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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Swagmen Drowned. Cloudburst at Orange. Third Man Escapes

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

Two swagmen were drowned and a third had a narrow escape as a result of a terrific cloudburst over Orange on Sunday…

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Murder Alleged. Woman Drowned in Brisbane. Labourer Charged

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

James Henderson, 44, labourer, appeared in the Brisbane police court, charged with having, at Brisbane, on January 5, unlawfully killed Mary…

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Head Crushed. Carter Seriously Injured. Sydney

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

While assisting to load his lorry at Jones Bay to-day, Harold Swinbourne, 22. a carter, had his head crushed between two heavy cases…

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Charged by Bull. Man Injured at Orange

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

While J. M. Oliver was endeavouring to turn a bull out of a paddock at Orange, the animal charged him, tweaking two of his ribs and inflicting…

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Lorry Smash. Boy Fatally Injured. Brakes Fail

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

Arthur H. Scattergood, 14, of South Campbelltown. who was injured in a motor smash at Devil's Elbow, Bulli Pass, on New Year's Eve, has died at…

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Three Injured. Motor Cycle and Side Car Capsize

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

Three youths were injured when a motor cycle and side-car capsized on the Western Road, Prespect, early on Sunday…

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Successful Operation. Performed on Injured Boxer. Rockhampton

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

A successful operation was performed on Boh, East, the Newcastle boxer, who collapsed after a fight with Harry Case[?] Boxing Night. His condition…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle Smash. Crashed Into Bridge

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

Two men were injured, one seriously, when a motor cycle and side-car crashed into the side of a bridge on the Western Road (says a Penrith…

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Colliery Fatality in Aberdare Central Miner Crusted By Fall Of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 7

An accident resulting in the death of Leonard Billet, a miner residing in McGrane-street, Cessnock, occurred yesterday morning in the Aberdare…

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Picnickers Injured. Motor Lorry Overturns. Brakes Fail to Act

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

A motor lorry, carrying twenty young picnickers to Manly and Narrabeen, bounded out or control in Eaton-street, North Sydney, on 1st…

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Cars Collide. Smash at Neutral Bay. Woman Injured. Sydney

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

When two motor cars collided at Neutral Bay last night, the occupants of one, Mrs. Abel and her young son, were thrown to the roadway…

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Tram and Bus. Collide on Suspension Bridge. One Person Injured. Sydney

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

A collision occured this morning between a tram and a motor bus on the suspension bridge, Northbridge. The tram was derailed and the…

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Motor Accidents. 'Bus-bumps Into Post. Cars Collide. Cessnock

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

On Saturday, one of the large motor buses plying for hire between Cessnock and Kurri Kurri crashed into one of the electric light poles on Maitland…

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Diving Accident. Spine Believed to Be Fractured

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

Bertie Anderson, aged 14 years, of Union-street, Brunswick (Vic.), dived from the pier at Rosebud into shallow water. When he reached the…

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Accident

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

Whilst, the Rev. G. S. Watts. Methodist Minister was going from Muswellbrook to Scone to conduct service there on Sunday last, his horse bolted…

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Painful Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

Mr. C. Baker, a striker at the Bellbird Colliery, met with a painful accident yesterday, through a spark catering his eye. He went to…

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Railway Fatality. Rev. Herford's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of the Rev. W. M. Herford, who was killed in a motor which was struck by the Singleton express at the Tuggerah…

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Baby Drowned. Fell Into Waterhole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

A tragic drowning fatality occurred at Waterloo late on Sunday afternoon when an 18 months' old boy, william Robert Gordon fell into a…

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Boat Capsized. Three Men Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

News of a drowning tragedy in Rocky Boat Harbour has been received at Hobart. Two prospectors named H. Green…

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Motor Accidents. Car Falls Into Gully

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

A motor car overturned into a gully at the foot of Cobbler's Hill, near Figtree, on the South Coast. The car was driven by a man named…

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