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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 103

Man Killed. Two Severely Injured. Motor Hits Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 6

One man was killed and two severely injured when a motor car, alleged to have been stolen, crashed into a tram at Camberwell (Vic.) on Saturday…

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Caught in Revolving Wheel. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

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

While working at Ei[?]ott's Tannery, Botany, to-day, John Fletcher, 48, was caught in a revolving wheel. He was carried round and dashed heavily…

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Fireman Killed Two Others Injured. Melbourne Boot Factory Gutted. MELBOURNE

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

A fire broke out this morning in Harris' boot factory, Little Lonsdale Street. Shortly after the firemen reached the…

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Two Women Badly Injured. Battered with Iron Bar. Father and Son Arrested

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

Sarah Cole, 54, and her daughter Saidie, 21, residents of Australia street Woollahra, were admitted to Sydney Hospital early on Sunday morning…

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Late Drowning Fatality At Stroud

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 4

In connection with the late, sad fatality at Stroud when Mr. Alec. Price was washed from his horse and drowned, a correspondent (R…

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Three Injured. Head-on Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

Two women and a girl were seriously injured late on Monday afternoon, when a motor car and a motor lorry collided head-on near the Spit, Manly…

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Level Crossing Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

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

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Saw Father Drowned Little Boy's Ordeal

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

The eight-year-old son of Hugh Moss, fisherman, came through a terrible ordeal on Sunday night. Moss, who was aged 45, and the boy…

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Sow Father Drowned. [?] Ttle Boy's Ordeal

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

[?] old son of Hugh Moss, [?] through a terrible ordeal on Sunday night. [?] who was aged 45, and the boy…

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Motor Fatality. Car Over Embankment. Maryborough (Q.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

While driving a motor car at Cayndah. Anton C[?]rtz, a well-known setter, lost control and the machine toppled over an embankment…

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Motor 'Bus Skids House Damaged and Cyclist Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

In trying to avoid a collision with a cyclist, a motor 'bus skidded and hit a brick house at Ashfield this morning. The front of the building was…

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An Epic of Childhood Eight-year-old Boy's Ordearl Saw Father Drowned in Open Sea

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

Very heroically through a terrible ordeal came the eight-year old son of Hugh Moss, fisherman, on Sunday night…

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Alderman Shedden. Injured in Runaway Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 7

Alderman Shedden, of the Newcastle City Council, was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon, when a horse he was driving bolted. Part of the…

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Bus and Tram. Collision at Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 3

A crowded motor bus from North [?]erth collided, with a tram at perth, and was overturned. The accident occurred at a corner,…

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Head-on Collision. Three Persons Hurt

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 4

Two-women and a girl, all residents of Doc Why, were seriously hurt, when a motor car and a motor lorry collided head-on near The Spit, Manly, late on…

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Gelignite Explosion. Two Italians Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 6

A dynamiting accident occurred at Midgenoo in the Tully district of Northern Queensland. Two Italians were blowing up stumps…

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Woman Injured. Crushed Against Wall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 4

Crushed between the wall of a building and a motor lorry, Mrs. M. M'Garry (40), of Bomera, Wylde-street, Potts Point, was terribly…

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Quarryman Killed. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 3

As the result of a premature explosion at the Brisbane City Council's quarry at Bunumba, John Sharpe, aged [?]2, received injuries from which he died…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 4

Roy Hindle, of West Maitland, was rendered unconscious at the Singleton Speedway yesterday. When stopping his machine in readiness to start, the…

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Motors Crash. Two People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 6

Two people were injured when two motor cars crashed with terrific force in College street, Sydney, last night. The names of the injured were:—…

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