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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 101

Injured Boy. Awarded £250 Damages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 9

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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Fatally Injured. Collided with Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 11

Wane riding a motor bicycle at Marrickville on 3rd instant Edward O'Brien 24, collided with a tram. His shall was fractured, and he…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 7

Two men were injured at Surry Hills, late last night, when the motor cycle which they were riding struck a heap of loose earth on the side of the…

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Live Wire. Two Firemen Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

Two firemen were injured while on duty last night at a fire in Clarendon Street South Melbourne, when a live electric wire came into contact with…

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One Killed. and Ten Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 7

As the result of a motor smash on the Bay-road, Adelaide, H. R. Richards, aged 38, of Glonolg, was killed, and ten persons were injured. Three…

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Arm Fractured. Tram Passenger Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 4

Sitting with his left elbow projecting beyond the sashline of the window in a train bound from Sydney to Bankstown, Stanley Dumbell,…

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Four Injured. Sydney Tram Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 9

Two trams collided in George street near the intersection of Goulburn street, Sydney on 2nd inst., and four women were injured…

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Gored by Bull. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 6

John Cox, aged 66, of Templestowe, View was grooming a bull preparatory, in its being exhibited at the Royal Melbourne Show, when the animal…

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Cyclist's Death. Fatally Injured Near Tamworth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 16

When cycling along the Armidale-road. 10 miles from Tamworth, on Sunday afternoon. Frank Condon, aged 23 years. printer, of North…

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Fell Over Bridge. Man Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 14

E. J. Crank, a brass finisher employed at the Ipswich Railway Workshops after returning from Brisbane, on Saturday night, fell over the…

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Two Killed. Charge of Manslaughter. Sequel to Motor Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 11

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Gordon Cana, 20, a motor mechante was charged with the manslaughter of Sarah June Stevens who,…

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Three Injured. Emery Wheel Breaks. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 6

Three workmen, William McKay, Thomas Chapman, and Berty JOhnson received injuries this morning at the engineering works of Wood, Ley…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 13

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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Killed His Mate Fatal Shooting Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 14

When Michael Dennis, 20, of Footscray, and R. Wootton were out shooting at Little River, near Werribee (Vic.) on Saturday afternoon,…

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Struck a Cow. Airman's Remarkable Escape. Victorian Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

A remarkable escape from injury was the good fortune of Flyin-cadet Knox Knight an air force pilot in training from the Point Cook Flying…

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Peculiar Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 4

Richard Pearce, of Ravensworth, met with a peculiar and painful accident as a result of which he was admitted to Dangar Cottage…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 4

Mr. Fred.C. Higgers, of Cessnock, sustained a nasty burning of his right hand whilst taking a flashlight photo…

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Freedom From Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 4

Kurri District Hospital admissions from accidents for Monday and Tuesday totalled half-a-dozen; but there have been no others since, and…

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Lad Injured. Accident at Pelaw Main. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 5

Bernard Mailocks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mattocks, of Maitland Street, Kurri, was playing near the railway line near Kurri yesterday,…

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Four Children. Drowned in Bath. Mother Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 3

Mr, Dorothy Perrin, a resident of petone (N.Z.) drowned four of her children in a bathe at her home during the husband's absence with the…

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