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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 101

Missed His Footing Man Severely Injured (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 4

Mr John Miller while returning home at Manly last night, missed his footing when alighting from a 'bus and fell to the roadway. One of the rear wheels…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 3

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 3

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 16

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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Newcastle Casualties. Two Bicycle Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 4

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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Motor Fatality Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 4

The inquiry regarding the death of George McDonald was further adjourned this morning by the Coroner until 10 o'clock on Saturday…

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Ryde Tragedy. Mother and Son Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 3

In a brave but unsuccessful attempt to save her son from drowning, Mrs. Beatrice Wilson, aged 34, of Ryde, was drowned on Saturday…

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Fatally Injured. Old Man Succumbs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 8

"While [?]ssing the road, near his home at Marrickville, on Saturday evening daniel O'Malley, aged 86 years, was struck by a passing motor…

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Football Fatality. Two Players Collide. Wauchope

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 5

Hugh Cameron was fatally injured when he collided with another player during the football match between Becchwood and Wauchope…

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Shocking Fatality. Young Man Found Shot. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 5

A shocking fatality occured at Glendon yesterday morning when Ivan Cecil Aubrey Durham, aged 23, was found dead with a…

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Cars Collide. Two Peoples Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 8

At Glenferrie (Vic.) on Saturday afternoon, a motor car driven by James Ryan, of Collingwood, containing eight persons, who were…

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Motor Cycles Collide. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 3

Two men were seriously injured when their motor cycles collided head-on, in Weston-road, St. Marys, on Saturday afternoon…

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Gelignite Explosion Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 5

As a result of an explosion in a shed at the Water and Sewerage Board at Enfield to-day one of the employees, Charles Bre[?]nau, was…

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Two Drowned. Mother and Son. Fatality at Ryde

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 4

In attempting late on Saturday afternoon to rescue her son, Thomas Blair Wilson, 61 years of age, who was drowned in a deep well, the…

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Horrible Fatality Mother and Son Drowned. Faulty Well Covering

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

A dreadful accident occurred at the residence of Mr. T. Wilson, of North Ryde, on Saturday. Two boys, one a son of the Wilson family, aged 6½ years,…

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Shocking Fatality Incinerated in Car

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 1

Charles Tregonning, a well-known farmer, of Morowa, West Australia, who had been suffering from a nervous breakdown, left home in his car one…

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Mother and Son Drowning Tragedy at Ryde

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

A double tragedy occurred at North Ryde last Saturday afternoon, when Thomas Blair Wilson, aged 6 years, son of Thomas Henry Wilson, was…

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Football Fatality Player Killed at Wauchope

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred during a football match at Wauchope on Saturday between the Beechwood and Wauchope teams…

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Footballer's Death "A Fatal Collision. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

Hugh Cameron was fatally injured when he collided with another player during a football match between Birchwood and Wauchope. Both were…

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Fell Two Hundred Feet. Young Woman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 3

Miss Davidson, a young Melbourne woman, met with a serious accident on Mount Cook (N.Z.), on Saturday…

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