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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 103

Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 6

A motor-cycle and side-car met with disaster at the Corner of John and George-streets on 4th instant. [?] machine was travelling at a last…

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Fatal Fall. Verdict of Accidental Death. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 7

Mr. C. Brown, District Coroner, held an inquest at the Cessnock Court House yesterday, into the circumstances surrounding the death of John…

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Gun Accident. Youth Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 3

Receiving a full charge from a double-barrellel gun in both legs, John Field, 18, of Riverstone, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Sunday in a…

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Footballer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 4

Mr. James Gilchrist, 23, residing in Gipp-street, Carrington, sustained a fracture of the left arm whilst playing for Eastern Suburbs, Newcastle…

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Left the Rails. Four Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 2

Four men employed on railway construction work on the Casino-Grafton line were thrown heavily to the permanent way when a railway tricycle…

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Car Somersaults. Four Men Injured. Driver Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 2

As the result of a motor car accident on Sunday on Sydney road, near Albury, Edward Keegan, labourer, of Hume Weir, was admitted to the…

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Woman Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 5

At the Central police Court to-day William Jacob Pritchett, 36, a manufacturer, was charged with having caused bodily harm to a woman…

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Three Drowned Mother and Two Sons. Motor Plunged Into River. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 5

Charles Herbert Withers was motoring home last night with his wife and two boys, aged 11 and 7, after a visit to the fleet at Wellington, when…

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Accidentally Shot. Accident at Kurri. Bank Clerk the Victim Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 5

Cecil O'Toole, aged 17 years, a son of Mr. T. O'Toole, secretary to the Pelaw main Miners Lodge, was accidentally shot this afternoon…

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Collision in English Channel Crew Thought to Be Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 3

London, Saturday.—The Brest correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a collision occurred in the English Channel, in a thick fog…

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Bus and Motor Car Collision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

In consequence of a collision which occurred between the plaintiff's car and the defendant's 'bus in Parramatta road, Alexander William Ladd…

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Head-on Collision. Motor Cars Damaged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon a Ford and an Essex car met in a Lead-on collision on the Aberdeen-Scone road, near the railway gates. Although the…

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Three Injured. Car Smashes Into Tree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Serious injuries were suffered by three men when the steering gear of a motor car in which they were riding failed on Monday afternoon, and the…

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Engine Derailed. Collision at Darling Harbour. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 5

A railway engine was derailed at Darling Harbour goods yards this morning, when it collided with another engine, which was shunting some…

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Railway Smash in France Nine Killed, 160 Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 4

London, Saturday.—Nine passengers were lulled and 160 injured,when the Boulogne express, from Paris, travelling at full speed, was derailed at…

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Out of Control Motor Driver Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Harry Roach was seriously injured yesterday when a car which he was diiving got out of control between Camden and Campbelltown and…

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Fatally Injured. Motor Car Overturns. Victim's Son Charged with Manslaughter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Thomas Henry Curdy, about 65 years of age, was fatally injured when a motor car, which, it is alleged, his son, Robert Henry Cundy, was…

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Car Plunges Into River Mother and Two Sons Drowned. (By Cable.) Wellington (N.Z.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Charles Herbert Withers was motoring home last night with his wife and two boys, 11 and seven years of age, after a visit to the fleet at Wellington,…

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Motoring Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

While testing a motor cycle on Saturday afternoon Mr. Harold Brindle was thrown from the machine and' when picked up near the bridge…

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Game of Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

On the West Maitland Show Ground on Saturday afternoon, East Newcastle beat Morpeth in the Newcastle Rugby League's first grade competition by…

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