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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 103

Serious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 4

An accident attended with serious consequences befel Tom Morgan, one of the employees of the Northumberland Hotel, last Saturday…

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Runaway Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 4

Jack, the ten year old son of Mr. Robertson, greengrocer, of Vincent Street, was rather badly injured about the head and body through a…

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A Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 4

Mr. D. Monoroy, residing at East Maitland and employed by Mr. O. K. Young had his hand caught in a crushing plant in Elgin-st. this…

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German Tragedy. Cause of Accident. London, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that 84 perished through yesterday's accident on the Weser, and 78 are still missing. The disaster is…

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Brothers Meet After 52 Years Accidental Discovery

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 2

Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction. Mr Humphrey Weston, now a resident of Whitton, but an erst-while resident of Bathurst, returned to…

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Coroner’s Court. Abernethy Fatality. Veridct of Accidental Death

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 10

At the Cessnock Court House, on Tuesday, the District Coroner (Mr. Geo Brown, J.P.) inquired into the death of Ellen before, who met her…

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Child Electrocuted Fatality at Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 3

Norman Erkin, aged three years and nine months son of Alderman Joseph [?] living in Lewis-street, Greta, was playing under the house when he…

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Sea Tragedy. English Authoress Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

Upon the arrival of the Moreton Bay at Hobart from Sydney, the captain reported that when vessel was steaming between Gabo and…

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Schoolboy Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

Frank Darey, schoolboy, met with an accident while climbing over the school fence yesterday afternoon. He slipped and the paling ripped the…

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Burning Fatality. Child's Death Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday of Lily King 4 years old, daughter of Ebenezer King, of Pokolbin. Early in the week the child was…

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Pokolbin Burning Fatality. Child’s Awful Death

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 9

The four year old daughter of Mr. Eben King, of Pokolbin, was so severely burnt at her parents residence on Wednesday, evening that she died a…

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The Scone Railway Fatality. Liverpool-street Railway Crossing Tragedy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 8

At the Court House on Friday last, Mr. W. T. Seaward, Coroner for the district, conducted the inquest on the body of Horace…

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Brothers Meet After 52 Years. Accidental Discovery

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 7

Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction. Mr. Humphrey Weston, now a resident of Whitton, but an erstwhile resident of Bathurst…

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Accidental Death. Fatality at Hexham

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 9

An inquest was held at Hexham relative to the death of a man, Hans Hansen, a seaman from a collier, who took a room at the hotel at Hexham…

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Young Woman Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 9

Ethel Mary Ayton (21) was drowned in a waterhole adjacent to her Parents' residence at Eastern Creek, near Penrith. The body was recovered in about…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 4

A schoolboy, named Ronnie Ferrari, aged nine years, was run down by a motor cyclist in Cessnock street, Kurri Kurri, and was admitted to…

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Motor Fatality. First Accident at Forster. Forster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

Arthur Piper, the five-year-old son of James Piper, of Forster, died at an early hour this morning of injuries sustained last evening, when…

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Newcastle Accidents. Chinese Gardener Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 13

Hing War, a Chinese gardener, was thrown from his cart at Teralba on Saturday. He was admitted to Wallsend Hospital, suffering from severe…

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Tram Accidents. Two Persons Injured at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

Betty, Smith, aged six years, a school girl, living at Mayfield, fell out of a tram at Bridge street, Waratah, and sustained lacerations to…

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Two Drowned. Surf Boat Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 13

Chief Officer Robertson and Seaman Barton, both from the Lady Loch, were drowned when a surf boat, landing supplies for the lighthouse at…

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