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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

28 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Accidental Death Cornwallis Drowning Fatality Coroner Holds Inquest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

A VERDICT of accidental death from drowning was returned by the Hawkesbury District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P., at the Richmond Court House on…

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Accident Sequel Kurrajong Car Driver Charged Case Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

A CHARGE against John Thomas McManus, of Kurrajong, alleging that he cut a corner whilst driving a motor vehicle at Kurrajong on October 15, was dismissed by…

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Unusual Accident Three Slightly Injured on Windsor Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

INVOLVING three cars and injuring three people, a rather peculiar accident occurred on the Windsor-road just past the Mulgrave turnoff on Thursday evening of…

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Accidents af Shows Is the Society Liable?

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

A letter from the North Coast National Agricultural and Industrial Society (Lismore), read at the regular meeting of the Hawkesbury…

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Collision Sequel Windsor Business Man Fined at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 14

THE sequel to an accident which occurred at the intersection of Windsor and West Market streets, Richmond, on June 29 of last year, when a motor…

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Shocking Accident at Windsor Station Passenger Falls Under Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 12

FALLING beneath a train on Wednesday evening as it was moving in to the Windsor railway station platform, a visitor to Windsor, Mr. William Toole, of Neville…

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Fatal Accident Motor Cycle Strikes Pedestrian Collision on Windsor Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 4

ACCIDENTALLY struck by a motor cycle while walking along the Windsor-road, between Windsor and Magrath's Hill, on Thursday evening of last week, Austin…

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Sad Fatality Death From Bullet Wound Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 12

ON the night of February 7 of this year, a youth named Leslie George Scorgie, aged 17 years, who, according to those closely associated with him…

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Accidental Death Windsor Road Tragedy Coroner's Finding

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 9

THE opinion that a car which crashed in—to a telephone post on the Windsor-road, near, the Schofields turnoff, on December 5 last, killing- 3 of its occupants—two…

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Fog Collision Mishap on Windsor Road Three Men Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3

DURING the worst of the heavy fog that enshrouded the district on Monday night a car and a motor lorry came into collision on the Windsor-road, two occupants of the…

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Accidental Death Coroner Holds Windsor Inquiry Late Austin John Walsh

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 14

A FINDING of accidental death, from injuries received when he was knocked down on the Windsor-road, near Magrath's Hill, on April 6, by a motor cycle, to the…

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Unusual Mishap Stationary Car Overturned in Vineyard Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 12

FALLING sideways down an embankment after it had been involved in a collision with another vehicle, an old model Morris tourer, owned by Mr. Stanley Grono, of Pitt…

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Experts Advance Theories on Riverstone Air Fatality See Page 3. RIVERSTONE

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Jeffery, now of Rockhampton, surprised old friends by just walking in at the week-end. Both look well, and plan flying back in about a fortnight; not…

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Tragic Accident Popular Windsor Resident Killed Riding in Trotting Event

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

STRIKING with a suddenness which made the sad news almost unbelievable, the capricious hand of Fate played one of its most tragic tricks on Monday last, when…

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Sad Fatality Woman Thrown From Sulky Injuries Prove Fatal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 12

CRTTICALLY injured on Saturday evening when she was thrown on to the roadway from a sulky in which she was riding near Vineyard, Mrs. Ellen Walker White…

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Motoring Mishap Three Young Ladies Injured Admitted to Hospital

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

RECEIVING painful injuries to the head, face and hands after a car in which they were passengers had been involved in a collision with a sulvert at "Wilberforce last…

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Shocking Fatality Circular Saw Kills User Wilberforce Tragedy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 4

SHOCKINGLY injured last Sunday afternoon when a circular saw, with which he was sawing wood on a property near Wilberforce, suddenly flew to pieces, portions…

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Accidental Death Late Mrs. Helen White Coroner Warns Sulky Owner's

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 7

"I WISH to point out that, from the evidence before me and from my observation of the scene of the accident and examination of the motor lorry, there…

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Accidental Death Wilberforce Sawbench Fatality Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 8

THAT the saw which flew to pieces at Wilfberforce on Sunday, August 6, and caused the untimely death of James Henry Kirby Scott, aged 23 years, of Willoughby, was not…

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Coronial Inquiry Death of Gordon Hunt Windsor Fatality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 12

THAT before his death on May 26 Gordon Raymond Hunt, aged 16 years, of Windsor, had appeared to be depressed through not being able to obtain a position, was…

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