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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 101

Injured Jockeys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 4

The Maitland Hospital authorities reported to-day dial the jockeys A. Waterman and C Mayo, who were injured at Maitland races early this…

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Four Injured. Brawl in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 3

Of four men taken to the Melbourne Hospital after a brawl in Hoddle street, Collingwood (Vic.) on Saturday night, three were treated for…

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Motor Fatality. Company Director Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Alexander Brandy described as a company, director, was remanded on a charge of manslaughter in…

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Butted by Sheep. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 5

Thomas Stewart, of Gobarralong, in the Gundagal district, was assisting to draft sheep, when one refused to go through the rails…

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Three Injured. Knocked Down in Tram Safety Zones

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 8

While waiting for trams near the intersection of Elizabeth and Park Streets, Sydney, on Saturday night, three people were knocked down by…

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Blacksmith Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 5

A Mckinnon, a blacksmith, residing at East Greta, and employed at the workshops, sustained an incised wound on the forehead to-day while…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 4

Mr. H. Hinman, 30, residing in Melbourne-street, West Maitland, a miner at the East Greta Colliery, sprained the muscles of his back…

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Washed Off Rocks. Fisherman Drowned at Tweed Heads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 3

A fisherman was Washed off the rocks near Point Danger, Tweed Heads, and drowned. Bert Donnelly and Jack Rafter,…

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General News. Butted by Sheep. Man Fatally Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 5

Thomas Stewart, of Goovarralong. in the Gundagai district was assisting to draft sheep when one refused to go from the rails. It ran at…

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Motor Car Capsizes Four Persons Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 2

A motor car capsized at Matraville early, this morning, with the result that the driver, Jeff Challoner, aged 26, Miss Stern, Sydney Smith, and Miss…

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Shocking Motor Accident Two Men Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

A number of accidents, in which motor cars were involved, occurred in Sydney during the week-end. The worst was at Prymorit on…

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Accident at Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 4

An accident occurred to Mrs. R. Lewis," of Bungay-road, Wingham, about 6.30 on Saturday last. Mrs. Lewis was riding a pony along…

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One Killed. and Four Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 7

One person was killed and four were injured when a rear wheel of a motor lorry strick a nut and rolled over near Broken Hill Stanley Gilmore…

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A Street Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 2

Shortly before noon on Tuesday a collision occurred at the intersection of Campbell and Bourke streets between a Ford car, driven by Mr C. Webster,…

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Collapsed Wall. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 3

A brick wall beside the railway line, between Newtown and Macdonaldtown station, collapsed last night, and John Moriarty (56),…

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Six Injured. Bus and Motor Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 3

Six persons, were injured when a crowded motor bus and a motor lorry came into collision at Newtown. Ethel Parkins, aged 28 years, of…

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Gas Explosion. Four Men Injured. Burnt on Face and Arms. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

Four men were Burnt about the face and arms at Newtown this morning as a result of an explosion of gas. The men are employees of the…

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Unprecedented Scenes Crush to View Valentino's Body. Many Injured. Vancouver, Aug. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

A New York message says that guarded by police and Black-shirted Fascisti, because of unprecedented and uncontrolable mobs which…

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Shot by Police. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 2

At an inquest at Lithgow into the death of Alexander Lyons, a young Sootchman, shot by an arresting constable at Zig Zig Brewery on…

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