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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 103

Two Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

A message from Bega states that cut off by the rising flood waters, Henry Duncan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and…

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Three Injured. Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

Three persons were injured when a motor cycle and side car collided with another motor cycle in Parramatta[?], Kellyville…

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Fall of Coal. Three Women Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 3

Two women, who were visiting Clarke's Colliery, Lithgow, were injured by a fall of coal Another woman was also caught by the fall…

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Street Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

A collision, fortunately of not a very serious nature, occurred between a motor car and a baker's cart on Tuesday evening about 5 o'clock…

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Women Injured by Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 8

That visitors to colliery workings run some of the risks which miners continually face in the task of earning their daily bread was shown at…

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Motor Fatality. Boy Killed at Cardiff

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 4

Cecil Minotte, aged 12, who resided at Cardiff, was killed, through being knocked down by a motor lorry at Main-road, Cardiff…

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Victims of the Flood. Two Men Drowned. Bega

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 1

Cut off by the rising flood waters, Henry Duncan, junr., and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned before the eyes…

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Victims of the Flood. Two Men Drowned. Heroic Rescue Effort Fails. BEGA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

Cut off by the rising flood waters, Henry Duncan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned before the eyes…

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World Flight. Zanni's Accident. Tokio, May 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

Since he, postponed his flight round the world in November last Major Zanni, the Argentine aviator, has bad his seaplane stored at Oaaka. An…

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Tram Smash. Nine People Injured. Collision Near Manly

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

Nine persons were injured and considerable damage was caused to two trams in a collision at brookvale on 7th inst. The scene of accident was…

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Collision at Sea

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 6

The steamer Lyngern, from Oslo to Sydney, collided in a fog off Beachy Head at midnight with the small coastal steamer Rytone. The latter was…

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Fatal Collision. Car Driver Committed

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

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

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Miners Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 7

William Hugo, miner, employed at Aberdare Extended Colliery, was injured by a fall of coal this morning. The ambulance was summoned, and he…

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Buried by Coal. Accident at Pelaw-main. Man Fadly Injured

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

Horace ("Boxer") Goodwin, a voting man employed, in Pelaw Main colliery, was badly injured by a fall of coal in No. 6 east section on 8th inst…

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Motor and Tram. Collision at Rockdale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 14

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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Four Injured. Victorian Motor Smash

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

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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Three Injured. Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 5

Three persons were injured when a motor cycle and side car collided with another motor cycle in Parramatta-road, Kellyville…

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Fatally Injured. Struck Telegraphs Pole

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 13

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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Tram Fatality. Man Killed at Sans Souci

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 19

Harry Fleet, aged 50, employed as a painter by the Railway Commissioners, was killed when returning home last night…

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Fall of Coal. Three Women Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 8

Two women, who were visiting Clarke's Colliery, Lithgow, were injured by a fall of coal. Another woman was also caught by the fall…

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