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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 101

Three Injured. Passengers Trains Collide at Mortdale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 3

A through passengers train from National Park to Sydney crashed into the rear of a slowly-moving passengers train at the Mortdale…

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Two Killed Victorian Motor Accidents. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

A large number of motor car accidents were reported during the week end. Two persons, Vincent Couche, aged…

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Found Drowned. Gloucester Resident's End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 7

Mr. James McRae aged 77 years one of the oldest residents of the Gloucester district was found dead in a waterhole at the rear of his…

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Trains Collide Three Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

A train crowded with holiday makers coming to Sydney, from National Park, late on Sunday night, crashed into an empty train at Mortdale station. The…

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Man Drowned. Floods in New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

There has been rain generally throughout New Zealand, but reports indicate that the southern portion of the North island experienced the…

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Youth Injured by Motor Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 4

On Saturday a youth named Robert McCormick, aged 10 years, and residing at High-street Cessnock, met with an accident, and is now in…

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Muswellbrook Soccer Team at Murrurundi. Help for an Injured League Player

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

On Saturday last the Muswellbrook Soccer Club sent a team to Murrurundi to engage in a benefit match in aid of Mr. W. Brook, the Murrurundi…

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Accident at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 4

A lad named Robert McCormick, residing with his grandmother in High Street, Cessnock, was chasing a lorry at West Cessnock on Saturday, on its…

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Mortdale Train Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

According to a railway official the train smash at Mortdale last night was due to a series or errors. A departmental inquiry will be held…

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Accident to Engine. Driver's Promptitude. Averts Big Disaster. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

The prompt action of the engine-driver of the Brisbane limited last night, when the accident occurred to the engine near Hamilton station,…

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Motor Accidents in Melbourne Two Fatalities. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

A large number of motor car accidents were reported during the week end. Two persons, Vincent Couche (9) and W. G. Smith (32) were killed,…

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Oar Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

Between 6 and 7 p.m. on Sunday the ceeupants of a Dodge car had a lucky escape at North Rothbury. The ear was driven by Mr Pat O'Brien,…

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Kurri Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 4

Just before knock-off time on Tuesday afternoon, John Walters (familiarly known as "Coora"), aged 56, a married miner, sustained…

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Brakes Fail Wild Dash of Motor Bus. Three Persons Injured. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 5

There persons were hurt when a motor bus, bound from Milson's Point to Ba[?]oral Heights, got out of control in Station road. Mosman, this…

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Cessnock Accident. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 4

Benjamin Geggeta, aged 48, of Aberdare road, married, who was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with severe injuries to the leg, is making…

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Flying Timber. Sawmill Employee Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 5

James Turner, 59, working in a saw-mill, in Main-street, Cessnock, was admitted to the Cessnock District Hospital this morning suffering…

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Four Injured. Car Crashes Into Standard. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 5

Four persons were injured when a motor car, travelling towards the city, get out of control and crashed into the telegraph standard at…

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Motor 'Bus Bolts Three Persons Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 2

Three persons were hurt, when a motor 'bus, bound from Milson's Point to Balmoral Heights, got out of control in Stanton-road, Mosman, , this…

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Miner's Death. Inquest at Kurri. Verdict of Accidental Death. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 2

At Kurri court house to-day, Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, resumed the adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of…

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Two Injured. Explosion In' Excavation Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 5

William Evans, 56 and Edward Glassop, 39 were working in an excavation at a new pumping station at Abbotsford when an explosion…

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