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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 103

Motor Smash. Woman Seriously Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 3

Mrs. Allen, a resident of Potts Point, was seriously injured when her motor car skidded on the greasy road from Narrabeen to Manly, and…

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Guard Injured. Caught Between Buffers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 9

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

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Priest Killed. in Motor and Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 3

As the result of a collision between a train car and a motor car on the Musgrave road, at Red Hill (Q.) last night, the Rev. Father Lalor, of the…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 3

As a result of a collision at Adelaide between a motor cycle ridden by a young man. whose name is believed to be F. Hume, and a stationary…

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Just One More. Paris Express Collision. London, Aug. 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 2

Another collision occurred on the French railways last night. An express from Paris collided with a stationary train in a siding at Dijon…

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Miners Injured. Fall of Coal in Balmain Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 3

Two miners were severely injured by a fall of coal at the Balmain Colliery shortly after nine o'clock Tuesday night…

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Top Hand Injured. at Aberdare South. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 6

Peter Brennan, 60 years, a top-hand employed at Aberdare South colliery, and residing at Abernethy, met with a serious accident while engaged at his…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 9

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

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In Scorching Brick' Dust One Man Killed and Three Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 3

One man was fatally injured and three others seriously hurt when a hot brick kiln collapsed at St. Peters on Tuesday morning…

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Terrific Hurricane. Plight of Oil Tanker. Several of Crew Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 9

The oil-tanker, Agwipond, which arrived at Wellington (N.Z.) from California, encountered a terrific hurricane east of Hawa[?] Several members…

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Into Hot Kiln. Accident at Brick-yards. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 16

A sensational accident occurred at Bakewells' Brick Works, St. Peter's, this morning, when a patent kiln collapsed, and four men were precipated…

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Steel Works Accidents. Caucus Asks for Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 9

Complaints concerning the occurrence of accidents at the Broken Hill Proprietary's works at Newcastle were made at a meeting of the Government party…

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Shocking Accident Boy Killed in Train. While Returning From Holidays

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 6

A shocking accident occurred at Ardglen, near Murrurundi, shortly be fore 1 a.m. yesterday, when a boy named Stanley Jurd, about 15 years of age,…

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Motor Fatality. Girl Killed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

The girl who was knocked down and killed by a motor car at Annandale on Saturday night, was this morning identified as Ellic Knudson, aged 15…

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To-hand Injured. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

Thomas Monaghan, employer as a top-hand at Aberdare Colliery, was injured on Saturday afternoon. He was lammed between two skins…

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Car Capsizes Town Clerk Seriously Injured. Gulgong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

The car in which three men were proceeding to Dundee to attend a church meeting overturned. William Gibbs, town clerk at…

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Found Hanging. Fatality at Raymond Terrace. Youth's Death, Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

Arthur Alchin; (aged 15 years, a State school boy residing and employed at Mr. Roeth's dairy farm, was found hanging from a tree in the bush…

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The Rouchel Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 4

The tragic, happening at Lower Rouchel, whereby a lad, Cecil Frederick John Edey, 18 years of ago, met his death on Thursday last…

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Drowned by Bicycle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 2

Kingsley Jarman, aged 14, a messenger boy, of St. Kilda, Melbourne, met his death in a remarkable manner on Saturday. Riding a bicycle on the…

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Motor Car Overturns Gulgong Town Clerk Badly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Gulgong

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 2

A car in which three men were proceeding to Dunedoo to attend a church meeting overturned. William Gibbs, Town Clerk at Gulgong, was badly…

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