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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 103

Two Injured. Bus and Cycle Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 2

Two people were injured in a collision, between a motor cycle and sidecar and a motor bus at Killara last night…

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In Collision. Motor and Motor Cycle and Sidecar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 2

A collision between a motor cycle and side-car and a motor car at St. Marys resulted in two people being admitted to hospital…

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Verandah Collapse. Over 100 Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 5

One hundred persons were more or less seriously injured when a verandah crushed in Bourke-street, Melbourne, during the American fleet…

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Mine Accidents. Victorian Statistics

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

According to the annual report of the Victorian Coal Miners' Accidents Relief Board of 1924, tabled in the Legislative Assembly this week, the…

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Three Injured. Head-on Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 16

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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Street Accident. Over 100 Injured in Roof Crash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 4

Latest details show that more than 100 people people were injured in the terrible accident which marred the march of American Flet units through…

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Farmer Killed. Level Grossing Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 14

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

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Sulky

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 9

Miss Elsie Riley, aged seventeen, and Henry Tracey, aged eighteen, were on a motor-cycle and side car at Hurstville on 16th inst. when the machine…

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Bus and Tram. Collision at Perth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

A crowded motor bus from North Perth collided with a tram at Perth, and was overturned. The accident occurred at a corner…

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Woman Injured. Crushed Against Wall

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

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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Gelignite Explosion. Two Italians Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

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

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Quabryman Killed. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 5

As the result of the premature explosion at the Brisbane City Council's quarry at Bunumba, John Sharpe, aged 62, received injuries from which he died…

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Tram and Cart. Collision at New Lambton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 3

William Hall, aged 40 years, a carter, employed by Messrs. Woolley and Sons, and living at Wickham, was injured as the result of a collision…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 16

While driving a motor car at Gayn[?] Anton Geurtz, a well-known settler, lost control and the machine torpled over an embankment…

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Fell From Windmill Contractor Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 11

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 Caldervale…

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Caught in Machinery Wire Worker Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 16

Aubrey Jewell, aged 18 years, living at Wickham, was caught in a wire block while at work on Monday afternoon at the works of Monday afternoon at the works of Rylands…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle and Sulky

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 9

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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Collided with Tram Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 9

Shortly after 9. o'clock on 17th inst., Norman Lemkie, aged 16, was riding a motor cycle at Coogee, when [?]ded with a tram. he was thrown…

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Alderman Shedden. Injured in Runaway Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 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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Lord Cheylesmore. Seriously Injured London, July, 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 12

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

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