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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 103

Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

Losses of life are reported fit Junee from the flood areas. Allan Smith, aged 24, who took refuge from the flood water on the roof of a maize shed, was…

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Footballers Injured Accidents in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 14

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

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Motor Fatality. Hotelkeeper Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 9

W. H. Bollen, bottle-collector, 62, died in the Broken Hill hospital last night, as the result of being knocked down by a motor car driven…

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Floods in Suva. Three Indians Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 14

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

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Malaria Commission. Motor Car Fatality. London, May 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 13

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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Ayrfield No. 2 Fatality. Inquest on Tuesday. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

A coronial inquiry was opened at Kurri District Hospital yesterday afternoon, by Mr. G. Brown, District Coroner, into the death of Archibald…

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Mother and Son. Drowned in Metal Quarry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 7

A woman named Mrs. Holland and her four-years-old son were drowned in an old metal quarry near Gladesville, this morning…

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Fall of Coal. Miner Injured at Pelawmain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 16

Richard Tunney, of Hopetoun street, Kurri, who was injured about the head and face Monday, through a fall of coal catching him while working in…

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Five Injured. Smash After Funeral. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 7

A mourning coach was smashed to pieces while returning from a funeral at South Brisbane, and five of the eleven. occupants were…

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Brothers Injured. Motor Cycle Capsized. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

Through a motor cycle they were riding capsizing in Forest road, Bexley. last night, two brothers, Frank and Albert Camplin, aged respectively 2[?]…

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Woman Injured. Motor Driver Charged. Alleged Bodily Harm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 9

Jack Nanearrow, 50, a traveller, was charged at Central Court, Sydney, with having caused bodily harm to Florence Cairns. He was also…

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Car Capsizes. Occupants Injured. Pinned Underneath for Four Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

William Clift, 37 motor mechanic, of East Maitland, and Kenneth Roberts, 16, cadet reporter, of 19 Barrett Avenue, Waverley, were injured in a…

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'Bus and Tram. Collission at Camperdown. a Boy Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 7

A motor bus, crowded with passengers, collided with a tram in Parramatta road, Camperdown, this morning. Although the passengers in the bus…

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Killed by Train. on South Maitland Railway. Accidental Death. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 16

In giving a verdict of accidental death, after hearing the evidence concerning the fatal accident which befell. George Arthur John Victor…

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Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 8

Mr. H. J. Kauter, of Maison, Dieu, assisted by his brother-in-law, Mr. R. H. Groves, has felling a tree on Monday afternoon to make a clearance for…

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Over a Culvert. Omnibus Accident at Speers' Point

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 14

Speers' Point was the scene of an omnibus accident on Saturday night. The motor omnibus Olive May, owned by Mr. Oliver, and plying…

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Miner injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 4

Samuel Cook (45), a miner, employed at South Greta, was engaged at the colliery this afternoon when he received severe injuries to…

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Footballers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 4

"George Varlcy," aged 19 years, a saw-mill hand, living in Plaistow-street, West Maitland, and H. Taylor, aged 23 years, a shiftman at…

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Four Injured. Car Smash at Surry Hills

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 3

When a motor car crashed into a verandah post in Bourke Street, Surry Hills, on Saturday night, four men were injured…

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Satisfactory Progress. Mount Manning Accident. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 5

William Clift and Kenneth Roberts, the two young men who were injured in the motor car smash at Mount Manning on Friday evening…

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