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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 103

Bank Clerk Shot. Accident at Kurri

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 3

Cecil O'Tooile, 17, a clerk in the Government Savings Bank at Kurri, wals accidently shot on Monday. He was standing near H. Howarth, who…

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Motor Accident Misses Culvert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

On Thursday night an accident occurred in Hooke street, Dungog, when a car missed the culvert and ran into the drain. It appears that…

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Week-end Motor Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Last week-end a series of misfortunes overtook Scone's track enthusiasts and motor owners. On Saturday, two cars collided in…

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Two Injured. 'Bus and Tram Collide. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1925 · page 5

Two women were injured late last night, when a tram and 'bus collided at Daceyville…

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Fatality at Hurstville. Knocked Down by Car. Driver Missing. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1925 · page 5

Alfred Robinson who was run down by a motor car at Hurstville last night and sustained along other injuries a fractured skull died in the…

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Miner Injured. at Stanford Merthyr. Colliery. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1925 · page 5

George Richards, 24 a single man residing in Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri, was caught by set of full skips at Stanford Merthyr Colliery…

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Legs Amputated. As Result of Accident. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1925 · page 5

Chirstopher Toppenberg, the lad who was injured in the train accident near Mt. Morgan a few days ago, has both his logs amputated…

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Collision with Verandah

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

Mr Leo Cafe, in the employ of Messrs Gould Bros. and Co., was driving a horse and empty dray yesterday, before noon, when he met with…

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Injured Minor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 4

George Richards, who was knocked down by a full set of skips yesterday and "skipped" from hip to ankle by the wheels besides receiving a…

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Excessive Speed. Mosman Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

The adjourned hearing of the charge against Henry Albert McCracken, 26 traveller of having feloniously slain George Hillian Curll,…

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Fell Down Shaft Elderly Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

John McGuark aged 69 years an old resident of Woodside (S.A.) who was engaged in pumping operations for the Commonwealth Department of…

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Smash Into Cart. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 5

Another serious accident occurred at Lidcombe this morning when a motor cycle and side-car collided with a cart…

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Boaster's Mishap. Jockey Simmons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 5

While the Epsom Handicap favourite Boaster was galloping at Randwick racecourse this morning he touch one of the hurdles and came…

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Fatally Injured. Hurstville Motor Tragedy. Youth Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 5

At the Hurstville Police Court to-day Arthur Joseph Crisp aged 18, was charged with the manslaughter of Charles F.Robinson who was knocked…

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Attacked by Demented Man Sleeping Woman Terribly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesdays

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

While a woman named Ellen Roe, aged 50, was asleep in a house at Edgccliffe, a demented man attacked her with an iron pot, belaboring her…

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Riots in Vienna Eighteen Persons Injured and Many Arrested. (By Cable.) London Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 2

Reuter's Vienna correspondent states that the police report that 100 persons have been arrested for rioting and interfering with the police dining…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 4

Motor accidents In this 'State are sp frequent In' their occurrence as to warrant some definite steps being inaugurated that will seek, not only the…

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Broken Neck. Killed in Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 6

A Verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Armidale coroner at the inquest concerning the death of Thomas Henry Candy, aged 60 years who…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 7

Naney Maguire six years of age, a daughter of Mr. C. A. Maguire of Campbell-street was crossing the street to her home on Tuesday when…

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Drowned Herself

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 11

Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan, of Birkenhead, who was charged with theft, and granted bail, took her six children to the Mersey early on Saturday…

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