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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 103

Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 5

F. Graham, 26 years, employed at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery got his left arm caught between two full skips this afternoon and sustained a…

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Electrocuted. Fatality at Woollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 7

A man named Andrew Bain was electrocuted at Wollongong on Monday in peculiar circumstances. His motor would not start, and he…

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Murdered Baby Strangled or Drowned?

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 3

Eviclonce. of a delibarate baby murder was provided by the discovery, on Sunday of a child's body with is cord tied round the neck…

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Fourteen Drowned. Schooner Sinks in Fg. Wancouver, Jun 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 5

A message from [?] Massachusets says that [?] members of the crew of the dishing schools Rex were drowned when [?] was…

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Eight Dead Three Hundred Injured. Severe Earthquake.. VANCOUVER. June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 5

A San Francisco message states that is reported that 65 were killed at Santa Barbara. All the brick buildings were…

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Grand Prix De Paris English Jockey Badly Injured. (Reuters Cable.) London,. Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

The Grand Prix do Paris, the biggest race in the French racing calendar, was won by Heine Lumiere, with Terreneuvien second, and Dark Diamond third…

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Peculiar Accident Runners Collapse at Finishing Tape

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

A peculiar accident marked the conclusion of a 3½ miles road-race held on Saturday by the Western Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club…

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Motor Mechanic Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 4

Jack Harvey, 22, a motor mechanic employed at Carrington's High-street, had his hand caught in the wheel of a speedometer late…

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Drowning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 4

Three lads were playing near the old brick works of the former Weston Brickmaking Company, late yesterday afternoon, when one of them,…

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Earthquake in California Twelve Killed Hundreds Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 3

Los Angeles, Tuesday.—An earthquake has reduced,.to ruins the city of Santa Barbara, Southern California. Twelve people have boon killed and…

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A Sad Case. Mother and Son Drowned. Coroner's Comments. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the deaths of Annie Elizabeth Holland and her three-years-old son, John Holland, who were drowned in a…

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Drowning Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 8

On Wednesday afternoon a sad drowning accident occurred at Weston. A little boy. L. G. Jeanes, aged about 10 years, while fishing for…

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Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 5

Sydney Stone, a tram driver was riding on a motor lorry near Moore Park when he jumped off and fell in front of the wheels, which passed over him…

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'Miracle That Failed 50 Zulus Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

An extraordinary story comes from Cape Town of an attempt by the leader of a party of Christian Zulus to repeat the miracle of the Red Sea, and…

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Boy Drowned. Inquest at Weston. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 5

An inquiry was held at Weston by Mr. George Erowng District Coroner, into the death of Le[?]aard George Heans. aged 8, whose body was taken…

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Motor Cycle Smash. Two Men Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 7

Two men were injured on Thursday night as the result of the capsizing of a motor cycle at Coog[?]. Frank carbray, 38 was driving a motor cycle and…

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Fell Off Cart. Boy’s Neck Injured

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 10

While riding on a baker’s cart on Saturday a boy named Jack Hodge, seven years of age, accidently fell off and was admitted to the Cessnock…

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Tram on Fire. Passenger Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 5

Mrs. Jessie McCaw, aged 41, was a passenger in a tram at Botany last night when the car caught fire. She jumped from the car and was…

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Martins Creek ACCIDENTS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

Mrs. Stanley, of this village, had the misfortune, while walking in a slippery patch of wet grass at her home, to fall and fracture a bone…

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Electrocuted. Fatality at Woollongong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 16

A man named Andrew Rain was electrocuted at Wollongong on Monday, in peculiar circumstances. His motor would not start, and he…

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