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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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When Accidents Happen! You, Must Have ZAM-BUK For Quick, Clean Healing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 3

In time of accident you need help quickly, and Zam-Buk is always the best and most reliable antiseptic firstaid to have handy. Whether it be a…

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Accident at East Maitland

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

Master. Jack Walsh, residing in Hunter-st was driving a butcher's cart in LaweB-st, East Maitland, this morning, when he was thrown…

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Local and General Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

While felling a tree, Montague Barnes, of Booral, was fatally injured. The tree caught in the limb of another, and both came down…

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Double Drowning. Boy and Returned Soldier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 15

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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Seven Injured. Razzle Dazzle Crash. Glebe Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

An unusual accident occurred at the Glebe last night, when the top of a razzle-dazzle came off the pinion and fell to the ground. The razzle-dazzle…

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Riding Fatality. Miss. Ethel Ewing Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

Miss. Ethel Ewing, a daughter of Mr. Justice Ewing, of Launceston (Tas.), accompanied by Miss. I. Scott, was out riding on Saturday, the…

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Motor Crashes. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 16

Henry Bassett and wife, their son, Reginald, and a friend, A. G. Sanders were motoring from Goulburn to Wagga in a new car, valued at…

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Detonator Explodes Boy's Hand Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

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

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Mob Attack. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

Frank Saunders, a young man, was sitting in Prince Alfred Park. Sydney, with a young lady on 26th ultimo, when he was…

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Motor Smash. Collision with Balcony, Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

Mr. Vincent Allen, accompanied by Miss Mary Dagg, was driving a single-seater Ford car early yesterday morning from a dance in the Masonic…

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Car's Wild Leap. Racing Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

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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Singer Injured. Claim for Compensation Succeeds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

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

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Cyclist Injured. Motor and Motor Cycle Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 13

A well-known veterinary, surgeon, Mr. Herbert Adams, of Tamworth, was injured seriously in a motor car and motor cycle collision on…

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Wound in the Head. and Eyes Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 6

Douglas Fawden (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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One Killed. Two Riders Injured. Smash at Motordrome

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

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

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Ten Injured. Motor 'Bus Overturns. Picnic Party's Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 15

Ton persons were injured when a motor 'bus overturned at Prospect on Sunday night. A picnic party was returning in the…

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Accident to Schoolboy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 4

Jack Burrell, aged 10, sustained a lacerated wound over the right eye through bumping into a brick wall while playing on the Show Ground…

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Thrown Against Fence. Accident on Tamworth Motor Track

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

A Buiek car, driven by Stan Sternbeck, of Millfield, skidded in a dust hole on the Wollombi-road, in West Cessnock, yesterday evening, and…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 16

A series of accidents occurred at Bathurst at the week-end. A sensational motor car smash occurred near Vale Road railway bridge late on Saturday night, when…

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