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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Boy Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

A party of boys went for a picnic to Gogley's Creek (near Laurieton), and were paddling in the water on a sandspit, when Robert Buckiman, aged,…

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Eye-witness Describes Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 6

The actual collision was graphically described by a railway employee, who was standing in front of the mortuary platform when the…

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Injured Workmen Inadequate Compensation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

"I am here to see that justice is clone, and shall. not record an agreement come, to when the compensation to the injured workman is, in my…

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City Railway Accident. Narrow Escapes From Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

Two men had a miraculous escape from death at the city railway workings when part of a wall in the Bathurst-street section gave way and four…

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Aberdare Colliery Fatality. Popular Citizen Killed

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 12

A shiftman named Arthur Green, 5[?] years of age, married and residing with his wife and family at Bridge Street, Cessnock, died in the Cessnock…

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Wheeler Injured. In Bellbird Colliery

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 10

A wheeler, named Harry Thompson, residing with his parents at Sheddon’s Estate, Cessnock, and employed at the Bellbird Colliery was…

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Driver Suspended. the Railway Collision. Safety Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 6

It is understood that the driver of the empty car train, which was proceeding from Ashfield into Sydney, and was involved in' the…

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Mine Fatality. R. Widdowfield's Death. Inquest at Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, continued the adjourned inquiry this morning at the Kurri Court House into the death of…

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Railway Collision. Near Redfern Station. Nineteen People Lnjured. Two Suburban Trains

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

A railway collision occurred at 6.30 o'clock on Wednesday fight, almost opposite the Mortuary Station at Regent-street, on the Sydney…

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Falls of Coal. Two Fatalites, Five Injured. Within Six Days

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 11

A series of [?] of [?] has occurred within six days at the local collieries to our knowledge, and in two instances fatalities have resulted…

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Accident to Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

Baby Bellamy, 3, years old, bumped against a nail protruding front a gate while playing with several children last night and received a…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

On Tuesday last, little Miss Ivy Musgrove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Musgrove, of Dungog, met with a serious accident whilst attempting…

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Cause of Accident. Official Statement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

At 10 o'clock on Wednesday night the Secretary for Railways (Mr. W. J. Morris) made the following official statement of the occurrence:—…

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Railway Collision. Terrific Impact. Nineteen People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Nineteen persons were injured when two trains came into collision at 6.30 Wednesday night opposite the Mortuary Station. Sydney, near the…

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Railway Disaster Collision at Redfern. Twenty-five Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 8

The most dangerous train smash in the history of the Sydney station occur red on Wednesday night, when two suburban trains collided near the Redfern…

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Child Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

Stan. Cornell, & years, living at 52 Abbot-street, West Maitland, sustained a deep incised wound on the heel of his right foot through…

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Railway Collision. Traffic Delayed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

A sensational railway accident occurred mined about three miles on the Wallerawang side of Rydal Tuesday, resulting in the blocking of both up…

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Eye-witness Describes Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

The actual collision was graphically described by a railway employee, who was standing in front of the mortuary platform when the…

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Railway Collision. Patients Improve

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

Those passengers still confined to hospital as the result of the railway collision on Wednesday night each showed a slight improvement…

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Railway Fatality. Rev. Herford's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

At the inquest concerning the death of the Rev. W. M. Herford. who was killed in a motor which was struck by the Singleton express at the Tuggerah…

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