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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 103

Motor Accident. Car Drops Fifteen Feet

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

A car containing two brothers, G. H. and C. Hosie, overturned and dropped fifteen feet at Mt. Victoria Pass…

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Car Smash. Large Awning Dismantled. Sensational Accident at Singleton. Singleton

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

An accident of a sensational nature occurred in George-street, singleton, opposite the Royal Hotel, which resulted in the dismantling of the large…

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Motor Smash. Collision at Kogarah. Three Injured Taken to Hospital

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 4

A motor ride, after a visit to some friends, came to an abrupt termination in the early hours of Sunday morning, when a collection occurred between…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 4

Arthur M'Farlane, aged 19 years, a bicycle machanic, living at East Maitland, was riding a motor cycle, at Young Wallsend on Sunday, when…

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Two Injured. Bus and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 7

When a motor 'bus going to Cardiff on Saturday night collided with a sulky in which were seated Hector Maclean, a bread-carter, of New…

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Woman Motor Cyclist. Seriously Injured at Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

When Miss Fraser od Sydney was practising to take part in motor cycle sports at Taree, her machine got out of control and…

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Fell Eighty Feet. Injured at the Steel Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 6

While at work on a scaffolding above the Banking pits at the Steel Works shortly after noon on Sunday, Jack Benson, aged 18 years, an…

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Two Injured. Cars Collide at Toronto. Both Overturned. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 5

Two motor cars collided at Toronto last night with the result that two persons were Severely injured. The injured were: Miss Florence…

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Accident in Scotland. London, May 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 5

A Fairey seaplane and an aeroplane, both belonging to the Leuchar aerodrome, collided at a height of 500 feet over the mouth of the…

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Child Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4

Yesterday forenoon a young girl named Wills met with a painful accident by striking a spike on one of the window sills of Kempe and Co's shop…

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Motor Cycliste Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4

Miss Lila Fraser, a young woman from Tamworth, met with a serious accident while practising on the Taree showground track, with the…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Killed at Gundagai

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

A shocking motor accident occurred on the Prince Alfred Bridge, Gundagai, on Saturday night. A motor car containing four…

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Motor Smash at Kogarah Cars in Head-on Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 3

In the early hours of Sunday morning a head-on collision occurred between two cars on the Prince's Highway, Kogarah, and as a result three persons…

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Jockey Injured. Thrown From Boaster. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

Fred. Schrader, a jockey apprentice, while riding Boaster at Randwick this morning, fell near the two furlongs post. His lef thigh was…

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Gas Plant Explodes. Two Men Injured. Four Business Premises Destroyed

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

Two men were flung through the air distances from 15 to 20 feet by the explosion of a benzine gas plant at Buninyong, a small township about seven…

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Accident at Showground

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

There was a regrettable accident in the Anzac Handicap Trot at the showground on Saturday afternoon. During the last lap Boy Marble, ridden by…

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Fisherman Drowned. Boat Smashed by Heavy Seas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 3

Three brothers, John, James, and Donald McDonald, fishermen at Port Fairy (Vic.) went out crayflashing on Tuesday. Their boat was smashed by…

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Level Crossing Smash Lorry Driver Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2

Victor Smith, driver of a motor lorry, was injured seriously on Tuesday afternoon, when a goods train collided with his lorry at a level…

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Two Injured. Motor Smashes Into Tree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2

As the result of its steering gear failing to act a motor car dashed into a tree near Bathurst and hurled the two occupants a considerable…

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Mclachlan Injured. Mount Falls at Chester. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

McLuchlan, junior had the mount in the first race at Chester to-day. The horse fell, and the jockey was slightly injured. he was removed to…

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