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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 103

Local and General ACCIDENT

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. Bert Peakall was injured on Thursday afternoon last. It appears that he fell from his cart and the wheel went over his body. The…

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Struck by Cage. Fatality at State Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 5

While standing at the bottom of the shaft at the State coalmine, Lithgow, David Fleming, a deputy, was struck by the cage. He received…

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Truck Falls Into River Drowning Fatality Narrowly Averted. (By Cable.) Auckland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 2

A truck containing eight passengers was derailed near Thames and fell over a cliff into the river 20 feet below. One passenger, named M'Duff, had a…

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Trotting Accident. Rider Seriously Injured. Parkes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 5

During the running of a trotting race at Tichborne sporting carnival, near Parkes, yesterday, Jersey Silk fell, and her rider Jack Sense, was…

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Fatal Collision. Committed on Manslaughter Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 7

John Neil Graham, aged 51 years, a collector was committed fot trial by the Sydney Coroner at the Central Criminal Court on August 31. on a…

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Nurse's Death. Railway Fatality. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 3

A shocking tragedy occurred at the Wallsend Hospital railway crossing about 7 o'clock to-night, when the body of Nurse Beryl Gold, a…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle and Sulky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 6

A collision between a motor cycle and sulky at Sutherland resulted in the admission of two young people to hospital with serious injuries…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Sulky. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 5

Miss Elsie Riley, aged seventeen, and Henry Tracey, aged eighteen, were on a motor-cycle and side car at Hurstville last night, when the machine…

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Motor Accident. Struck by Bus. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 4

Mrs. Albert Lambkin, of Branxton, is now an inmate of the Cessnock Hospital as a result of being knocked down by a bus in Vincent Street, Cessnock,…

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Trotting Accident. Rider Seriously Injured. Parkes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

During the running of a trotting race at Tichborne sporting carnival, near Parkes, yesterday, Jersey Silk fell, and her rider Jack Sense, was…

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Nurse Killed. Wallsend Railway Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 15

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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Tram Fatality. Unknown Woman the Victim

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 14

A woman, whoso name is unknown, was knocked down by a tram in Oxford-street, near Dowling-street, Darlinghurst, on 10th inst. She…

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Fatal Collision. Committed on Manslaughter Charge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

John Neil Graham, aged 51 years, a collector, was committed for trial by the Sydney Coroner, at the Central Criminal Court on August 31, on a…

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Three Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 14

Three persons were injured as the result of a motor car overturning on the road between Wyong and Newcastle on 9th inst., through the…

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Fell From Windmill Contractor Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

It is reported from Charleville that serious injuries have been sustained by George Day, a contractor, who fell from the top of a windmill at Cald[?]er[?]vale…

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Three Injured. Motor Crashes Through Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 9

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

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Two Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 13

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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Struck by Girder. Ganger Severely Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 16

John Wm. Foulston, 49, a ganger, received terrible injuries at Redfern railway yards to-day, whon he was struck by a girder weighing 15ewt…

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Farmer Killed. Level Crossing Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 8

Another level crossing fatality is reported from Tenterfield. Andrew Er nest Austin, farmer, of Clifton, was attempting to drive his motor car over…

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Lord Cheylesmore. Seriously Injured. London, July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 5

The closing days of the Bisley rifle meeting have been marred by an accident to the veteran. Lord Cheylosmore. While motoring in the…

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