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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 101

Injured Jockeys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 4

The authorities at the Maitland Hospital reported this afternoon that the condition of A Waterman, C. Mayo, and D. Treay, who were…

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Spinal Concussion. Engine Driver Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 5

William Whcelor, 39, an engine-driver, fell 15 feet from the tender of his engine in the yard at the Central Station. He sustained spinal…

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Street Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon, at about 3.45, Mr H. H. Clark's milk cart was proceeding down Bathurst-street and was about to turn into York-street to go…

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Tram Leaves Rails Nine Passengers Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 2

A tram left the rails near Johnstonstreet, Annandale, this morning, and dashed into a telegraph post. Nine passengers were injured, and the tram…

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Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 4

Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, held an inquiry, at Cessnock Courthouse into the death of Peter Pettigrew, a youth who was fatally…

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Motor Accident. Court Awards Damages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 6

John Bamford Langdon Saunders, a builder, of Gordon-avenue, Merewether, sued Arthur James Tebay, of Vincent-street, Cessnock, in the…

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Car Collision Claim and Counter-claim Mr. and Mrs. Tebay Get £150

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 7

A case of considerable local interest was dealt with at the Newcastle District Court on Wednesday. The litigation arose from a collision…

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Five Killed. Strange Railway Accident. Rome, Aug. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 5

A strange fatal railway accident occurred on the Milan Express at Castellanza. Owing to the heat, many…

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Bullahdelah Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

Harry Humphries, aged 50 years, a motor lorry driver at Bullahdelah, employed by Viggers, Limited, saw-millers, met with a serious accident…

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ACCIDENTAL Death of Peter Pettigrew District Coroner's Finding

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the District Coroner (Mr. George Brown) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances…

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Collision with Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 5

Fifty mounted and foot police engaged in dispersing a crowd of miners and their wives around a colliery at Haydock, in Lancashire, were…

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Sydney Accidents. Man's Heck Fractured. Several Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 13

Falling from a motor omnibus, of which he was the conductor, John Francis, aged 20, of Dulwich Hill, died in St. Vincent's Hospital on…

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Hot Argument. Man Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 11

A man named John Henry Grant got into an argument with another man on the wharf at Carrington on 13th inst, and later was taken to…

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Shocking Accident Killed and Injured by Molten Metal. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 7

Reuter's Calcutta correspondent says that a fatal accident occurred at Yata Steelworks at Jamsheodpurs. Thirteen were killed and 12 seriously…

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Mauled by Lion. Boy Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 9

Pulling a paw through a hole in her cage, a circus lioness severely mauled a boy at Orange. Messrs. Perry Bros., circus…

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Spinal Concussion. Engine Driver Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 8

William Wheeler, 39, an engine driver fell 15 feet from the tender of his engine in the yard at the Central Station. He sustained spinal…

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Twelve Killed. and Thirty Injured. London, Aug. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 12

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that twelve were killed and thirty injured at Langenbach (Bavhria) through the derailment of a…

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Tram Smash Struck Telegraph Post. Nine Injured. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 2

A tram left the rails near Johnstone Street, Annandale, this morning and dashed into a telegraph post. Nine passengers were injured, and the tram…

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Motor Accident. Court Awards Damages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 5

John Bamford Langdon Saunders, a builder of Gordon-avenue, Merewether, sued Arthur James Tebay of Vincent-street, Cessnock, in the…

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Shooting Accident. Corranbong Resident Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 13

Melvin Pengelly, 60 years of age, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital on Sunday afternoon, suffering from a bullet wound in the lower part of…

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