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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 103

Burning Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1925 · page 4

A terrible burning accident occurred at Mrs. O'Donohue's residence, Miller's Forest, last Wednesday morning when Miss Matilda O'Donohue…

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Overseas Racing. Manna Injured. London, Sept. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 4

Manna will not not run again owing to injuries sustained. In the St. Leger and will be retired to the stud immediately…

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Cars Collide. Three Men Injured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 5

A collision occurred at Collingwood this morning between a taxi and a private motor car. Three men were injured. One…

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Fatal Accident. at Kurri Kurri. Young Man Electrocuted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 4

A peculiar accident, which terminated fatally, took place at Kurri Kurri last evening about 9.30. John William Hiles, 19 years of age, was…

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Youth Drowned. Rowing Boat Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 14

A youth was drowned, and [?]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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 13

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

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Woman Injured. Bumped Off Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 16

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

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Three Injured. Rival Gangs Fight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 7

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

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Car Collision. an Amusing Incident. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 14

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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Mining Fatality. 150 Koreans Killed Tokio, Sept. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 12

A report received from the Pingyang in Korea states that the authorities are investigating the cause of a mine explosion which took place last…

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Motor Cycle Skids. Youth Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 13

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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Miner Injured. Detonator Explosion. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 3

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

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Shocking Fatality. Child Burned to Death. Father's Frantic Search

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 6

Although the father saved four of his children from his burning home near Hurstville last night, he was unable to find the remaining child, Roy…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle and Lorry Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 13

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 13

Norman Wilde, 82, 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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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Cart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 4

While riding a motor cycle and sidecar, with a friend as a passenger in Unions-stret, Cook's Hill on saturday afternoon William Alexander…

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Cars Collide. Female Passenger Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 3

A car driven by Harold Cullen, of Auburn was proceeding towards Sydney on Sunday when it collided with a motor in change of P. Brown of…

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Car Skidded. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 6

Two persons were injured in a motoring accident at Tom Ugly's Point on Saturday night. Norman Graham, of Hurstville was…

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Struck by Engine. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 3

Richard Ferguson, 44 of Copeland street, Alexandria was admitted to hospital suffering from severe injuries received through being struck by a…

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Fatally Injured. Motor Car Falls Forty Feet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 2

A motor-car while climbing a hill to Roseneath (N.Z.) on Saturday night, ran into a road which was very narrow. It carried away a fence…

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