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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 103

Man Killed. Two Severely Injured. Motor Hits Tram

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

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

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Caught in Revolving Wheel. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 13

While working at Elliott's Tannery, Botany, to-day, John Fletcher, 48. was caught in a revolving wheel. He was carrie round and dashed heavily…

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

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

A fire broke out tins morning in Harris' boot factory, Little Lonsdate 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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 14

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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Street Accidents

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

There were [?]215 street accidents in Great Britain caused by various, types of vehicles, an increase, of 15,114 over the previous year…

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Accident to a Girl

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

Iris Potter, 10 years of age, residing with her parents at Martin's Creek, fell from a box yesterday afternoon and sustained a dislocation…

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Victim of Motor Accident

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

The friends of Mrs. J. H. Ekert, of Telarah, well be pleased to know that she has recovered sufficiently to return to her home after being for…

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Motor Accident. Struck by Bus

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

Mrs. Albert Lambkin, of Brauxton, is now an inmate of the Cessnock, Hospital us a result of being knocked down by a bus in Vincent street, Cessnock…

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Fatally Injured Accident on Polo Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 8

During the match against Scone, in the recent pole carnival, at Moree, Mr. Alfred Frederick John Keon, received a knock on the head, from the…

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Motor Fatality. Car Driver Charged. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 4

At the Newcastle Court to-day, John William McLachlan was charged with feloniously slaying Oswald Gallagher, at Mayfield, on July 17…

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Fatally Injured. in Motor Lorry Smash. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 5

As the result of an accident in Liverpool-road, Bankstown, yesterday, when a motor lorry overturned, Oswald Womsley, aged 26, one of the…

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Four Injured. Two Men Seriously. Capsize of Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 6

Four persons were injured, two seriously, when a motor lorry capsized on the Liverpool-road at Bankstown; shortly after mid-day on…

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Dead-end Smash. at Sydney Railway Station. Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 5

A train from Kogarah, carrying nearly two hundred passengers, including one hundred school children, ran into a dead end at the…

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Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 4

Mr. Abe Pilgrim of King-street, Lorn, was riding a bicycle last evening, and when turning the Belmore corner from High-street, a collision…

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Girl's Neck Broken. Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 2

Caroline Ditzell, aged 15, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ditzell, of Inverell, was killed in a motor accident on the Inverell Road on Saturday…

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Terrible Crash Roof Collapses and Over 100 Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

A shocking accident marred the Fleet reception in Melbourne on Friday evening. During the march through the streets, which were…

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Injured Man Dies in Hospital (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 3

As a result of the accident in Liverpool-road, Bankstown, yesterday, when a motor lorry overturned, Oswald Warmsley, aged 26, one of the…

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Death of Mr. A. F. J. Keen. Result of Polo Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

The death occurred at Aubrey Villa Hospital, Moree, on Friday of Alfred Frederick John Keen, second eldest son of Mrs. W. Keen of Darlinghurst,…

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Accident at Central Station Train Buns Into Dead-end. Four Passengers Taken to Hospital. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 2

A train from Kogarah, carrying 200 passengers, including 100 school children, ran into a dead-end at the Central Station to-day. Four persons were…

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