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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 103

One Killed. Two Riders Injured. Smash at Motordrom

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

Five motor cyclists, riding at a spece of about 70 miles an hour, figured in an accident which was witnessed by some thousands of people at the…

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Thrown Against Fence. Accident, on Tamworth Motor Track

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

An accident occurred at the motor cycle races, on the new race track at Tamworth Showground on Saturday afternoon, the victim being…

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Motor Accidents. Car Crashes Into Telegraph Post Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

A Buick car, driven by Stan Stern beck, of Millfield, skidded in a dust held on the Wollombi-road, in West Cessnock, yesterday evening, and…

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Car's Wild Leap. Thrilis at Bathurst. Week-end Accidents

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

A series of accidents occurred at Bathurst at the week-end. A sensational motor car smash occurred near Vale Road railway…

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Accident to Cricketer

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

Mr. Harold Johnston, whilst Playing cricket with Northern Division on the Show Ground on Saturday afternoon, sustained an injury to his…

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Drowning Fatality Desperate Attempt to Save

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

A girl got out of her depth in the Woronora River on Sunday, and was drowned . The victim of the fatality was Hazel…

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Motor Car Accident Three People Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

At about 7 o'clock on Sunday evening a motor car accident occured on the Wollombi Road, near the Australia Hotel. A Buick Four…

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Collision on Cycling Track

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

A collision took place at the cycling carnival at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night. A. Anlezark and A. Sadler pacemakers, were warming…

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Double Drowning. Boy and Returned Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

A double drowning accident occurred at Dannevirke (N.Z.). A boy about 5 years of age fell into the public baths, and the caretaker, Arthur…

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Local and General Show Ring Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

The death occurred at the Berrima District Hospital of Leslie Felton, of Unanlerra, South Coast, who was terribly injured while competing in a…

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Detonator Explodes Boy's Hand Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 7

While Max Wilson (14) son of Mr. R. J. Wilson, of Red Range, Glen Innes, was scooping out a detontaoer with the blade of a pocket knife the…

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Terrific Explosion Many Killed Hundreds Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

Rio De Janeiro, Saturday.—It is believed that more than 300 persons have been injured, and several lives lost, in an explosion of 40 tons of powder and…

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Wound in the Head. and Eyes Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 6

Douglas Fawdon (20) has been admitted to the Tweed District Hospital, suffering from a wound in the head and injuries to the eyes…

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Child Strangled. Caught in a Cot. Bondi Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

A strange fatality occurred at Bondi yesterday. Mrs. Eva Baker placed her thirteen months-old son in his cot in the…

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Sensational Motor Accident Amazing Escapes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

Two fences crashed before a motor car, driven by Fred. Clifton, of Bathurst, late on Saturday night. Clifton mistook the turning at the…

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Singer Injured. Claim for Compensation Succeeds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

In the Sydney District Court, Kenneth Smith, of Barnstape-road Five Dock, claimed £400 compensation from George Clarkson, for…

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Rockdale Smash. Car and Cart Collide, Five Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

Five persons were injured when a motor car collided with a horse and cart at Rockdale last night. The car, driven by Miss Rogers, of…

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Collision at Rockdale

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

A motor car and a cart collided at the corner of West Botany-street and Bay-street, Rockdale, late on Tuesday night, and five women and a child were…

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Miner Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

Mr. John (Taff) Thomas, a miner, employed at Pelaw-Main Colliery, was seriously injured as the result of a fall of coal while working in 7 East…

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Car's Wild Leap. Racing Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

Messrs. F. Clifton, G. Reidy, and H. Scully, well-known racing men in the western districts of New South Wales, had remarkable escapes when…

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