morning, when the horse…

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Year's Fatalities. Increase in Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Motor accidents during 1925 were responsible for 27 more deaths than in 1924. A return issued by the City Coroner…

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Collision at the Quay

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

The ferry steamer Greycliffe collided with the French steamer Dupleix at Circular Quay this morning. Fortunately, there was only slight damage,…

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Three Injured. Car Hits Telegraph Pole. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

Shortly after midnight, a motor car driven by John Wheeler got out of central in Military Road, North Sydney, and crashed into a telegraph pole…

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Doctors Big Effort. to Restore Life. Little Boy Drowned. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

Go on; go away; you are only look Ink for pennies' was the answer given to John Currie, a small boy, when he told a man emuped at Kearsly that his…

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City Coroner's Return 109 Deaths Through Motor Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

The City Coroner,s return for 1925 which was made available in Sydney on Tuesday, discloses that 621 inquests were held, compared with 561 in 1924…

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Drowning Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

A five-year-old boy, named James Johnson, living with his parents in Mulbring street, Kurri Kurri, was drowned in a waterhole at the rear…

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Drowning Fatality. a Kearsley Tragedy

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

Sorrow was brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Griffiths at Kearsley on Christmas Eve when their youthful son :…

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Drowning Fatality. Sulky Capsizes in Dam. Wellington (N.s.w.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

John Wiggan, 38, yesterday drove a horse and sulky into a dam. The sulky evidently capsized. The horse was drowned. When a search…

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