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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. George, a miner, employed in the east section of Hebburn Colliery, was struck on the head by a piece of stone yesterday afternoon,…

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Glen Ayr Fatality. John Carlsen's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, the Coroner (Mr. H. Fletcher) inquired into the death of John Lawrence Carlsen, a fitter, who…

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Motor Fatality. Struck by Wind Screen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

A most remarkable accident occurred on the road between Ouse and Strickland, Tasmania, when Michael Jones, aged 58 years, of Plenty,…

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Bendigo Fatality (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Several members of a family named Jones, of Bendigo, and their friends became ill after, partaking of tinneid salmon. Ralph Jones aged 6l, was the…

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Colliery Fatality. Shiftman Killed at Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Arthur Green, a first-class shiftman employed at Aberdare Colliery, was fatally injured whilst at work yesterday…

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Motor Accident Cycle and Side Car Upset. Two Men Injured. Paterson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

Whilst returning from East Gresford last night Mr. Cecil Clerke, riding a motor cycle, and Mr. Waterford Cann, accompanying him in a…

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Lorry Capsizes. Collision with Tram. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

A motor lorry containing two adults and eight children capsized at Sans Souci last night as the result of colliding with a steam tram…

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Attacked by Bear. Zoo Attendant Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

An attendant narrowly escaped being mauled by an infuriated Polar bear at the Melbourne Zoo. The animal had been removed…

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Driver Injured. Thrown From Cart. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

William Stanton, 50, was driving a hores and cart across St. Petersroad this morning when the horse stumbled. The wheels became…

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Mining Fatality At Aberdare Colliery Shiftman Buried Under Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

Following closely upon the fatal accident at the Aberdare Central last Thursday another accident with a fatal termination occurred shortly…

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Motor Cvole Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Cecil Clorke, of Paterson, who was injured last week in a motor cycle accident near Trevallyn, is still an inmate of the private…

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Accident to Rev. H. R. Holmes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

The Rev. H. R. Holmes, rector of St. Mary's Church, West Maitland, met with a slight accident whilst holidaying at a surfing locality near…

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Recent Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

The condition of Mr. Cecil Clerks, of Paterson, who was seriously injured in the recent accident on Lostock road, is about the same…

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Strange Coach Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

A message from Melbourne states that the mail coach from Forrest to Apollo Bay, with 17 passengers aboard, nearly plunged 200 feet into a gorge at…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Allen King, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. King, of Lindsay-street, East Maitland, died in the Maitland Hospital late yesterday…

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Railway Collision. Traffic Delayed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

A sensational railway accident occurred about three miles on the Wallerawang side of Rydal yesterday, resulting in the blocking of both up…

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Child's Foot Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Harry Boyle, a child 5 years old, living at East Maitland, fell off a bicycle yesterday and sustained an incised wound to the back of the…

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Wall Collapses. Three Men Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

Two men had a miraculous escape from death at the City railway workings to-day. Part of the wall in the…

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Karuah Shooting Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

On January 1, Mr. Dan Heenan, of Hopetoun-street, Kurri, was returning from a swim with other members of a holiday party at…

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Railway Collision. Terrific Impact. Nineteen People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 6

Nineteen persons were injured when two suburban trains came into collision at 6.30 last night opposite the Mortuary Station. Sydney, near the…

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