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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 101

Shocking Accident. Man's Arm Blown Off. Raree

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

Cecil Kramer employed as a foreman by the Manning Shire Council, had one of his arms blown, off at the elbow, owing to a premature…

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Harbour Collision. Ferry Boat and Tug. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 5

At a late hour last night, the ferry boat Kuramia and the powerful tug Lindfield, collided at Circular Quay. The impact, fortunately, was only…

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Smashed Into Tree. Drover Fatally Injured. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 5

A man named McDougal was mustering cattle on Kroombit Station, in Rockhampton district, when his horse collided with a tree…

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Moulder Injured. Splashed with Molten Metal. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 5

Sydney Tutt, 28, a labourer, was pouring molten metal into a mould at Hoskins' Steel Works, City, to-day, when some of the metal fell on his…

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Shocking Fatality Pierced by Shaft. Car Collides With Milk Cart SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 5

Kurt Joseph Gashler, 19, met with a shocking death in Driver Avenue, Moore Park, this morning. He was driving a car with a…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 4

William Stevenson, 62, a resident of Whitburn-street, Greta, who is employed as a shiftman at Whitburn colliery, met with a serious accident…

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Collision with Police

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 12

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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Injured Miner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 4

Mr. William Stevenson, an employee of Whitburn Colliery, who was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries to…

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Collision in Circular Quay

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 6

At a late hour last night the ferry boat Kuramia and the powerful tug Lindfield collided at Circular Quay. The impact, fortunately, was only slight,…

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One Killed. and Four Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 6

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

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Four Injured. Brawl in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

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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Collapsed Wall. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 5

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

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Motor Fatality. Company Director Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

At the Central Court to-day, Alexander Brand, described as a company director, was manslaughter in…

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Six Injured. Bus and Motor Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 5

Six parsons 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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Washed Off Rocks. Fisherman Drowned at Tweed Heads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 16

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

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Train Smash. Man Severely Injured. Rockhampton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 5

A goods train, travelling to Emerald from Rockhampton, collided with a stationary train at Walton Tank, 100 miles off Rockhampton…

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Three Injured. Knocked Down in Tram Safety Zones

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

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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Butted by Sheep. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 14

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 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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Shocking Accident. Man's Arm Blown Off. Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 5

Cecil Kramer, employed as a foreman by the Manning Shire Council lind one of his arms blown off at the elbow, owing to a prem[?]ure…

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