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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 103

Collision. Runaway Train. Crash Into Stationary Engine

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

Owing, it is stated, to the failure of the brakes, a goods, train consisting of two engines of the "280" type and 43 loaded trucks bolted…

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Runaway Train Smash at Hawkesbury. Four Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

A goods train, carrying 650 tons, ranaway on the down-grade between Cowan and Hawkesbury stations early on Sunday morning. The brakes…

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Motor Cycling Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

While motor cycling along the Singleton road near Camberwell on Saturday last A. Penglaze met with an accident. His machine overturned,…

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Motor Accident Narrow Escape

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

A narrow escape from serious injury was experienced by a motor party coming from Wangat on Sunday at 5.30 p.m. Mr. Geo. Pearson,…

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Accident Theory. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

There are no further developments in connection with the death of the woman Mrs Shorriff, who was found at the bottom of a cliff at Milson's Point…

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

Jack Carnish, a miner, was injured by a fall of coal at Abermain No. 1 Colliery yesterday. He was taken to the Kurri Kurri Hospital…

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Clipper Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

On Monday, a clipper, a boy named Gus Palmer, sustained a broken collarbone while at work in Pelaw Main Colliery, and was subsequently…

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle and Cycle Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 7

A collision occurred between a motor cycle and a bicycle on the high level bridge Hamilton late on Tuesday afternoon…

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Fell Through, Fanlight. Two Boys Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 5

Bertram Croft, aged ten years, and his brother, Robert, nine years of age, fell through a fanlight at their parents residence at Paddington…

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Seriously Injured. Knocked Down by Car. Driver Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 5

[?] Stead, 32, a taxi-driver, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon John…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. A. Perglaze secretary to the Colliery Mechanics' Lodge at Muswellbrook, met with a serious accident while riding on a motor cycle…

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Killed by a Falling Thee. Salt Ash Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held at Newcastle concerning the death of Arthur Samuel Roy Parfrement, who was struck by a falling tree at…

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Gored by Bull. Driver Severely Injured. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 5

Alfred Horwell, while driving cattle from the saleyards, was charged by a bull, which knocked him from his horse and ripped his left shin. He…

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Bus Fatality. the Cremorne Smash. Driver Seized with Illness. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 5

An inquest concerning the death of Thomas Turrell, driver of the bus which crashed over the embankment at Cremorne, was concluded to-day…

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Fell Through Fanlight Two Boys Seriously Injured (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

Bertram Croft, aged 10, and his brother Robert, aged nine, fell through the fanlight at their parents' residence, Paddington. Both sustained serious…

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Mob Attack. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

Frank Saunders, a young man, was sitting in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, with a young lady about 10.30 last night, when he was…

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Accident to Councillor M. R. Markham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

Whilst crossing the Hinton Bridge on his way to Newcastle Councillor M. R. Markham met with a very severe and painful accident,…

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Accident at Wangat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

Peter Goodman, a labourer, was seriously injured at the water works at Wangat yesterday. It appears that he held on to a rope attached to the…

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Accident at Wangat Man Falls 30 FEET

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

An accident occurred at Wangal works at 11.35 a.m. on Thursday when a young man named Peter Goodman, a laborer, sustained…

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Drowning Fatality. Pet Dog Keeps Watch

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 16

A sad drowning accident took place in the Manning River at the Taree Government wharf on Saturday afternoon, when Leonard Neville, son of…

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