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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Shockingly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 5

John McDermott was knocked down and killed by an engine at the mortuary station this morning. He received shocking injuries…

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Bather Drowned. Tragedy at Rockhampton. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 5

Mr. J. R. McHaffe, a commercial traveller, and a friend named Fred. Hopping, were swimming across the river on Saturday night when the…

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Tram Conductor Injured. Swept Off Footboard by Omnibus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 6

Charles Nicholson, 27, living at Adamstown, a tram conductor, was knocked off the footboard of an electric tram by a motor omnibus, near…

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Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Train Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 5

Thomas Stover was knocked down by a train in Rockhampton railway yards and fatally injured. When found be was in a sitting…

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Scalding Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 4

Miss Johnston, living at Campbell's Hill, while at work in Lorn on Saturday, was badly scalded on the legs by overturning a tub of hot…

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Drover Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 4

Jack Hanlon, jnr., a drover, living at Waratah, received painful contusions to the top of his head through being thrown from his horse on the…

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Two Children Drowned. Parents Rescued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 6

A double drowning accident occurred in the Mary River at Widgee Crossing four miles below Gympic (Q), on Sunday…

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Drowned at Rockhampton (By Telegraph.) Rockhampton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 2

Mr J. R. M'Heffe, commercial traveller, and a friend named Mr Fred Hopping, were swimming across the river on Saturday night, when the former…

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One Killed. Two Seriously Injured. Medbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 5

A motor car capsized at Brunswick to-day following the bursting of a tyre. One passenger named Rankin was…

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A Miner's Death. Pelaw-main Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the Kurri Kurri courthouse concerning the death of John Thomas, a miner, who died in the Kurri Kurri District…

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Accident at Aberglasslyn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. Sidney Roberts, employed by J. Walsh, at Aberglasslyn, received a lacerated wound four inches in length on the right instep this morning, the…

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Accidents Boy's Leg Fractured. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 7

While riding a bicycle alongside a Ford motor lorry in George street on Tuesday afternoon, Roy Cook, age 16 years, of Whittingham, met with an…

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Cars Collide. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

Four persons were injured and two motor cars wrecked as a result of a collision which occurred in Lang-road, Centennial Park, Sydney,…

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Scaffolding Collapses. Two Men Injured at Penrith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

Mr. Charles Tripping, a well-known business man met with a serious accident, at Penrith. He was standing on a scaffolding directing building…

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Shocking Fatality. at Liverpool-street Railway Gates. Gatekeeper Dies of Injuries

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at the Liverpool-street railway gates on Wednesday night last, the victim being a young man, age 19, named…

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School Boy's Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

Harold Hewitt, of "Rosemount, Denman, while returning from school, was shutting a gate. He was jerked off his horse and sustained a broken…

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Accidents at Singleton

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

A chapter of accidents occurred at Singleton on Tuesday. Roy Cook, 16, of Whittingham, was riding a bicycle alongside a Ford…

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Three Accidents. Motor Cars Involved. Fractured Limbs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

In the space of one hour three accidents, in which motor cars were involved, occurred in Sydney last evening…

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The Scone Fatality

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

The young railway gatekeeper H.S. Foote, who was killed at Scone on Wednesday night by the Brisbane train had been previously…

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Fatality at Scone. Gatekeeper Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 8

Owing to the Brisbane Limited express crashing through the railway gates at Liverpool-street, Scone, at 10.10. o'clock on Wednesday night,…

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