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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Diving Accident. Spine Believed to Be Fractured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 4

Bertie Anderson, aged 14 years, of Union-street, Brunswick (Vic.) dived from the pier at Rosebud into shallow water When he reached the…

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Hotel Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

The inquest regarding the death of Barney Hamill, who was fatally injured through falling from a window of the Caledonion Hotel yesterday…

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Wheeler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Joe Garrett, a wheeler employed in Hebburn colliery, had his first and second fingers badly crushed in the limber of a skip, shortly…

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Motor Fatality Car Bumps Into Tree

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

A fatal motor accident occurred on Friday on the Glen Alice-road, near Kandos. A party was motoring to Glen Alice…

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Woman Drowned. Tragedy at Brisbane. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 5

The body of Mary Maldram was found floating in the river at a late hour last night. A fow minutes previously woman's…

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Detonators Blow Up Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

While P. Hunter (officer in charge) arid G. Marland (inspector) were burning papers and rubbish in an iron copper-stand at the rear of the Soldiers'…

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Level Crossing Collision Rev. W. M. Herford Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

With over 200 people on board, a Sydney bound passenger train crashed into a motor car at the level crossing a few yards on the northern side of…

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Swagmen Drowned Cloudburst at Orange. Third Man Escapes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Two swagmen were drowned and a third bad a narrow escape as a result of a terrific cloudburst over Orange on Sunday…

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Fatal Collision Train and Car Clergyman Killed at Tuggerah

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 8

A fatal collision between a motor car and a train occurred at a level crossing at Tuggerah shortly after 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon…

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Motor Cars Collide Mother and Son Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

When two motor cars collided at Neutral Bay last night, Mrs Abel and her young son, occupants of one, were thrown to the roadway. The former…

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Accidents Fell Off a Hay Stack

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

While working on a hay stack, Mr. E. E. Winder, of Muswellbrook, slipped and fell to the ground, sustaining a painful' injury to the left foot…

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Successful Operation. Performed on Injured Boxer. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 5

A successful operation was performed on Bob East the Newcastle boxer, who collapsed after a fight with Harty Casey on Boxing Night. His condition,…

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Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 7

Whilst the Rev. G. S. Watts, Methodist Minister, was going from Muswellbrook to Scone to conduct service there on Sunday last, his horse bolted…

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Railway Collision Three Killed and Many Injured. (By Cable) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

A Router message from Port Louis, Mauritius, states that three were killed and sixty injured in a collision between two passenger trains. Fifteen of the…

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Dinghy Capsized. Man Drowned in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 6

His dinghy having capsized a mile off the shore at Park. Melbourne, John Tobin, aged 30, of South Yarra, reached the beach after…

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Motor Carnival for Injured Riders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 4

The motor carnival on the Maitland Speedway on Saturday evening will be in aid of the riders who were injured in the several falls…

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Three Injured. Sulky Collides with Post

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 7

Five people were thrown from a sulky in Parramatta Road when the vehiele collided with a telegraph pole. William M'Cullum and his…

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Hospital Fatality Evidence at Inquest. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

The inquest opened to-day concerning the death of Miss Mary Masterton, aged 40, a patient at the Rydalmere Hospital for Insane. In evidence, Dr…

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Head Crushed. Carter Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 5

While assisting to load his lorry at jones Bay to-day. Harold Swinbourne, 22, a carter, had his head crushed between two heavy cases…

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Accident at Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Albert Burns, of Messrs. Burns and Outridge, had a narrow escape from being seriously injured at Kurri Kurri, on Tueday. He was…

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