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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Double Tragedy (Continued From Page 1). Murderer's End Accidentally Killed by Gas LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 3

The police believe that Dr. Granville Cooke, whose head was found in an oven, poisoned his associate, Selwyn Foster…

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Sulkies Upset Charlestown Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 7

A peculiar accident took place at a sharp bend on the Charlestown-road this morning, as the result of which two sulkies came to grief…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 6

While playing in the playground at Cook's Hill school this morning Ken Matthews a schoolboy, fell, and dislocated his left shoulder…

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Found Drowned Returned Soldier's Death River Tragedy

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The deputy district coroner (Mr. G. T. Edwards) conducted an inquiry this afternoon at Newcastle courthouse, into the cause of the death of…

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German Mine Disaster 9 Killed, 61 Injured LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 1

Nine miners were killed and 61 injured at the Karnap colliery near Essen. The cage carrying the relieving…

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Favorites Fit Injured Horses Work on Track Lausanne Looks Well Doings at Randwick Watched With Keen Interest SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The chief interest of those which visited the Randwick racecourse this morning, centred on the horses whose condition was in doubt. Most of them showed no signs of anything wrong, and The Hawk did a useful mile gallop…

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Motor Car Overturns Accident at Williamtown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

A motor car, containing seven persons, overturned at Williamtown about five o'clock yesterday afternoon. One of the occupants, Mrs. Fraser, of 41 Rowe-street…

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Drowned at Mayfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy corner, held an inquest at the Newcastle court-house yesterday afternoon, into the circumstances of the death of…

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Lilyrose Colliery Fatality Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

When representations were made some time ago to the Mines Department, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, the Minister, asked for an estimate of the cost of pumping…

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Collision with a Train. Two Persons Killed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 5

A train when going through a level crossing, on he Ferntree Gully line, crashed into a waggonette containing four people…

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By His Tracks How Motorist Was Caught Cessnock Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 5

John Isles pleaded not guilty when charged at the Cessnock police court this morning with driving a motor car in a dangerous manner…

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Strange Fatality Block Falls on Boy ROCKHAMPTON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 5

Conrad Victor Rummery, aged 17, the son of a prosperous dairy farmer at Ambrose, yesterday afternoon walked with a younger brother to the…

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Nearly a Smash Belmont Line Collision Trouble at Loop

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 5

A serious railway smash was narrowly averted on the Belmont line about 7.30 last night, when a Newcastle-bound passenger train…

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Car and Cycle Collide Rev. G. K. Tucker Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 7

Rev. G. K. Tucker, rector of the Anglican parish of Adamstown, was injured as a result of a collision that occurred about one o'clock yesterday afternoon between…

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Tramway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 7

A crowded tram car reaching the top of the steepest gradient in Rochdale collided with a steam waggon crossing the road…

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Injured by Fall Dockyard Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

While working on a scaffolding at Walsh Island this morning. John McIlroy fell from a height of 20 feet, and received injuries to his spine and…

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Drowned in Harbour Inquest Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy coroner, opened an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Donald John Macdonald, a…

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Railway Mishap Collision on Belmont Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

In connection with a collision between a passenger train and a coal train on the Belmont line on Tuesday night, an official report shows that the accident occurred at…

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Sawmill Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

Charles Jones a machinist at the Gloucester sawmills, Wickham, had his arm caught in machinery while at work to-day and received an incised…

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Steamer Sunk Disastrous Collision LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 1

The clan liner Clan Mouree was slightly damaged in colliding with the Jonge Catharina, which was sunk at Wellingen…

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