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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 101

Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

Esma Spinks, aged 6 1/2 years, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Spinks, of Hunter-street, West Maitland, was accidentally knocked down last…

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Drowned at Kurri. Verdict of Accidental Death. Kurrim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, this morning at Kurri Court House returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning in the case of James…

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Injured Jockey's Progress

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

Neel Baker, who figured in the collision with Papingo and Keniltry at Newcastle races last Friday, was well enough to leave the Newcastle…

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Found Drowned J. F. FRANKLIN

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

News was received from Tea Gardens on Wednesday to the effect that James P. Franklin was found drowned in the river at that place…

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Three Drowned.. in the Murrumbidgee

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

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

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Car Overturns. Gipsies Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

A motor car containing a family of gipsies overturned near Currumbin while proceeding to Brisbane. The car driven by John Floris, was…

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Boy Drowned. Sweet From Drain Into River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

A storm which swept Ipswich yesterday was repon[?]ble for the drowning of a boy named Gillis, aged 8, in the Bremer River…

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Train Smash. Collision at Nambour. Fettler Injured

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

A railway accident occurred at Nambour (Q.), shortly after two o'clock on Friday morning, when a goods train, which was standing on a loop line…

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Two Drowned Boating Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 3

At about 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon two youths—Charles Williams, aged 21, and James Grey, aged 19, of the Valley. Brisbane…

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Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. William Parker 54 a m[?] man residing in Abbot-street West Maitland, was badly injured at about 7.30 last evening He was [?] a…

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Motor Fatality. Manslaughter Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

By james Kalaratis, a Greek was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the Melbourne corner, Mr. Berriman, after an…

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Fatal Collision. Charge of Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

The City Coroner (Mr. H.F.W. Fletcher) commenced an inquiry yesterday into the death of Thomas Brunton, aged 15 years, at the…

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Three Drowned. in the Murrumbidgee

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 16

A man and a boy were drowned [?] the Murrumbidgee River at Balranal [?] and a woman died soon afterward from the effects of her immersion i[?]…

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Young Man Drowned Uncle's Shock

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

Les Eggleton, aged twenty-one, was drowned in the City baths on New Year's Night. He was not missed till his uncle…

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Bathing Tragedy. Drowned in Victoria

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

While bathing about five miles from Cowes (Vic.), Miss Joyce Colley and Mr. Charles Jones, who were holiday-making, were swept to sea…

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Motor Overturns. Three Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 13

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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Motor Fatality. Car Skids and Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 11

One man was killed and two others injured when a motor car overturned near Casterton (Vic.), on New Year's Day…

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Found Drowned. Councillor Franklin of Stroud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 6

A lad named Duffy, while fishing at Tea Gardens, hauled in the body of Mr. James F. Franklia in his net. The late Mr. Franklin was about…

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Drowned in a Dam. Wellington

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 6

John Wiggan, aged 31, yesterday drove a horse and sulky into a dam. The sulky evidently capsized, and the horse was drowned. When a search was made…

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Man Drowned. Two Rescued. Swimming Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 16

A man was drowned, and another man and a women were rescued exhausted, when a bathing party got into difficulties in the Murrumbidgee…

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