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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

2,051 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 86 of 103

Karoola Trouble. Injured Fireman Taken Ashore. Sydney

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

According to a message from Fremantle, the removal of the injured fireman from the ship's hospital, aboard the steamer Karoola, to a…

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Accident to Linesman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

Mr. Bert Peacock, 34, residing at Oakhampton-road, West Maitland, and employed as a linesman in the postal department, sustained a…

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Penrith Motor Accident. Sydney

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

In the pocket of Dont[?] clothing the police found a doctor's prescription for heart trouble, which had been issued to the dead man…

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Shooting Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 2

Leslie Gardner, 21 years of age, son of Mr. A. Gardner, of Mount Douglas, Hilldale, was admitted to Kalala private hospital, Paterson…

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Collision. Motor Car and Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

A motor car, driven by Mr. Donald R. Fry and a motor lorry, driven by Mr. Edward Stokes collided at the intersections of Bulwer, Elgin, and…

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Removal of Injured Fireman

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 6

According to a message from Fremantle, the removal of the injured fireman from the ship's hospital aboard the steamer Karoola to hospital on…

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Car and Motor Lorry Collision at Bellevue Hill. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

A collision occured between a car and a motor lorry at Believue Hill to-day, as the result of which both vehicles were badly damaged…

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Was It Accidental? Saxon General Shot. London, Oct. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent announces that General Mucller, the Commander of the Saxon Reichswehr who in an iron handed manner…

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Accident at Level Crossing (By Telegraph.) Rockhampton

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 7

William finlcy was drving a car train crashed into the car, samashing it to pieces Onlokers expected to find finlay's mangled remains amoung the…

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Shocking Motor Accident Three Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 6

A shocking motor accident, resulting, in, the deaths of three men, and in a. fourth man being seriously injured, occurred on Lapstone Hill, near Penrith,…

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Gresford Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 4

A young man Clarence Aherna, 19 years old, son of a share farmer on Mr. J. Doyle's Edenvale, Estate, was found dead in a creek on the farm…

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Lift Accident. Two Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 5

A goods lift at the furniture warehouse of Gourlay Bros., Ltd. North Sydney, dropped three floors this morning…

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Motor Accidents. Injured at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 4

A motor lorry and a car collided on the Neath-road, near Cessnock, on Saturday evening. They met side-on, and the driving side of both…

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Fell Seventy Feet. Boy Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

During the arena events at the police carnival at the Exhibition Grounds, Melbourne, on Saturday night Horace Palmer (16), of…

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Tasmanian Tragedy. Man Killed: Wife Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

A shocking tragedy occurred at Sandford, a small village some ten miles from Hobart, on Saturday. Oswald Seville, 19, who was…

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Three Injured. Motor Smash at Five Dock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

Within the space of a quarter of an hour three accidents occurred in the western suburbs, Sydney, on |Sunday night. Four people were…

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Motor Collision Lady Badly Injured Lorry Driver Charged in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

Between 7 and 8 o'clock on Saturday night a serious collision occurred on the Neath road between a motor car, belonging to Mr. H…

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Tasmanian Tragedy Man Killed, Wife Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

A terrible tragedy was enacted at Sandford, a small village some tun miles from Hobart, during the early hours of Saturday morning…

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Car Hits Tram. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

A motor car driven by George Packer, and containing two passengers, was coming from Toronto, when it collided with a steam tram…

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Woman Injured. Young Man Charged. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 4

At the Cessnock Police Court this morning, Robert Jones a young man was charged before Mr. M. A. Nott, P.M. with having at Kearsley on…

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