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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 101

Railway Smash. the Injured. Condition Improving. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 4

A specialist from Sydney examined Ward Morton in Aberdeen last night and on his advice the patient, while under an anaesteic, was conveyed…

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Racing Cyclist. Injured Whilst Practising. London, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 12

Roy Charman whilst practising for the Isle of Man's tourist trophy sustained a fractured wrist while riding a secret machine, which is reported to…

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Railway Smash Brisbane Express Derailed. Viaduct Collapses. Six Killed; Others Injured. ABERDEEN

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 8

The Brisbane Limited express travelling north from Sydney, was derailed near Aberdeen station last night. Particulars so far available…

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Railway Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 4

The tragic event of Thursday night when the Brisbane "limited" left the rails on the north side of Aberdeen Station within a stone's throw of the…

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Quarry Accident. Reported From Cowan Creek. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 5

It was reported at Hornsby that there had been an explosion and fall of earth in a quarry at Cowan Creek, and that two men had been seriously…

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Accident to Mr Faunce

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 6

Mr R. B. A. Faunce, dairy inspector for Singleton district, who resides in Broughton-street, had his right arm fractured just above the wrist on…

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Accident to Rev. A. E. James

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 6

As a result of a collision on Tuesday, evening, on the Bellbird-Cessnockroad, Rey. A. E. James (rector of Cessnock Church of England) and Mr W…

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The Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 2

Miss Cusack way discharged from Scone Hospital yesterday, leaving eight patients still in the institution. Of the six injured who were in…

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Archdeacon [?]Harris. Injured in a Fall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 6

Archdeacon Harris was seriously injured when he slipped and fell on the footpath at Rockdale on Sunday night while on the way to conduct service at…

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Motor Cyclist's Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 4

Mr. John Foster, of East Maitland, met with mishap from his motor cycle yesterday. He was riding along Baldwin's Hollow, when he…

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Accident in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 4

Through a wheel of the carl he was driving collapsing, in High-street near Galton's, this morning, Mr. George Henderson received a…

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Miss Una Hall. a Riding Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 2

There passed away, under sad circumstances, in the Scott Memorial Hospital last evening, Miss Una Hall, daughter of Mr. Albert…

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Pea-rifle Fatality (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 2

John Henry- M'Mullen, aged 22, a resident of Forest Lodge, was a member of a shooting party camped at Menangle on Saturday, when a pea-rifle…

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Big Train Smash Five Deaths, Thirty Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 2

On Thursday night last the, Brisbane Limited met with disaster about one mile north of Aberdeen. The train comprised two engines,…

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Many Casualties. Coke Oven Explosion. Four Killed: Eighty Seriously Injured. Vancouver, June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 5

At Gary, Indiana four men were instantly killed, ten probably fatally injured, and nearly seventy-five seriously hurt early on Monday at the…

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Damages Awarded. Accident at Queen Victoria Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 6

A claim by Sydney Watson, a musical director, for £2000 damages against the Sydney City Council, came up for hearing before Mr. Justice…

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Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 4

Whilst partaking of dinner at the residence of her mother (Nurse Hornery), Mrs. H. Campion, of Muswellbrook, knowing that pastry was…

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Three Injured. Collapse of Stack of Potatoes. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 5

Three men were injured when a stack of 50 bags of potatoes fell on board the steamer Chillagoe, in Darling Harbour, to-day…

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Riots in India. Eight Killed: Twenty-three Injured. Simla. June 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Rawalpindi says: Serious riots lasting until late in the evening occurred yesterday between Mussulmans and…

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Newcastle Casualties. Two Bicycle Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 7

Mrs. Shearer, 22 years, living at Forest Lodge, Sydney and at present on a visit to Newcastle, was struck by a bicycle in Nile-street…

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