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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Accident to Mr. Clyde Morris

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

At the end of last week, Mr. Clyde Morris, lately of Lochinvar, and now resident at Muswellbrook, had a most unpleasant experience. He, in…

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Drowning

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

Send for the doctor. In the meantime— Waste no time in loosening or removing clothing. Lay the patient in a prone…

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Aberdare Central Fatality. Crushed to Death

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

While employed at the Ab[?]dare Central Colliery yesterday, as a miner, a married man named Leonard Billett received injuries of such a shocking…

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Body in Waterhole. Wallsend Resident Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

"The body of Mr. Joseph Vial, who had been missing from his home Macquaric street, Wallsend, since December 30, was found on Thursday…

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Motor Accident. Cycle and Side Car Upset. Two Men Injured Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

Whilst returning from East Gresford last night Mr. Cecil Clerke, riding a motor cycle, Mr. Waterford Cann, accompanying him in a side…

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Surfer Drowned. Young Girl's Attempt at Rescue

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 8

Thomas Hinton, aged 24, a resident of Richmond, whilst surfing at Bulli Beach on Tuesday morning, was swept off his feet by a large waye,…

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Found Drowned. Sufferer From Ear Trouble. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Patrick Hayland, whose body was found floating in the water at Mona Vale, with a bag of…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Alan King, of East Maitland, was riding a Chater Lea motor cycle on the Pitnacree-road yesterday afternoon. The machine ran into a…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

On Tuesday last at Monkeral, Doris, the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Relton, sustained a broken leg through her horse…

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Rescue From Drowning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 8

Perey Gauchet, aged 19, and his sister, 7½ years of age, were swimming in the Hunter River at Elderslie near Branxton, when his sister got into…

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Tennis Player Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 8

A member of the Lithgow ladies tennis team, Miss Barbara Wise, while returning to the pavilion after a match at the White City Courts on Thursday,…

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Dinghy Capsized. Man Drowned in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 5

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

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Children Drowned. at Lidcombe and Pyrmont

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 14

George Page, aged 10, of Lidcombe, was drowned in the local paths on Saturday afternoon. He had been playing with a number of other boys,…

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Seriously Injured. by Falling Tree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 13

When sawing a tree in a gully near the Woronora River on Saturday, Thomas Gonsage, aged 20, was struck by a falling limb, and…

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Detonators Explode Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 13

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

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Motor Car and Cycle Collision at Parramatta

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 9

Sylvan John Foster (17), of Lidcombe, had a narrow escape from serious injury, when, riding a cycle along Church street, Parramatta, he collided…

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Woman Drowned. Tragedy at Brisbane. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 3

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

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Fatally Injured. Capsize of Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

The blowing out of a tyre caused tho capsize of a motor car in Ninth-street, Bowden (S.A.). Mr. Charles W. Clarke, a residem…

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Two Injured. Motors Collide at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

As a result of a collision between two motor cars that occurred on Friday afternoon. at the intersection of Tudor and Beaumont streets, Mrs. A. E…

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Three Injured. Sulky Collides with Post

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 4

Five people were thrown from a sulky in Paramatta Road when the vehicle collided with a telegraph pole. "William M'Cullam and his…

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