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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 103

Woman Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured at Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 13

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

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Passenger Injured. 'Bus and Motor Lorry Collide

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

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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Jockey Injured. Thrown From Boaster. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 16

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

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Fell Eighty Feet. Injured at the Steel Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 14

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

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McLACHLAN Injured. Mount Falls at Chester. London

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

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 13

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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Chinese Injured Buried Under Vegetables. Runaway and Capsize. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 5

Early to-day a taxicab collided with the waggon of Lee Hang of West Botany Road Arncliffe. The taxi-cap crashed into the rear…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 3

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 in Scotland. London, May 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 12

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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Motor and Tram. Collision at Rockdale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 6

A collision between a motor car and a tram occurred at Rockdale on Sunday afternoon, but although both vehicles were extensively…

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Fatally Injured. Struck Telegraph Pole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 6

Fred Regan, 34, and Frances Tracy, a young woman, were in a motor car early on Sunday morning. The driver of the car, when passing…

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Motor Accident. Man Killed at Glebe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 8

When crossing Pyrmont Bridge road, Glebe, on Sunday night, Thomas Ward, aged 57, of the same suburb, was knocked down by a…

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Fatal Collision. Car Driver Committed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 7

A collision between a street sweeping machine and a motorcar at Mosman, which resulted in the death of George Curil, an employee of the…

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Four Injured. Victorian Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 6

In a collision near Werribee, Vic., a motor cycle was wrecked and a motor car damaged. Frank Maffey (20), of Yarraville…

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Woman Severely Injured. Quarrel at Wake. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

There was a rumpus in a house in Darlinghurst early this morning, in connection with a wake, which was being held following on the death of a…

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Unusual Accident. to Occupants of Car Heads Strike Telegraph Pole. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

At St. Kilda in the carly hours of Sunday morning two men and two women were riding in a single-seater motor car. Frederick Regan, aged 34,…

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Miner's Death. Accident at Pelaw-main. Claim for Compensation Fails

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

In the arbitration matter between Florence Maud Arundale, applicant, and John Brown and others, trading as J. and Alex Brown, respondents…

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Accident to Mr. Street

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 2

Recently while rounding up a horse in a paddock at Gloucester, Mr. L. E. Street met with a painful accident to his knee, caused by his…

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Two Men Drowned. Victims of Bega Flood. Swagman Rescued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 6

Cut off by the rising flood waters, in the Boga district. henry Dunoan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned…

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Case Struck Out. Defendant Killed in Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 6

G. F. Byrne was called as defendant in an action in the District Court, Goulburn, when £40[?] damages was claimed from him for injuries…

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