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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Death Rate Falls Attack on Road Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the first six…

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Wheeler Injured Ckssnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 7

Dave Caddis, 38, Cumberland-street, Cessnock, wheeler at Aberdare Extended colliery, had the fourth finger of his left hand lacerated when he had…

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Greyhounds Killed In Collision MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 11

Two greyhounds were killed instantly when they collided with each other at Euroa. One dog was sent for a…

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Death After Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 6

THE death of a 16-years-old boy yesterday robbed Sister R. G. Playford, a member of the nursing staff of the Maitland Hospital, of a brother…

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Foolish Hurrying Cause of Many Motor Accidents

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

According to traffic authorities, foolish and unnecessary hurrying is responsible for two-thirds of all motor accidents. When highways and…

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Road Accidents The Death Rate Falls Safety Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 4

The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the…

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Greyhounds in Death Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

Two greyhounds were killed when they collided with each other at Euroa (Vic.) One dog was sent for a course after a rabbit and the other…

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Ships Buffeted in Fierce Cyclone Fireman Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 2

There has been no abatement of the cyclone raging in eastern New South Wales. Coastal vessels continue to battle in tremendous seas in an…

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Tragic Car Smash on Neath Hill. 14-year-old Boy Killed. Several Others Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 1

Samuel Reay, aged 14, of Main-road, Abermain, was killed and four others were injured when a car in which…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

James Murdoch, 22, of Cessnock-street, Aberdare, a miner employed at Aberdare colliery, was struck by a fall of coal…

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Death Rate Falls. Attack on Road Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the first six…

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Hand Injured Colliery Accident CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 7

William McGilvray, 53, of 17 Shalamah-street, Cessnock, top-hand at Aberdare Colliery, received an Injury to the thumb of the left hand…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 2

CHARLES MARSTON, of 13 Ward-street, West Maitland, suffered abrasions and a puncture to the right knee when' his motor bike skidded on…

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Over Balcony Child Badly Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 4

A three-year-old child, Barry Burnett, pf Henry-street, Tighe's Hill, was seriously injured early last night when he fell fifteen feet from the balcony of his…

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Trams Collide Four People Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 7

Four persons were injured to-day in a collision between two minis on the Anzac Parade Siding, near the City Cricket Ground…

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Found Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 7

The body of a man was found floating in Mosman Bay to-day. It was recovered by the police, but has not yet been identified,…

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Iluka Tragedy Fisherman Drowned GRAFTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 8

Albert Ernest Eaton 37. a fisherman formerly of Grafton was drowned in left of water in the bay at Ruka. He went fishing off the breakwater Latter…

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Miner's Death Accidentally Caused the Inquest Cessxock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 7

The place in which William Edward Evans, miner, working at Aberdare Colliery, received fatal injuries on March 20 was described by a witness…

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Pedal Cyclists Accidents on Roads More Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 4

An outstanding feature of the road accidents in this State during 1938, according to statistics just released is the increased…

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Mine Employee Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 1

William McGilvray, 63, of Shalamah-street. Cessnock, a tophand, employed at Aberdare colliery, received injuries to his…

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