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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Aberdare Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

William Evans, 45, of , Mayfield-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Colliery, was struck by a fall of coal…

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Nurse Injured Case Adjourned At West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

Henry James Minto, of Pokolbin-street, Kearsley, was called in the West Maitland Police Court to-day to answer a charge alleging that, in…

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Bellbird Man Killed in Car Accident on Wangi Road. Death That Marked Third Tragedy in Same Family. Several Other Occupants of Car Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

When Thomas Sharpe, 45, of Bellbird, was killed in a car accident on the Wangi-road near the Arcadia turnoff yesterday afternoon, the unfortunate happening marked the third tragedy in the family…

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Buried in Fall Injured At Aberdare Central CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 5

Thomas Robinson, 54, of Mayfield-st., Mayfield West, Newcastle, a miner at Aberdare Central Colliery, was buried by a fall of coal while at work…

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Fall of Coal at Central Two Miners Injured: One Seriously

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

Thomas Robson, of Mayfield-street, Mayfield West, a miner, was caught by a fall of coal at Aberdare Central this…

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Damages Claim Sequel to Accident Small Debts Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

In the West Maitland Small Debts Court to-day, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd returned a verdict for £19/ 13/, the amount claimed by Leslie…

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Fatal Injuries Miss May Holman, M.L. a Motor Accident Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

Miss May Holman, M.L.A., who was the first woman member of Parliament in Australia, has died from injuries suffered in a motor accident near Bunbury on Friday night…

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Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Dexter Urquhart was returning home from the bakehouse on his bicycle when he suddenly swerved and hit the…

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Sir Earle Page in Motor Collision Injuries to Head

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 2

A car in which the Minister for Commerce, Sir Earle Page, and Lady Page were travelling to Taree on Saturday was involved in a collision, in…

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Fell From Second Floor of Hotel Sleep-walker Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 1

A printing house traveller, Alexander Parker, 38, of Newcastle, sustained a compound fracture of the skull, three fractures of the fingers,…

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Flung Out of Motor Car Man Killed and Child Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 4

A man was killed, and a threeyear-old boy seriously injured, and four other persons slightly hurt in a remarkable car…

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Hit by Prop Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

Injuries which [?] his admission to Maitland Hospital, where he was conveyed by Maitland [?] lance, were sustained to-day by Sidney…

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Fall of Coal Miner Badly Injured WOLLONGONG

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

When a fall of coal occurred at the Excelsior coal mine, a miner, T. Richards, was buried and seriously injured…

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Eye Injured Miner Struck By Prop. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

Albert Wells, 56, of Love-street, Cessnock, a miner, of Aberdare Central Colliery, received injuries to the left eye when he was struck by a prop…

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Body in Creek Finding of Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 14

The Cessnock District Coroner, Mr. Johnston, returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning at the inquest on Patrick Brown, 73…

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Sir Earle Page in Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

A car in which the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) and Lady Page were travelling to Taree on Saturday was involved in a collision…

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Old Man Drowned in Creek. Coroner's Inquiry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

The District Cornoer (Mr. W. S. Johnston) held an inquiry, at Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday…

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A Peculiar Accident

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

Albert Wells, 56, of Love-street, Cessnock, met with an accident of a peculiar nature at Aberdare Central Colliery…

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Accident Witness Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

Would the person who was near the scene of the accident on the Newcastle Road on Friday night last, when Mrs…

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Death Rate Falls Attack on Road Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Transport (Col. Bruxner), who is president of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the first…

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