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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 101

Young Man Injured Runaway Crashes Into Tree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

As a result of being thrown out of a sulky when driving along Mnitland road, Sandgate, on Saturday afternoon, Alexander Forguson, 26 years…

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Motor Fatality. Man's Shocking Injuries. Car Driver Arrested. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 5

Henry Scott was knocked down by a motor car at St. Kilda last night His skull both legs, and his jaw were fractured. He also received…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle and Side Car Crash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

When an attempt was being made to avoid a collision with a motor car in Upper Spit-road, Mosman, on Saturday afternoon, a motor cycle and…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

Tommy Bamber of Dangog a well-known competitor on the Maitland speedway met with a fall at Gloucester on Saturday afternoon. His…

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Injured Man Recovering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. Martin Schutz, blacksmith, of Hopetoun-street, Kurri, who sustained a broken wrist and abrasions whilst engaged repairing overhead…

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Three Drowned. New Zealand Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 6

Four children were playing on a sand-bank in the Waikate River (N.Z.) when two sisters named Lapwood aged 17 and 1b. [?]ambled into…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 6

Whilst D. Thorley, driver, and E Mears were coming from Aberdeen on a 7-horse power A.J.S. motor cycle on Saturday evening last, they…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

A very painful accident befel Mr. William Hunt, a grazier of Redwell, last week (writes our Morriwa correspondent). He was erecting a…

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Motor Car Accident Steering Gear Fails. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

Dr. Pains was driving his car, with several p|assengers, along Victoria road, Marrickville, last night, when the steering gear jammed and the vehicle…

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Motor Fatality. Crash Into Tramway Standard

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 6

A fatality occurred at Large Hay (S.A.) about midnight last night when a motor car driven by Reginald Hayes, aged 16, of Snadwell…

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Three Injured. Motor Cars Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

A serious collision occurred between two motor cars at the junction of the Main Western Road and Boonara St. Wentworth Falls, on…

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Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 6

Andrew Collins (40) Keswick died of the Adelaide Hospital from a fractured skull and ribs According to a report he was seen walking along…

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Three Injured. Knocked Down by Taxi. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 5

Three persons Kate Williamson, David Williamson, and Jack Wilson, stepped off the footpath to board a tram at Marrickville last night when…

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Crane Accident. Hooker-on Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 6

James Franklin, aged 27 years, it hooker-on at the cranes, living in Lambton-road, New Lambton, was injured while at work last night…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

Stanley O'Caroll, a miner, residing in Portland-street, Hors[?] Bend, West Maitland, was caught in a fall of coal in Ayrfield No. 2 Colliery…

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Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 3

Thomas A. Fayburn lately residing at Sans Souci, was knocked down by a motor car at Parramatta last evening. he received head injuries from…

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Surf Fatality at Stockton

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon last Stockton Beach was the scene of a surfing fatality when Charles Frederick Humphries, aged 45 years, a returned soldier, lost his life…

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Injured at Richmond Vale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

All elderly man named Partridge, working on the developmental scheme for Messrs. J. and A. Brown, at Richmond Vale (clearing for…

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Miner Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

George Wilkinson, Miner, was injured as a result of a fall of coal in Aberdaro Extended Colliery yesterday. He was taken to the Cessnock…

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Injured Progressing. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

There is nothing fresh to report to-day in connection with the explosion at Redhead colliery. The injured men are progressing favourably, A. Butter…

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