20 KILLED : 38 Injured in Mine Train Smash San Francisco, December 6
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 1
Twenty were killed and 38 injured when a mine train carrying 250 men broke a cable and plunged down a steep track and was smashed to pieces in the Princess Colliery. The train, which was composed of 26 box-like cars, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Train Smashed to Pieces 20 Men Killed and 38 INJURED. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) SYDNEY (Nova Scotia)
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 1
Twenty were killed and 38 were injured when a mine train, carrying 250 men, broke a cable and plunged a mile down steep tracks, and was…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 8
The inquest concerning the death of; the late George Ernst, who was killed in a recent motor accident, has been set down for hearing by the district…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 1
George Davies, 60, was struck by a motor cycle in New Canterbury Road Dulwich Hill, to-day, and was seriously injured. He was conveyed to…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 7
The circumstances of the death of Thomas Swinbourne Kay, 47, of Bellbird, were inquired into by the Deputy Coroner of Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Cyclist's Death Fatal Collision with Lorry. Accidental Death Verdict
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 9
The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) to-day conducted an inquiry into the death of Elsie Daubney, 26, of Love-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatality Rate Traffic in America
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 3
The National Safety Council of America has advised the N.P.M.A. that for the first nine months of this year 'he traffic fatality rate in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Tragedy at South Cessnock. Young Man's Fatal Swim in Dam. Coroner Returns Verdict of Accidental Death
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 11
Echoes of the tragedy which occurred at South Cessnock dam last Sunday afternoon, when Joseph Hodge, 19, of Campbell-street, Cessnock, was…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 1
William Hart (57) was electrocuted to-day at the Ajax Safe Company's works. He was found leaning back against…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 3
The Deputy Coroner, Mr. David Scott, conducted an inquiry into the death of Joseph Hodge, 19, of Campbell-street, Cessnock, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Main Employees' Death. Fatally Injured on Wollombi-road. Fell from Cycle and Later Struck by Car Verdict of Accidental Death Returned
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 1
At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) held an inquiry into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bad Air Bump Dutch Plane's Ordeal Three Injured Darwin
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 8
When a K.N.I.L.M. Super Lock-heed plane struck a terrific down-current bump over McKinley, Queensland, a passenger and two…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 2
While driving a timber lorry for Messrs. J. Croll & Sons in the early part of the week, Mr. K. Munro had a narrow escape from a serious…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 2
Whilst returning to Stroud Road on Saturday night, Mr. Campbell, of Stroud Road, failed to take the curve at the bottom of Saleyard Hill, with…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 1
Jane Banbury, a married woman, was awarded £32 damages in her claim for £100 against Raymond Granger, merchant, of Lismore, for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Drowned Surfoplane Fatality GOSFORD
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 8
John King, 17, of Dural, was drowned at the Woy Woy Ocean Beach late yesterday. His sister, Grace King, 15, would have suffered a like fate but for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman's Spine Injured Goulburn
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 7
Mrs. W. G. Smith was taken to hospital with a probable fracture of the base of the spine, it is believed that she fell heavily to the ground when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed by Train Fatality at St. James SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 5
Alfred James Greenwood, 63, a married man living in Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill, was killed by an electric train as it was stopping at the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 9
One man was seriously injured and three others were hurt when a car skidded in gravel, ran against a five-foot bank, and overturned while…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 1
When a truck driven by George Patterson, of Mangrove Mountain, skidded in sand on the main highway near Somersby, last night, the vehicle left…
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