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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 103

Committed for Trial. Hurstville Motor Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 5

An inquiry was held by the City Coroner to-day concerning the death of Alexander Christopher Robinson (26) who was knocked down and…

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Explosion at Mine. Three Men Injured. Rockhampton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 14

An explosion occurred at Mount Morgan mine. While an electric wire was being repaired three men were badly burned. William…

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Motor Accidents. Big Total for Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 16

Mr. Lazzarini gave figures in the Legislative Assembly, showing the number of persons killed in motor accidents in Sydney streets during…

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Youth Drowned. Rowing Boat Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 6

A youth was drowned, and his companion had a narrow escape from suffering from the same fate, when a rowing boat overturned in Botany…

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Boating Fatality Picnic Party Ends Disastrously

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 4

At Cronulla on Sunday, a picnic party of four, including John Hammond, who was drowned crosing what is known as the "bar" between Port…

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Car Collision. an Amusing Incident. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 4

On the way home from the Pokolbin races on Saturday a collision took place between a car driven by Mr. Roy Davis and a motor charabanc. Both…

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Motor Cycle Skids. Youth Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 7

John Brown, aged 18 years a motor body builder and son of Sergeant Brown officer in charge of Wallsend police station was fatally…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle and Lorry Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 3

Two men were injured when a motor cycle and a motor lorry came into collision at Concord (Sydney) Allen Exton, aged 22, of Concord…

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Fall of Earth. Two Men Injured in Shaft. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 5

Norman Wilde, 32, and Roy Nicholls, 25, were injured this morning when about two tons of earth fell to the bottom of a shaft which was…

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Accident to Motor Cyclist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 4

Mr. L. Brown 28, a machinist, employed at the Commonwealth Steel Products, Ltd., and living at Waratah sustained several lacerations on the…

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Detonator Explodes Resident Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 5

Owing to the premature explosion of a detonator a well known resident of Cessnock and a volunteer fireman of years' standing was injured in…

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Woman Injured. Bumped Off Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 2

Serious injuries were sustained by an elderly woman when she was accidently bumped off a moving train near Camps[?] railway station last…

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Three Injured. Rival Gangs Fight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 8

What is believed to have been a fight between, two gangs led to the injury of three men in Bunnerong-road, Matraville, early on Monday morning…

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Crossing the Bar Youth Drowned at Cronulla

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 2

A youth named John Hammond, aged 18, of Clyde, was at Cronulla on Sunday. He was a member of a party which left, Granville on Sunday…

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Big Fall of Earth Two Men Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 2

Norman Wilde (32) and Roy Nicholls (25) were injured this morning, when about two tons of earth fell to the bottom of a shaft which was being sunk…

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Accident in John-street

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 2

An accident which might easily have had serious consequences occurred in John-street on Saturday. At about 12.30 p.m. Mr J. M'Donald, mounted on…

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Motor Cycling. Numerous Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 3

The-motor cycle carnival at the Penrith Speedway oh Saturday was marred by several accidents, and two competitors were admitted to hospital. In…

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Two Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 4

The official car running from the Pokolbin races last Saturday met with an accident through colliding with a bus at the Allandale road…

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Miner Injured. Hand and Fingers Shattered Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 4

Mr. Leo, Slarks, a miner employed at the Aberdare Colliery, met with a serious accident while at work yesterday…

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Brothers Drowned Tragedy at Vaucluse

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 September 1925 · page 1

Harold and Gordon Tuckwell, brothers, were drowned off Rosa Gully, Vaucluse, on Sunday afternoon. Search parties were busy until dusk without…

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