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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

2,012 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 101

Bus and Tram. Collision in Oxford Street. Sydney

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

A collision occurred in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst this morning between a city bound bas and a tram, Three passengers in the bus were injured…

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Maddened Horse. Man Seriously Injured. Rockhampton

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

Jack Kahl was watching the Olympia rodeo last night when a horse rushed around the ring and collided with him…

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Colliery Explosion One Man Killed Eleven Others Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

A disastrous explosion Occurred shorty after a quarter past one o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Redhead Colliery, about 12 miles…

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Child Killed. Three Others Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

A child was killed, two other children were seriously injured and a fourth child received minor abrasions when a motor car overturned on the…

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Child Injured. Put Hand in Machine. Rockhampton

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

Bobby Dale, aged 5, wandered into the back yard of a saddler's premises where he discovered a machine. The boy started the…

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Twelve Injured Motor Cars Collide. Smash at Randwick

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

Twelve persons were injured as a result of a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Church and Cowper streets…

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Redhead Explosion Opening Up Old Working. Shiftman Killed; Eleven injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

As a result of the explosion which occurred in Readhead Colliery, near Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, william Riley, 56 years of age, a…

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Explosion at Red Head Colliery One Dead; 20 Injured. Brother of Local Resident Killed. Miners' Dreadful Burns— Suggested Cause of Disaster. Newcasle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

A terrible explosion occurred at the Redhead colliery, near Belmont, Lake Macquarie, to-day, as a result of which one man is dead and 20…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

Several accidents in collieries have occurred during the last few days. In Bellbird Colliery on Tuesday Mr. Thomas. Crossley was…

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Accident in Aberdare Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

About 10 o'clock this morning Frank Geachers, about 18 years of age, a clipper employed in the Aberdare Colliery was seriously…

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Aberdare Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 11

An inquest was held at the Cessnock Courthouse on 15th inst into the death of Albert Colgate, who was killed by a fall of coal at Aberdare…

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Crane Accident. Hooker-on Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 8

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

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Railway Accident. at Weston. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 9

An accident of a serious nature occurred between Weston and Abermain just before daybreak on 16th inst. It is the custom of men…

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Three Drowned. New Zealand Fatalities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 14

Four children were playing on a sand-bank in the Waikato River (N.Z.) when two sisters, named Lapwood, aged 17 and 15, tumbled into…

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Motor Fatality. Crash Into Tramway Standard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 6

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

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Railway Fatality. Boarding a Moving Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 9

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest on Mrs. Elsie Durham, who was fatally injured at Granville while boarding…

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Seriously Injured. Old Man's Fall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 3

According to reports made to the Manly police, Charles Woods, aged 64 years, of [?] The Esplanade, Manly, was seriously injured yesterday, as…

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Man Killed. and Father Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 3

An accident occurred at No. 3 bench of the McBride tunnel of the State [?]mine (Vic.), W. A. Matthews, aged 27 years, married, dying later…

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Drover Injured. a Trying Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 5

Edward W. Dwyer (60), a drover, was mustering cattle on Toorumbee Station, Upper Macleay, when his mount crashed into a rock and fell…

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Cyclist Injured. Crashed Into Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 3

Jack Oliver, residing at South Broken Hill, is in a serious condition in the hospital, as a result of a motor eycle he was riding colliding with…

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