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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 103

Steamships Collision. Coastal Vessel Sunk. London, May 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 21

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

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Two Men Drowned. Victims of Bega Flood. Swagman Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 3

Cut off by the rising flood waters, in the Bega district, Hen. v. Duncan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned…

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Two Men Injured. Collapse of Balcony Railing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 4

A balcony accident which resulted in two men being injured, one seriously, occurred in Queen-street, Cook's Hill, Newcastle, on…

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Woman Severely Injured. Quarrel at Wake. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 15

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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Chinese Injured Buried Under Vegetables Runaway and Capsize. SYDNEY

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

Early to-day, a taxicab collided With the waggon of Leo Hang, of West Botany Road, Arncliffe. The taxi-cab crashed into the rear…

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

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

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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Case Struck Out. Defendant Killed in Car Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 6

G. F. Byrne was called as defendant in an action, in the District Court, Goulburn, when £409 damages was claimed from him for injuries…

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Motor Accident. Man Killed at Glebe

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

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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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 4

A mutilated body of a man was found on the railway line between the Quarrybylong overhead bridge and the Aberdare crossing early on…

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Two Killed. and One Injured. Wendsor Road Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 3

In a car smash on the Windsor Road, near Riverstone, early on Saturday night, two men were killed and a third seriously injured…

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Chapter of Accidents. Rockley's Luck. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 4

James Rockley, a miner, and a married man, residing in Cessnock, went to sit down on a chair at a dance on Saturday evening, and…

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Railway Fatality Body Found on Line

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 5

About a quarter to seven o'clock on Sunday morning Mr. Thomas Cook discovered the mutilated body of a man lying on the railway…

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Car Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. Dave Clark had an accident with his Buick on Sunday night. Returning form Singleton he ran over a culvert at Rothbury, near…

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Constable Injured Knocked Down by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 5

The police have arrested a motor driver in connection with an injury to Constable Trinks, who was knocked down by a lorry while directing…

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Accident at Saleyards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. Joseph Turner, 60, an old-aged pensioner, residing in Victoria Street, West Maitland, received a fracture of the left thigh from a fall while leading…

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Accident to Fireman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 5

John Morphett, 36, employed as a fireman on the Government Railways, received a cut over the right eye as a result of the gange glass of…

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Miners Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 4

William Hugo, miner, employed at aberda[?] Extended Colliery, was injured by a fall of coal this morning. the ambulance was summoned, and he…

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Artillerymen Injured. Collapse of Trolley. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

A Trolley containing a number of men from the Roayl Australian Garrison Artillery, collapsed near Queenscliffo this morning, Several of…

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Thrilling Motor Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 3

A report from Wellington (N.Z.) states that two sensational accidents occurred at the week-end. A motor lorry fell over a 100-foot…

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Motor Fatality. Hotelkeeper Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

W.H. Bollen, bottle-collector, 63, died in the Broken Hill hospital last night as the result of being knocked down by a motor car driven…

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