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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 84 of 103

Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Smith, chief engineer at Richmond Main Colliery was seriously injured by a fall in the fan drift construction work at the new…

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Five Injured. Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 8

A motor cycle and side car conveying C. Meeks of Parramatta Road Haberfield his wife and baby came into collison with a motor cycle…

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Old Man Killed. Bus and Tram Collide. Chatswood Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 2

An olderly man was killed and six persons injured—there seriously—when a motor bus and a tram collied with great force at Chatswood…

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Four Injured. Car and Motor Cycle Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 2

Four people were injured one seriously when a motor car and motor cycle came into collision at the corner of Albany-road and Willoughby…

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Seriously Injured. Alleged Use of Iron Bar. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Harty Handley, 26, a seamen was remanded on a charge of having assaulted Alfred Cornell a seamen…

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Struck by Block. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 5

While working on the steamer Ventura, at Dawes Point, Sydney, this morning, Alfred Ward, 50, was struck on the back by an iron block. He…

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Injured Engineer. Removed to Sydney for Treatment Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 5

John Smith, chief engineer of Ric[?]mond Main Colliery, who was injured through falling 20 feet in the col[?]try has been removed to a special [?]…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 5

Michael O'Brien 17, of East Greta, received contusions and a[?]rasions on the face and hips this afternoon through full skips coping…

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Hit by Motor Cycle Recent Street Accident Sequel in Pocice Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 5

The sequel to a recent accident in Vincent Street, in which a little girl was struck by a motor cycle, as a result of which one was admitted to the…

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Half-caste's Bravery. Rescues Drowning Boy. Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1925 · page 5

A four-year-old boy, while playing on the bank of the Richmond River, fell into the water. Steve Roberts, a half-caste youth…

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Bathing Fatality Little Girl Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 3

The seven young children of Mr and Mrs Sam O'Hara, of Newtown B'oyd, Glen lnnes, left home to have a swim in a shallow hole in the Henry River…

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Gored by Bull. Elderly Man Severely Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 6

Alexander M'Cormick, 73 years, was driving dairy cows into a yard at his farm at Carboor (Vic.), when a bull suddenly turned on him and…

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Boy Drowned. Brave Attempt to Save Others. in Cockle Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 3

Thomas Hurd, 10 year's of age, lost his life in Cockle Creek late on Wednesday afternoon in a brave attempt to save two younger lads…

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Five Injured Smash in Sydney. Tram, Bus, and Motor Car Involved. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 5

Oxford-street, Sydney, was the scene of an unusual mishap this morning. A 'bus driven by albert Eilley…

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Unfortunate Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 4

[?] Lawless of Merriwa was on his way from Parish Hal, Denman (where his son's wedding breakfast had been served) to…

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Half-caste's Bravery. Rescues Drowning Boy. Lismore, Wednesday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 2

A four-year-old boy, while playing on the bank of the Richmond River, fell into the water. Steve Roberta, a half-caste youth,…

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Five Injured. Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 13

A motor cycle and side car, conveying C. Meeks, of Parramatta Road Haberfield, his wife, and baby, can into collision with a motor cycle…

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Critically Injured. Lorries Collide at Redfern.—

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 9

Gordon Leslie, aged 20 years of Glebe, was critically injured, when a collision occurred in Cleveland-street, near Elizabeth-street,…

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Old Man Killed. Bus and Tram Collide. Chatswood Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 12

An elderly man was killed, and six persons injured—three seriously—when a motor 'bus and a tram collided with great force at Chatswood…

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Gored by Bull. Elderly Man Severely Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 5

Alexander M'Cormick, 73 years, was driving dairy cows into a yard at his farm at Carboor (Vic.), when a bull suddenly turned on him and…

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