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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 103

Motor Accident. Car Drops Fifteen Feet. Mount Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 5

A car containing two brothers, G. H. and C. Hesle, overturned and dropped fifteen foot at Mr. Victoria Pass…

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Head On. Steamers in Collision. Four Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

A common occurred in Sydney Harbour this morning between the steamers Wailsend, owned by the Howard Smith Company and the…

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Miners Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

James Perry, a miner, residing at Hunter-street, West Maitland, and employed in Richmond Main Colliery, slipped on a piece of coal in the…

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Youth Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

George Brighton (16), who resides at Pitnacree Road, East Maitland, was Pitnacree Road, East Maitland, was crushed beneath a cart late yesterday afternoon, and was…

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Fell From Train Man Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

A man named Arthur Henry Sapstead, about 60 years of age, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital late on Sunday afternoon, with his right…

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Big Building Crashes Four Persons Killed Others Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 1

On Friday night four men were killed and as many seriously injured by the collapse of a partially constructed concrete building in Swanston-street…

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Big Building Crashes. Four Persons Killed, Others Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 3

On Friday night four men were killed and as many seriously injured by the collapse of a partially constructed concrete building in…

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Fatality at Paterson. Run Down by Train. Young Man Killed. Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

[?] Patfield, 18 years of age was found near the railway line on the northern side of the railway bridge this morning. The…

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One Killed Fifteen Persons Injured. Seven in Hospital. Char-a-banc Over Embankment. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

A motor enarabane, driven by Percy Jones, of the firm of young and Green, went over an embankment near Frith's Bridge between…

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Pumping Station Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

An accident occurred at the local water pumping station on Sunday morning, which threw out of action number three pumping unit. With…

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Accident at Mount Victoria Car Drops 15 FEET. (By Telegraph.) Mount Victoria

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

A car containing two brothers, Messrs G. H. and C. Hosie, overturned and dropped 15 feet at Mount Victoria. Pass. Mr G. H. Hosie was injured…

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Accident at Central

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

What might have been a fatal accident occurred at Central Colliery yesterday. A wheeler named Thompson, while wheeling a skip full of…

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Four Injured. SENSATIONAl Smash in Sydney Motor Car and Two Trams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 2

There as a sensational smash between two trams and a motor car in Oxford-street, Paddington, last night as the result of which four persons…

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Local and General. Accident in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 4

A horse attached to a curt slipped on the tram line near Hannan-street this morning, and the driver,— Pite, fell between the cart and the…

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Steamers in Collision Four Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 2

A collision occurred in Sydney Harbour on Tuesday morning between the steamers Wallsend, owned by the Howard Smith Company, and the…

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Omnibus Fatality. Woman Killed in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 6

When crossing, Oxford street, Paddington, Mrs. Brooks, of that suburb, failed to notice an approaching motor omnibus. She was knocked down, and…

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Fatality at Paterson Man Run Down by Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

The body of Wallace Patfield, 18 years of age, was found near the railway line on the northern side of the railway, bridge at Paterson on…

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Railway Smash. Claim Against Company. Collision at Level Crossing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 4

The hearing was continued before Justice Ferguson and a jury at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon of the claims by William…

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Motor Bus Over Embankment Man Killed, Several People Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

As the result of a motor bus capsizing on the Holmesville-road, Newcastle district, at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, one man was killed, and five…

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Remarkable Escapes From Death Four Men Injured in Car Smash

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

When a motor car was caught between two trams, and badly smashed, in Oxford-street, Sydney, on Tuesday night, four men, occupants of the car,…

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