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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 103

Three Drowned. Father and Two Daughters

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

A triple drowning tragedy occurred at Point Walter, on the Swan River, near Perth, on Thursday night…

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Car Capsizes. Seven Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

A serious motor accident occurred about three miles from Oberon on Monday. A party of four tourists, believed…

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Car Overturns. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

After leaving the road at a street intersection in Kensingtan last night a motor car overturned and skidded about 15 yards on its side…

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THREE iINJURED. Motor Car Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 3

Three persons were injured in a motor car accident in Lake road, near the Cardiff cross roads. The car was being driven by Mr. N. Bell, of Veda…

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Gar Wrecked. Driver Seriously Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 5

A motor car, while attempting to avoid another car in Victoria Parade early this morning; crashed into a rockery and was completely wrecked…

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Foreman's Death. Result of Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

After having been seriously injured in a collision between a motor bicycle be was riding and a motor car on Prince's Highway, three miles from…

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Newcastle Accidents Knocked Down by Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

Roy Ellerington, aged six years, living at Islington, was, knocked down by a motor car yesterday at the corner of Islington-street and…

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Motor Accidents. Record Breakers and a Callous Driver

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

On Saturday, a motor car turned a somersault on the Taren pointroad to Cronulla and three persons were injured. Bursting tyres threw…

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Accident Near Laguna

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

A young man, named Hector Thompson, on a motor bike, attached to which was a side car, met with an accident at Black Hill, near…

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Holiday Accidents Two Drowning Fatalities

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 1

The Anniversary holiday was accompanied by a number of serious, accidents, of which two had tragic endings. Arthur Watson, of Chatswood, fell…

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Boy Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

A report from Wellington (N.Z.) states that Jack M'llvenna, aged 11 was drowned in the Bell River, just below where a carnival was being held…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

Two brothers were drowned at Kempsey on Sunday. It appears that four boys, the sons of Adam King, and a lad named Henry Range, left the southern…

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Boy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 4

Doug. Hampton, a schoolboy, 12 years of age, fell from a bicycle at Kennedy's fruit market yesterday morning, striking his head on the…

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Three Children Drowned Melancholy Mother

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

A message from Rabaul states that a married woman named Hyland, together with her three children, a boy aged 9 and two girls aged 7 and 5…

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Leg Crushed. Porter Injured at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 7

Reginald Williams. 25, a resident of Dudley, employed as a relieving porter, but who at the time was off duty, ran across the lines at Newcastle last…

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Collision Averted. Steamers Steering Gear Fails. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

The steamer Ancoona, while on her way down the harbour at midnight, en route to Port Kembla, narrowly escaped colliding with another…

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Fractured Limbs. Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

Walter Harley, 25, living at Tighe's Hill, who ia employed as a pipe litter at the Steel Works, sustained a probable fracture of a bone…

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Accident at Branxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. O. Wheeler, or East Branxton, met with a painful accident on Sunday evening. He was riding a horse, engaged in a flag race practice, when,…

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Tramcar Accident Passengers Escape

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

The lives of about a dozen tram passengers were in peril on Tuesday night when a tramcar leapt the lines at Vaucluse Heights. A telegraph pole…

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Fatal Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

Frightful injuries were sustained by a man, whose name is believed to be George Jenkins, when he was knocked down and killed by a motor lorry at…

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