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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 101

Four Injured. Accident at High School Sports. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 5

Four boys were injure when a corner balustrade in the main stand edlapsed during the annual sports of the combined high schools, at Sydney…

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Four Injured. Sydney Tram Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 6

Two trams collided in George street near the intersection of Goulburn street, Sydney, last night, and four women were injured…

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Two Killed. Charge of Manslaughter. Sequel to Motor Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Gordon Cann, 20, a motor mechanic was charged with the manslaughter of Sarah Jane Stevens, who…

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Seventy Killed. Over Hundred Injured. Chinese Train Disaster. Shanghai, Sept. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 5

Seventy-six were killed and 140 injured as a result of an accident on the Peking-Suleyan railway, when a passenger train from Kalgan was…

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Tongue Nearly Severed. Infant Meets with Painful Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 4

Ronald, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Jordan, of Muswellbrook, met with a painful accident on Wednesday. The little chap was…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 4

An accident, which might have been attended by more serious results happened to Mr. Jules Barling on Sunday. Accompanied by his…

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Newcastle Accidents. Two Miners Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 3

Thomas Fault, aged 53 years, a miner, employed at Redhead Colliery, and living at Junction sustained an incised wound on the top…

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Motor Fatality. Police Sergeant Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 14

A motor fatality occurred on the Leadville-road, three miles from Coolah, about 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon…

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Tragic Collision. Level Crossing Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 14

At a level crossing at Greatford station, near Marton (N.Z.) a motor car and train coillded The car contained Leonard Weston,…

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Shooting Fatality. Deadly Pea Rifle Again

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 3

Clement Priddle, aged 23 years, owner of Roseneath property, near Curban, in the Gilgandra district, who accidentally shot himself with a…

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Injured Boy. Awarded £250 Damages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 4

A verdict for the plaintiff for £250 was given by Judge Curlewis, in a Sydney District Court action, by Lowell Jones, an infant-at-law, of…

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Four Boys Injured Accident at Sydney Cricket Ground (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 6

Four boys were injured when, the corner balustrade in the main stand collapsed during the annual sports of the combined high schools at Sydney…

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Aviation Fatality. Commander Rodgers Killed. Vancouver, Aug. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 3

Commander John Rodgers, of the United States Navy aviation service, who was the leader of the historic San Francisco-Halwall flight last year,…

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Smashed Into Tree. Drover Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 9

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 9

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

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Head On. Motor Cars in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 4

Three persons were hurt when two motor cars collided, head-on, in Spit-road, Mosman, to-day. The injuries, however, were not…

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Fatally Injured. Collided with Tram. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

When riding a motor bicycle at Marrickville last night, Edward OBrien, 24 collided with a tram. His skill was fraclured, and he…

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Shocking Fatality Pierced by Shaft. Car Collides With Milk Cart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 9

Kurt Joseph Gashler, 19, met with a shocking death in Driver Avenue, Moore Park, on 27th ult. He was driving a car with a…

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Toned Turtle. Racing Smash at Boulogne. Englishman Injured. London, Aug. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 13

Reuter's Cologue correspondent reports that the Georges Boillot Cup motor car race, ever a course of 598 kilometres, was marked by an…

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Fifty Killed and Many Injured. Fayal Island Shaken by Earthquake. LONDON, Aug. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 3

An Azores message states that fifty were killed and many injured at Fayal Island during an earthquake. Great damage was done at Horta,…

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