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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Three Injured. at Whitburn Colliery. Fall Of Stone and Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 6

Three miners, residents of Greta, and employed at Whitburn Colliery, Greta, were injured on Friday afternoon. The victims were:…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 6
Also in Singleton Argus

Mr. Arthur Bruderlin, of Victoria-street. South Singleton, met with an accident on Wednesday. He was engaged upon some building work for…

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Heddon Accident. Stewards Continue Inquiry. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 5

The stewards resumed the enquiry to-day into the accident which occurred during the running of the Malden Handicap at Heddon-Great…

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Over a Cliff. Accident to Record Breakers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 16

Whilst attempting to break the record between Sydney and Newcastle, and while travelling at a terrific speed, two motorists crashed…

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Fireman Burnt. Accident at Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 9

William Summers, a fireman, employed at Aberdare Colliery, while stoking on 22nd inst. was caught by the back draught, and burnt about…

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Foreman's Death. Result of Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 7

After having been seriously injured in a collision between a motor bicycle he 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

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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Drowning Fatality at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 4

Joseph Hughes, aged 19, was drowned while bathing in the Hunter River at Markham's farm six miles above Raymond Terrace on Sunday,…

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Gar and Tram. Collision at Waverley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

Three were injured when a motor car came into collision with a tram. in Oxford-street, Waverley, on Sunday night…

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Bottle Used. Chinese Seaman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

A fight between two Chinese members of the crew of a vessel berthed at White Bay silo wharf, Sydney, on Sunday morning, resulted in Tsiag Lac, 33…

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Three Injured. Car Smash at Bexley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

A motor was traveling from Hurstville to Rockdale on Saturday afternoon, when, owing, it is stated, to the steering gear becoming locked,…

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Seriously Injured. Oar and Motor Cyole Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

Reginald Allen, of Croydon, and his wife, were admitted in a serious condition, to hospital following upon a collision between a car and a motor…

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Scaffolding Breaks. Two Men Injured. One Critically. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

Allan Turton, 36, and Hoary Brown, 48, were painting Part of the Exhibition Building, Prince Allfed Park, this morning when the scaffolding on which…

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Racing Fatality. on Penrith Speedway. Crashed at Fifty Miles an Hour Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Horace Geo, Preston, who died from injuries received as a result of an accident during a race on…

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Fractured Limbs. Accidents at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

William Suape, 12, living at Hamilton, sustained a fracture of the left forearm on Sunday morning through falling from a tree in Hamilton Park,…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

The body of Joseph Hughes, 19, a farm labourer, who was drowned while bathing in the Hunter River, near Raymond Terrace, on Sunday,…

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Accident at Whitburn Colliery Three Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

Three miners, residents of Greta, and employed at Whitburn Colliery, Greta, were injured on Friday afternoon. The victims were:-George…

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Fatality at Penrith Speedway Verdict of Accidental Death. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Horace George Proston, who died from injuries received as the result of an accident during a race…

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Scaffolding Breaks Two Men Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

Allan Turtor, aged 36, and Henry Brown, aged 48, were painting part of the Exhibition Building in Prince Alfred Park this morning, when the…

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