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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 103

Man Drowned. Sure Boat Swamped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 7

A surf boat containing four men from the steamer Pakura swamped at Akito (N.Z.) Three of the men were rescued but the fourth John Carney…

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“Cou[?]t Over.” Motor Cyclist Injured

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

A motor cyclist named Phil Watson, while returning home on Monday after spending the week-end in the Dungog District, met with a nasty accident at…

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Two Miners Injured. by Falls of Coal

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

While working in No. 12 section of Abermain Colliery, on Wednesday. J. Pitchford jun., of John Street, Abermain, was struck by a fall of coal and…

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Boy Injured. Damages Against Newspaper Company. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 5

In the case in which [?] aboy proceeded by his next friend his mother against Smiths News papers Ltd. claiming damages for…

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Gympie Railway Disaster. Nine People Killed; 39 Injured

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 3

A disastrous railway accident, the worst in the history of the Queensland railways, occurred at an early hour on Tuesday morning to the Rockhampton…

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Queensland Railway Disaster. Rockhampton Mall Leaves Rails. Nine Killed, 46 INJURED

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 5

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

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Struck by Train. Accident at Weston. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 4

Michacl O'Brien (50) a miner of Abermain was stuck by a train at Weston this morning and seriously injured…

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Marvel of the Telephone Problem Solved by Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

To-day either from your own home [?]r from a public call office you can ring up any of the subscribers to the telephone service and conduct a…

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Motor Fatality. Through Bridge and Into Creek. Man Drowned

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

Hilton Cerise, a land salesman, of Melbourne, was drowned on Friday afternoon, when a motor car crashed through a bridge on the…

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Railway Fatality. Man's Head Severed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 5

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

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Leg Crushed. Steel Works Fatality

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

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

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Fight in Flat Several Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 11

It is alleged that seven men entered a flat at Elwood (Vic.) that a tree light ensued, during which, several persons were injured…

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Motor Car Overturns Footballers Injured

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

A Launceston football team left Launceston on Monday in a motor car for Deloraine, where they intended to play a local team. There were 20…

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Tug Founders Collision in Sydney Harbour. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 8

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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Five Injured. Motor Smash on Mudgee Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 14

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

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Railway Disaster. Injured Progressing. Heroic Work of Rescuers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 5

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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Railway Disaster Mail Train Derailed. Carriage Into Creek. Nine Killed; 40 INJURED

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 3

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

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Another Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 3

Another railway smash was reported from Mt. Larcom, near Rockhampton, on Wednesday morning. An empty train was travelling to Mt…

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Queensland Railway Accident Bodies Identified

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 10

Fresh minor casualties in the Queensland railway disaster have increased the injured to 55. The bodies of the two unknown victims of the disaster…

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Machinist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

Allan Eckford, 19 residing at Kensington-road, Bolwarra, and employed as a machinist at A. B. Wise's High-street, received a lacerated…

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