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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 76

Car Somersaults Driver Badly Injured At speedway SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

While driving a midget car at 70 miles an hour in Hie third heat of the all-powers racing car championship of Australia at…

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Racing Car Skids and Overturns Driver Fatally Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

Claude Miller, 26, of Victoria, was fatally injured when the midget racing car he drove skidded and overturned during a time trial at the…

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Struck Pole Two Young Men Injured Lucky Escapes Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

Two Muswellbrook young men, M. Keddie and J. Schott, had narrow escapes when a motor car, driven by the latter, crashed Into a telephone…

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Fatal Accident Near Antiene Coroner's Comment

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

The Scone Coroner, Mr W. T. Seaward, inquired into the death of Harry Bloomfield, 35, of Singleton, who died in the Brentwood Hospital,…

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Death Follows Car Accident Companion in Serious Condition. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

Mrs Olive Winifred Aulbury, 37, who was injured in a car accident at Cab ramatta last night, died to-day without having regained…

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Fall of Earth Three Men Injured KIAMA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 10

Three men were injured in a fall of earth on Crooked River road at Gerringong. Michael Buckley, 35 single, of…

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Death of Doctor Injured Spine When Diving LONDON, April 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Dr. Geoffrey ollawing, 40, stated to be Australian born, was found dead on the arrival of a train at Cairo from Luxor, stated the B.U.P…

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Fatal Accident Manslaughter Charge Fails BATHURST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 14

Earlon Edward Bostwick, 17, labourer, was found not guilty of a' charge of manslaughter by a jury at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions…

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Accidents in Industry Move To Reduce Toll SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Mr. J. C. Bellmore, Under Secretary of the Department of Labour and Industry, said today that a panel, headed by a Permanent…

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Drowning at East Gresford Accidental Death

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 6

The Maitland District Deputy Coroner (Mr C. E. Scarlett) returned a v erdict of accidental death when he inquired, at Gresford Courthouse,…

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'Plane Crash Three People Injured CAIRNS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

The pilot and two passengers were injured and the machine was wrecked when a twin engined eight passenger Dragon Rapide plane owned by…

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Injured players Chances of Teams Affected League Premiership

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 8

It is surprising how injuries so often affect the fortunes of the clubs which are battling for a place in the Rugby League sun. Year after year it happens. Western Suburbs is one of the worst sufferers, but some other clubs are not far behind…

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Accident Victim's Serious Condition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 7

Raymond John Matthews. 27. timber-cutter, of Catherine-street. Cessnock, who was knocked off his bicycle by a…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 7

Two men injured in colliery accidents were treated at the Kurri Kurri District Hospital yesterday. They were then…

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Obituary Victims of Sunday Night's Accident. Olive Muir and Allan Edden

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 7

The sympathy of every citizen on the coalfields went out to the bereaved parents of the two youthful victim's of Sunday…

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Death of Harry Bloomfield Coroner's Inquiry Held. Verdict of Accidental Death. Lengthy Evidence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. W. T. Seaward, of Scone, returned a verdict of accidental death, following the inquiry into the death of Harry Bloomfield (35), from injuries received on a road accident at Antiene, on 8th March, 1939, at the Muswellbrook Court…

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Killed in Collision Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 2

The well-known racing man, John Rambsoy Corteen, 60, of Balaclava-road, St. Kilda, was fatally injured in a motor accident late yesterday…

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Car Collision Two Women Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

Two women were injured when the car in which they were travelling came into collision with another car reported to have been stolen, in…

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Cyclist Injured Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 8

J. Cooper, a member of Tamworth Amateur Cycle Club, was competing in the scratch event at Quirindi cycling carnival on Saturday…

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Car Hits Post Woman Badly Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 2

When a car struck a post on Sunday afternoon, Florence Carter, 25, of Longueville, a passenger in the car, was thrown violently against the…

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