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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 103

Unusual Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 7

Unusual circumstances attended an accident near Queenscliff (Vic) early yesterday morning, when one of three trailers attached to a…

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Artillerymen Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

A trolley containing a number of men from the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, collapsed near Queenscliffe this morning. Several of…

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Motor Fatality. Boy Killed at Cardiff

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 11

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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Tram Fatality. Man Killed at Sans Souci

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 11

Harry Fleet, aged 50, employed as a painter by the Railway Commissioners, was killed when returning home on 15th inst…

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Steamships Collision. Coastal Vessel Sunk. London, May 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 12

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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Miners Death. Injured by Fall of Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 8

Horace ("Boxer") Goodwin, who was seriously injured in the Pelaw-Main Colliery on May 8, had his foot amputated last week in…

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Two Killed. and One Injured. Windsor Road Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 14

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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Car Over Cliff. But Nobody Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

A motor car, owned by Ernest Hollely, Alpa and Nowbray Streets, Willoughly, was taken from the front of his residence at 1 a.m to-day, and…

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Constable Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 3

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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Woman Injured. Motor Driver Charged. Alleged Bodily Harm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

Jack Nancarrow, 50, a traveller, was charged at the Central Court' to-day with having caused bodily harm to Florence Cairns. He was also…

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Miner's Death. Injured by Fall of Coal. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 6

Horace ("Boxer") Goodwin, who was seriously injured in the Polaw-Main Colliery on May 8, had his foot amputated during the wee in…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 12

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

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Chapter of Accidents. Rockley's Luck. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 14

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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Footballers Injured Accidents in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 3

Several players were injured when taking park in football matches in Sydney on Saturday. A. Blair, captain of the South…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 4

A. Aggett, a motor-cyclist, was rendered unconscious through a fall from his machine when returning from Cessnock yesterday afternoon. He was…

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Malaria Commission. Motor Car Fatality. London, May 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that a motor car, in which members of the League of Nations Malara Committee was returning…

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Floods in Suva. Three Indians Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

A message from Suva states that torrential rain which recently fell there was responsible for heavy floods, during which three Indians…

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Accident to Traveller

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. Harry Kennedy, aged 35, a traveller, fell in a room at the Angel Inn Hotel this morning, and received a lacerated wound above the left eye. He…

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Harbour Collision. Captain to Show Cause

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 3

Hoaring was concluded in the Marine Court in Sydney of the inquiry into the harbour collision between the steamer Coombar and the…

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Motorist Runs Amok. Three People Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

A motorist ran : amok in Thomasstreet, Sydney, oil Friday aftornoon; Ho ended in the police station, and will face serious charges…

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