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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 103

Collision in Auckland Harbour (By Cable.) Auckland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 2

The coastal steamer Wainui collided with and sunk a six-ton steam launch in the harbour early this morning. The crew was rescued…

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Children Injured. Train Collides with Char-a-banc. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

A train crashed into a 12-seater char-a-banc, carrying twenty children, at Hawke's Bay to-day. Several children were injured, some seriously…

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Three Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 3

Three persons were injured as the result of a motor car overturning on the road between [?]yong and Newcastle on Thursday afternoon, through…

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Two Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 3

Myrtle Barrett, 20, living in George-street, Mascot, and Lorna Hearn, 18, of Picton street, Mascot, were knocked down by a motor lorry while crossing…

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Into a Gorge. Motor Car's Fall. Man Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 5

While driving from Blayney to Sydney, along the main western road, a motor car, owned and driven by Mr. P. Hogan, of Bourwood, and containing…

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Boy Drowned. Inquest at Weston

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 9

An inquiry was hold at Weston by Mr. George Brown, District, Coroner, into the death of Leonard George jeans, aged 8, whose body was taken…

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Car Fatality. Smash Into Motor Bus

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

A motor car and a motor omnibus collided in Sydenham road, Marrickville, on Saturday night, with the result that Charles Snedden (27), of…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Charged with Manslaughter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 5

The collision between a motor car and an omnibus at Marrickville on Saturday last, when Charles Robertson Sneddon lost his life, had a…

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Tram and Lorry. Collision at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 4

A collision occurred Wednesday at Georgetown, between an electric tram bound from Waratah for Newcastle and a lorry drawn by a motor tractor…

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Tram on Fire. Passenger Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 9

Mrs. Jessie McCaw, aged 41, was a passenger in a tram at Botany on 2nd inst., when the car caught fire. She jumped from the car and was…

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Three Injured. Motor Crashes Through Fence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 3

Three persons were injured when a motor car crashed through a paling fence and fell down a 15ft embankment at Flat Rock, near Chatswood,…

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Four Injured. Cars Collide in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 16

A motor car, containing five people, collided with a smaller car containing only the driver, at the intersection of Flinders and Swanson Streets, on…

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Launch Sunk. Collision at Auckland. Auckland (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 3

The coastal steamer Wainui collided with and sunk a six-ton steam launch in the harbour early this morning. The crew was rescued…

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Motor Cycle Smash. Two Men Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 9

Two men were injured on 2nd inst. as the result of the capsizing of a motor cycle at Coogee. Frank Carbray 38, was driving a motor cycle and…

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Children Injured. Train Collides with Cahr-a-[?]banc. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 8

A train crashed into a 12-seate[?] char-a-bane, carrying twenty children, at Hawke's Bay to-day. Several children were injured, some seriously…

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Newcastle Accidents. Crushed Between Cart and Pole

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 6

Through being caught between a cart and an electric light pole in a narrow lane near Alfred-street, Newcastle, Robert M'Courtie, 19, living at…

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Unlucky Youth. Chapter of Accidents. Rockhampton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 6

Bracewell, was driving a horse and cart yesterday, when the horse slipped. The driver was thrown out, and a wheel passed over his thigh, fracturing…

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Car Overturns. Four People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 2

When negotiating a sharp bend in the road near Tom Ugly's Point on Saturday afternoon, a motor car overturned, and four persons were injured…

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Struck by Girder. Ganger Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 5

John W[?]. Foulston, 49, a ganger, received terrible injurious at Redforn railway yards to-day, when he was struck by a girder weighing 15cwt…

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Nurse Killed. Wallsend Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 2

Nurse Beryl Gould 19 years of age daughter of Mr. J. Gould, of Kurri Kurri, a probationer on the staff of the Wallsend District Hospital, was…

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