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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Cricketer Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

During a cricket match at Lochinvar on Saturday. Jack Enright, of Gre[?] when endeavouring to effect a catch near the boundary, crashed into…

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Pec[?]r Motoring Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 5

Phillip McGavan, aged 35, [?] billiard room proprietor, of Heidle[?]-road, [?]ington, (Melbourne) met his [?]ath under peculiar circumstances…

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Boy Drowned at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon three boys went bathing in a waterhole near the North Kurri Kurri railway station and one of them, John Lees Grimes…

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Lorry and Tram. Collision in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 7

A sensational collision between a motor lorry ad a tram in Oxford-street, Paddington, delayed traffic for a considerable period last night…

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Head-on Collision Eleven Children Hurt

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

Eleven children were injured, two seriously, when a motor ear and motor omnibus crime into collision at Woollahra on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Tram Derailed. Two Passengers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 6

Two passengers, Walter Pharn and Sydney [?] were injured when a tram ran off the rails at Mosman. [?] cras[?] into a telegraph pole…

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A Motor Collision (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day John Montague M'Dermott, aged 21, a motor salesman, was remanded on a charge of having feloniously slain…

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Motor Collision Pokolbin Bade Day Alleged Breach of Traffic Act

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

At the Cessnock Police Court to-day, before Mr. H. M. Cl[?] P.M., Stanley Ba[?]ksby was charged by the police with a breach of the Motor Traffic…

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Car in Flames. Accident Near Toowoomba. Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 5

Clarence Sheehan was driving towards town yesterday, accompanied by Eric [?]indgreel, when he lost control of the car…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

Whilst riding a motor cyclo up Dowling street on Friday afternoon, Harold Kennedy had the misfortune to collide with Mr. T. Hicks' motor…

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Motor 'Bus Accident Passenger Badly Lacerated (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 3

A motor 'bus- containing -eight passengers was proceeding along Cobarstreet, at, Dulwich Hill, this morning, when, a garbage cart swerved across…

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Accident at Speedway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

A regrettable accident occurred at the motor cycle carnival held on the showground on Saturday, the victim being Mr T. Severs, aged 24, of…

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Train Smash. in New Zealand. Woman Killed: Many Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

A disastrous railway accident occurred at 4.10 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon near To Aute (Hawkes Bay) on the Palmerston-North…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 4

Mr. Gorton, of Abermain, was driving into West Maitland yesterday afternoon with two companions, but when this side of East Greta the…

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Motor Accidents. Question of Insurance Policies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Secretary, replying to Mr. Gosling, who asked that motorists should be compelled to take up insurance…

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Accident Relief. Condition of Miners' Fund. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 5

Replying to Mr. Horsington in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, said the Mines Accident Relief Fund…

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Motor Car Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 3

A motor car out of control near corryong, in Albury district, on Monday, and Miss L. Wheeler, a middleaged woman, was killed. Miss Dora…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Sulky

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

A collision occurred near Ural[?] early on Sunday evening, as the result of which; Laban Keith, Rixon, aged 23, lost his life. Rixon was driving his…

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Woman Killed. Crushed Against Wall. Motor Collision at Darlinghurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 7

Mrs. Mary Eaton, aged 47, was killed and her husband, Thomas Eaton, 50, suffered abrasions to the face and left leg, when a motor lorry and taxi…

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Fell From Train. Accidents at Central Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 7

A harrow escape from serious [?] jury [?]possibly death was experienced by Christina Williams (44) of Surry Hills, [?] Wednesday…

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