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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Trains Collide One Killed: 31 Injured LONDON, February 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1

One was killed and 31 injured in a collision between two trains at Glasgow. One train was carrying football…

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Motor—cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 7

While riding a motorcycle between Weston and Kuril Kurri on Wednesday afternoon, Albert Johnson. 34, of Barton—street…

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Three Injured Car Crashes Into Pole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 2

When their car crashed into a telegraph post near Somerton late at night, the three occupants were injured and admitted to Tamworth Base…

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Two Killed in Plane Collision Karachi, Feb. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 1

Two pilots and an American passenger are reported to have been killed when two Indian National Airways planes collided over a jungle 32 miles…

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Tragic Death of Neville Keith Evidence at Inquest Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 5

Echoes of the tragic death of Neville Keith; 22. of Melbourne street, Aberdare who was fatally injured when a…

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Fatal Accident. Tragic Death of Merriwa Resident. Fall From Windmill

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 8

In tragic circumstances on Saturday afternoon last Merriwa lost one of its oldest and most highly respected district residents in the person of Mr…

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Tram Derailed Collision With Bus Three Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 8

When a crowded double-decker bus, at Darlinghurst, collided with a tram, which was derailed, three passengers and the tram-driver suffered minor…

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Slaying Charge Newcastle Youth Acquitted Car Fatality Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 5

verdict of not guilty was returned at the Quarter Sessions when William Henry Thwaites, 19, of Newcastle, was charged with…

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Four Injured Smash At Bathurst BATHURST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 10

When two cars collided at Bathurst four persons were injured. One of the vehicles skidded for 15 yards, turned over three times, and…

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Injured Man Found on Railway Fell From North-West Mail Train SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 1

A man fell from the swiftlymoving north-west mail train on the Singleton side of Minimbah about 2 a.m. to-day…

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Motor Fatality Pedestrian Killed BALLINA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

Ernest Reddell 22 of Alstonville, was instantly killed when he was struck by a taxi near Wollongbar. Reddell was returning to his place…

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Rescue Fails Youth Drowned In Surf GRAFTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 3

When swept off his rubber surfboard at Yamba beach, Walter Stevens, 17, of Warialda, was drowned. His employer Roderick Donaldson, grazier, of…

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Double-decker Bus Collides with Tram Three Passengers and Tramdriver Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

A crowded double-decker bus at Dariinghurst on Friday collided with a tram, which was derailed. Three passengers and the tram-driver…

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Cars in Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 2

A collision between two cars occurred at the intersection of Mackay and Lord streets last Saturday afternoon. Nobody was injured, although both…

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Slaying Charge Newcastle Youth Acquitted. Car Fatality. Tamworth

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 2

A verdict of not guilty was returned at the Quarter Sessions when William Henry Thwaites, 19, of Newcastle, was charged with having, on…

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Fall of Coal Shotfirer Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

Sid Morrison, 40, a shot-firer, of 13 King-street, Cessnock, was injured at the Aberdare Central Colliery to-day. He received an injury to the back…

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Took Car Without Permission and Drove Without License. Salesman Heavily Fined at Cessnock Sequel to Accident in Wollombi Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 3

Echoes of an accident which occurred recently in Wollom-bi-road, Cessnock, when a motor car swerved off the…

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Coalfield Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 3

William Richardson, 32, of George-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Central colliery, was struck by a…

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Accident at Miller's Forest the Tale of a Shirt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

Last week at the Banka homestead, Miller's Forest, Lanser arrived home to find his wife attacking a shirt in a most barbarious manner…

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Two Policemen Killed in Motor Collision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

Two policemen were killed last night when the motor-cycle and sidecar outfit in which they were patrolling collided with terrific force with a meat waggon in Parramatta-road, Flemington. They were hurled from the machine against the…

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