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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 103

Shockingly Injured Whirled Round on Shafting. Legs Crushed and Arm Broken. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

Stanley Simpson, 27, an employee at the Ryde brickworks, became entangied with the shafting of a brickmaking machine this morning…

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Accident at Lochinvar

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

While playing one day last week at a neighbour's house, Eric, the nine-year-old son of Mr. Frank Rutter, accidentally ran into a fence, causing…

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Accidents. Wheeler Injured

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 7

William Thompson, a wheeler employed at Aberdare central colliery, was admitted to the Cessnock District Hospital on Monday morning, Suffering…

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Motor Car Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred in George Street Singleton on Friday, Mrs. Charles Saxon, of the Travellers' Rest Hotel, Hexham, who way driving a Rugby…

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Cars in Collision. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 15

Two men were seriously injured in a head-on collision between two motor cars on the Point Nepean-road, near the Aspendale (Vic.) railway…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

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

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Tram and Van. Collision at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 9

Passengers in an electric tram had narrow escapes when a horse and van driven by a youth named Loades came into collison with a tram in Scott…

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Crossing Smash. Motorist Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

A sensational railway crossing accident occurred at Palmerston North (N.Z.), Mr. R. V. Purton, a motor car agent, was travelling in…

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Fatally Injured. on Cycling Track

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

Fatal results attended the accident at the cycling sports held at Albury on April 18, when John Ellis, carrier, who acted as one of…

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Five Injured. Motor Lorry Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

A motor lorry containing 16 passengers left the Glen Innes road and overturned. Some of the passengers were hurled clear, but others were pinned…

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Claim Against Company. Collision at Level Crossing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

Claims arising out of a collision between a light engine and a motor bus at Kearsley level crossing on July 8 last were heard before his Honor Mr…

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Callous Motor Cyclist. Boy Injured at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

After knocking down a 10-year-old cyclist, named Harry Riley, in Darby-street, Newcastle, about noon on Sunday, a motor cyclist went on…

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Four Killed. Fifteen Persons Injured. Collapse of Building

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

Four men were killed and 15 injured on 24th ult. In the collapse of the upper two stories of a now seven-storied building being erected for [?]…

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Full Police Pay. for Men Injured on Duty

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 11

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Oakes) has decided that the police shall in future receive full pay while suffering from injuries received while on…

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Thrown From Motor Seriously Injured at Tighe's Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 15

Bert Buterworth, aged 30, living at Mayfield, received painful injuries through being thrown from a horse in front of a motor omnibus…

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Three Severely Injured. Capsize of Motor Lorry. Lucky Escapes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 13

Three men were seriously hurt and others sustained minor injuries when a motor lorry, containing a number of cricketers, capsized on the Liverpool…

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Passenger Injured. Bus and Motor Lorry Collide. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

A motor lorry, belonging to the Australian Gas Co., and a bus , running between Leichhardt and York-street, collided in the Pyrmont Bridge-road…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 16

The body of Wallace 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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Four Injured. Sensational Smash in Sydney Motor Car and Two Trams

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 7

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

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

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