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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 103

Motor Cyclist Injured Early Morning Smash. Accident in High-street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 5

Frances C. Loy, 28, a single man, employed as motor driver and mechanic at the Walka Water Works, was badly injured at about 1.30 a.m. this…

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Triple Drowning Case. Car Plunges Into River. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 5

C. H. Withers, of Palmerston North, accompanied by his wife and two sons, 13 aud 6 years, was last night motoring back from…

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Trams Collide. Smash at Paddington. Man and Boy Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 5

Sydney Gilbrett, an ex-tramway employ[?] and George Mooney, newsboy, were seriously injured, when two trams collided in Oxford Street, Paddington…

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Peculiar Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 3

Robert Ward, a well-known drover was admitted to the Moloug Hospital last week suffering from injuries caused through the wheel of a cart…

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Scone Week-end Motor Accidents

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 3

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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Accident at Central

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

A wheeler named David Baird, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery. was removed to the Cessnock District Hospital on Tuesday by the ambulance…

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Serious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 7

Frank Loy, who was riding [?] motor cycle from East Maitland to West Maitland at 1.30 a.m. this morning, when in High street, West…

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Gun Accident. Youth Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 13

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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Excessive Speed. Mosman Motor Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

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

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Fell Down Shaft. Elderly Man Drowned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 4

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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Cowardly Assault Constable Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

While Constable Young was on duty in Redfern early on Thursday morning, he saw three men. drinking boer; and causing a disturbance. When he…

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Smash Into Cart. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

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

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Left the Rails. Four Men Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 14

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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Three Injured. Car Smashes Into Tree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 16

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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Guard Injured. Caught Between Buffers. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

While trucks were being shunted at Sleipner Junction 12 miles from rockhampton, on the Emn Park line, guard C. Radloff was caught between the…

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Struck by Car. Seriously Injured at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 9

Mr. G. T. Edwards, the Deputy Coroner at Newcastle was seriously injured on 14th inst, by being knocked down by a motor car in…

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Car Somersaults. Four Men Injured. Driver Arrested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 14

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

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Tram-man and Newsboy Injured in Tram Smash

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

Sydney Gilbrett, a tramway employee, and George Mooney, a newsboy, were seriously injured when two trams collided in Oxford-street, Paddington,…

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Two Injured. 'Bus and Tram Collide. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 3

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

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

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