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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 103

Four Injured. Car Smash at Surry Hills

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 13

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

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A Free Fight Several Persons Injured. (By Telegraph.) [?]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 6

It is alleged the Melbourne, Friday, a flat at Elwood[?] seven men entered free fight ensr [?] during night and that a persona were [?], during which several…

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Ayrfield Fatality. Inquest on Archibald Burgess. Shiftman's Graphic Story. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 13

The District Coroner, Mr. George Brown, continued the adjourned inquiry into the death of Archibald Alban Burgess, aged 31, married, boss…

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Car Capsizes. Occupants Injured. Pinned Underneath for Four Hours

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 9

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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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 4

Leslie Jones, of Onus-street. Telarah, a young motor cyclist,was injured at the Dungog motor sports on Saturday afternoon; when he had…

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Leg Crushed. Steel Works Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 4

While at work at the Steel Works late on Saturday night, Victor Warner, 44, living at Tighe's Hill, has his left leg caught in a roller and…

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Five Injured. Motor Smash on Mudgee Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 2

When a motor car overturned on the Mudgee road, near Cambandry, on Friday afternoon, five men were injured, one seriously. It was not…

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Railway Disaster Mail Train Derailed. Carriage Into Creek. Note Killed; 40 Injured. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

The mail train which left Brisbane last night for Rockhampton met with disaster at 2 o'clock this morning, when the engine left the rails…

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Late Telegrams. Serious Train Smash in Queensland Rockhampton Mail Leaves Rails. Carriages Crash Into Creek. Nine Passengers Killed: Many Injured. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 2

A message from Brisbane states that a mail train, which left Brisbane last night for Rockhampton, met with disaster at 2 o'clock this…

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Local and General. Accident at tile Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. Frank Turton, of Turton's Tile and Brick Works, East Maitland, sustained deep scalp wounds whilst at work yesterday as the…

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Painful Accident Crushed Between Two Motor Buses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 7

A resident of Cessnock named Robert Murphy met with a painful accident while getting off a motor bus to go to work at the Central…

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Railway Accident. Queensland's Worst Disaster. Carriage Falls 30 Feet Into Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 4

Nine, were killed and 39 injured in the railway disaster which occurred yesterday morning to the Rockhampton mail at Traveston Creek, 13 miles on…

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Another Accident. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 4

Another railway smash was reported from Mt. Larcorn, near Rockhampton, this morning. An empty train was travelling to Mt…

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Butchers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. Clem Murray, residing in High-street, West Maitland, and employed at Murray's, butchery in High-street, sustained a nasty cut…

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Railway Fatality. Man's Head Severed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 3

With the head severed, and one leg badly smashed, the body of a man was found in a tunnel near Newtown station, late yesterday…

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Tug Founders Collision in Sydney Harbour. Crew Rescued. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 5

A collision occurred in the harbour to-day between the tug Eclipse and the coastal steamer Our Elsie. So badly was the tug damaged that…

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Railway Disaster. Injured Progressing. Heroic Work of Rescuers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 4

The two victims of the railway .disaster near Gympie (Q.), who were not previously identified are: Victor Shadwell, who had relatives…

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Queensland Railway Disaster Rookhampton Mail Leaves Rails. Nine Killed, 46 Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 3

Nine passengers were killed and 46 injured when a section of the Rockhampton mail train left the rails while crossing the bridge at Woondum, a few…

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Another Queensland Railway Accident Empty Train Collides with Bullock. (By Telegraph.) Rockhampton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 2

Another railway smash was reported from Mt. Larcom, near Rockhampton, this morning. An empty train was travelling to Mt. Larcom when the…

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Queensland Railway Accident Nine Killed, Many Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

Whilst the Rockhampton mall train was crossing the Traveston bridge, a few miles south of Gymple at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, an engine left…

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