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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 103

Fatal Motor Cycle Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 2

A motor cycle accident, which had a fatal ending, occurred on the Barrington road beyond the bridge on Saturday afternoon last, the…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. T. Colling, carrier, whilst opening a case on Tuesday, had the misfortune to run a nail right through his hand. He is now…

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Car Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 4

The vicinity of Wiseman's Ferry has accounted for many car accidents. A fatal car accident was added to the list on Tuesday night…

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Serious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 7

Last night a young man, Russell Alexander, 26 years of age, and a resident of Weston, was found lying unconscious on the Neath road…

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Fatally Injured. Accident on Polo Field

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 14

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

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Street Accident. Over 100 Injured in Roof Crash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

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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Girl's Neck Broken. Motor Car Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 16

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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Motor Fatality. Car Driver Charged. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 14

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

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Motors Crash. Two People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

Two people were injured when two motor cars crashed with terrific force in College-street, Sydney, on 23rd inst…

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Tram and Cart. Collision at New Lambton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

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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Two Injured. 'Bus and Cycle Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

Two people were injured in a collision between a motor cycle and sidecar ad a motor 'bus at Killara on 23rd inst…

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Four Injured. Capsize of Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 14

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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Shower of Bricks. Workman Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 4

When an archway collapsed at 26 O'Connell-street, Sydney, a building in course of demolition hundreds of bricks showered down upon a…

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In Collision. Motor and Motor Cycle and Sidecar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

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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Child Drowned. Fell Into Hole in Back Yard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 3

Geoffrey James Shaw, one year and nine months old, a son of an accountant residing at Auckland Avenue, Clarance, Gardens, Adelaide, was drowned…

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Terribly Injured. Caught in Machinery. Lithgow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 6

John Mitchell, 21, died in the Lithrow Hospital as a result of injuries received when one foot was caught in machinery at the Lithgow iron works…

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Eight Injured. Serious Warehouse Fire. Vancouver, July 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 2

A message from Havana states that eight were injured in a fire which destroyed six warehouses on the waterfront at Regia, across the bay…

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Fatally Injured. in Motor-lorry Smash. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 13

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

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Woman Killed Wiseman's Ferry Motor Smash. Eight Injured. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 3

A serious motor smash is reported from Wiseman's Ferry. It appears that a motor car got out of the control of the driver about seven…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 14

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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