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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Seriously Injured. Alleged Use of Iron Bar

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

At Central Police Court.[?] Harry Handley, 26, a seaman, was remanded on a charge of having assaulted Alfred Cornell a seaman,…

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

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

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

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Struck by Block. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 7

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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Trainee Injured During Rifle Practice. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 6

During rifle practice at Gratton. drill hall, Carlton, last night, a trainee named Charlies Leyland, aged 17, suddenly exclaimed, "I am shot." An…

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

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

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

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Ten Injured. Motor Car and Taxi. Collision in Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 3

Ten persons were Injured as a result of a, collision between a motor car and taxi-cab at the intersection of Lonsdale and Swanson-street…

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Car and Tram. Head on Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 6

A five-seator motor car, driven by John Higgins, Rozelle, with one passenger—Frank Cooper (58), of Paddington—came into head-on collision…

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Engineers Death. Following on Accident. Fall in Colliery. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

Mr. J. P. Smith, chief engineer at the Richmond-Main Colliery died in St. Vincent's Hospital (Sydney), last evening…

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Mining Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 4

In addition to the sensational fire which occurred at the Aberdare Colliery on Thursday several accidents happened during the week at…

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Fatal Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 4

A man named Harry Threlfo, of West-Maitland, was killed at Maitland yesterday. He stepped from the running board of a moving car when he…

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Injured at Steel Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 4

C.J. Robb aged 21 years a labourer employed at the Steel Works and living at 47 Bulwer-street West Maitland was treated at the…

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Marella in Collision Badly Damaged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 1

The steamer Marella, of Bums, Philp, and Co,'s Line, has been in collision, at Singapore, just as she was completing her voyage from Sydney. As a result,…

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Two Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 2

A motor car containing a party travelling from North Sydney to the Mountains overturned last evening. The car, which was driven by Mr…

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Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 2

William Robert Stanfield, aged 31. a member of the construction gang employed in erecting a new railway bridge at Nundah, fell while at work…

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Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. H. Threlfo. the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

An inquiry into the death of Mr. Henry Threlfo, who was fatally injured as the result of alighting from a moving motor car in Church-street…

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Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

Whilst Mr. P. H. Evans, manager of the Country Freezing Company's works, Muswellbrook, was working the engine of an irrigation plant, the…

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The Singleton Argus Thursday, October 29th, 1925. LOCAL & General News Accident at Nundah Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 2

A man named William Robert Stanfield, aged 31, a member of the construction gang employed in creeting a new railway bridge at Nundah, fell…

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Karoola Injured Trimmer Removed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 6

Events in regard to the hold-up of the Interstate steamer Karoola at Fremantle took an unexpected turn, when the incapacitated trimmer…

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Steamer Collision. Captain's Certificate Suspended. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

The Marine Court, comprising Judge Edwards with Captain Newton and Mr. Obsorne as assessors, to-day ordered that the certificate of Captain…

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Miner Injured. Fall of Coal at Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

Duncan Germyn, a minor, was CESSNOCK, Friday. injured by a fall coal in Aberdare, colliery yesterday. He was taken to…

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