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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 103

Caught in Belting. Accident at Taree Milk Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 6

W. Algie, an employee at the Taree Milk and Freezing company's factory at Chatham, had his clothes [?]ron off by mahcinery whilst at work…

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Boy Injured. Rescuer's Hand Gashed. Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 5

Ernest Edwards, an apprentice fitter was working among the machinery at Edwards factory when one arm became caught in the cog…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 6

A motor-cycle and side-car met with disaster at the corner of John and George streets on Tuesday afternoon. The machine was travelling at a fast…

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Car Accident

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

On Tuesday evening a Chevrolet car, owned and driven by Mr. J. Wilson, of Aberdare, met with an accident. When near the brick works on the…

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Accident on Road. Solicitor's Letter to Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 9

At yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council a letter was received from Mr. E. H. Cohen, solicitor, Muswellbrook, stating that he…

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Motor Fatality. Oxford Street Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 2

George Burton (53), of Tennyson road, Mortlake, was knocked down and killed by a motor car in Oxford street, Woollahra, Sydney, early on…

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Motor Fatality. Wiseman's Ferry Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 3

The District Coroner held an inquiry into the death of Vera Weston, of Tuggerah Lakes, who has killed in a motor accident at Wiseman's Ferry on…

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Killed. Several Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 14

Harry Day, about 35 yens of age, received fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a motor car and jammed against a post at Vaucluse…

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Found Drowned. Once Famous Cricketer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 3

A body of a man, which was found floating off Point Ormonde (Vic.), has been identified as that of Mr. William Bruce, who, in his younger days, was…

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Motor Fatality. Boy Killed in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 16

Jack Murphy, nine years of age, who was running across a street in Port Melbourne, was knocked down by a motor car and crushed to…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Committed for Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 9

The inquiry into the death of Daniel Oswald Gallagher, late secretary of the Newcastle Operatic Society, who was killed as the result of…

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Damages Claimed. Collision at Redfern Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 14

Mr. H. B. M'Intosh, solicitor, has issued a writ out of the Supreme Court, claiming £2000 damages on behalf of Edward James Gibson…

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Drover Injured. Swallowed Pipe Stem

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 5

Robert Ward, a well-known drover, was admitted to the Molong hospital, suffering from injuries caused through the wheel of a cart running over his…

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Motor Collision. Smash at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 13

Two vehicles, one a motor car, the other a bus travelling at a fair rate collided at the intersection of Main and Vincent streets on Sunday afternoon…

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Expert Injured. Hand Caught in Brake

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 9

Phillip Campanella, a Westinghouse expert in the Railway Department, was dismantling a Westinghouse brake, when his hand got jammed…

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Harbour Collision. Scow Founders at Auckland. Auckland, N.Z.

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 8

During a heavy fag, a ferry steamer crashed into a small scow in the harbour. The ferry, which made a bad hole…

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Premature Explosion Two Men Injured at Steel Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 7

Two employees were injured as a result of the premature explosion of a charge placed in some slag at the Steel Works on Friday afternoon…

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Domestic Quarrel. Woman Seriously Injured. Husband Under Arrest. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 5

At an early hour this morning, the police proceeded to a house in Pelican-street, Sydney, and found George Howard suffering from two deep knife…

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Motor Train Derailed Four Persons Slightly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Kyogle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 6

A motor passenger train on the way from Casino to Kyogle collided with a goods train that at was shunting at the latter station, and four persons were…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 6

Two members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. H. Edwards, of Dunolly, met with accidents on Wednesday afternoon. Elva, aged two years and nine…

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