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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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'Bus Smash in Melbourne Suburb 22 Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 2

Twenty-two persons.,were injured, several of them seriusly, when a crowded Tramways Board omnibus conveying city workers to their homes…

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MUSWELLBROOK Little Boy Injured Struck by Car Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 8

Returning to his home across the street after-posting a letter, Kenneth Cousins, six rears of age, was knocked down by a motor…

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Two Fishing Boats Sink 59 Men Drowned. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) SANTANDER (Spain)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 2

Fifty-nine fishermen were drowned at the entrance to the harbour. A fishing boat, manned by 49 fishermen, was trying to enter the…

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Queen Mary in Car Smash Not Seriously Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 2

Queen Mary was involved in a road accident to-day, when the Royal car came into collision with a motor lorry at Putney and overturned…

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Trolley Derailed Two Railwaymen Injured PATERSON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

When a trolley on which they were riding was derailed at Martin's Creek late yesterday afternoon, two railway employees, R. Bell, 42, of Laurieton…

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Queen Mary Restless Night After Accident Injury to Eye London, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

Queen Mary passed a restless night, after her motoring accident yesterday, according to an official bulletin issued this morning…

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Accidental Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 10

A finding of accidental death was recorded by the Gosford District Coroner at an inquest into the death of Charles Robert Emmanual English,…

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Accidents at Corners

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 3

A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure of…

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Bandits Rob Military Hospital Post Office 1 1 JL ? I .r Dlt i osi Man Seriously Injured Daring Getaway in Randwick Street SYDNEY, Thursday Iously E Daring Getaway in Rand wick SYDNEY. Thursdav

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 5

A sensational hold-up occurred at the Randwick Military Hospital this morning. The postmaster of the institution, Thomas Albert Leslie Coughlan, and his daughter, were in office where the pensions are paid when two men entered…

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Injured at Football Katoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

Phillip Mahler, 16 a student at the Katoomba High School, fractured his left collarbone while he was playing Rugby football yesterday on the Show…

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Dangerous Bend Car Passenger Injured Port Kembla

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

A double band on a winding road near Port Kembla was the scene of a serious accident, a few hours after an inquest had been held into the…

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Queen Mary in Car Smash Not Seriously Injured London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 7

Queen Mary was involved in a road accident to-day, when the Royal car came into collision with a motor lorry at Putney anl overturned…

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Miners Injured "Crack Hardy" Revise to Be Carried. Afraid of Being Called "Sissies."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 9

Mr. C. D. Durham, an inspector of mines, said at the mines inquiry this week that injured miners, fearing that their…

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Accidents at Corners a Word to Motorists

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 4

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure…

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Accidents at Corners

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure…

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Accident to Mrs J. C. Killalea

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 4

The many friends of Mrs J. C. Killalea, of Dunolly, will regret to learn that she was the victim of a painful accident on Wednesday…

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Lorry Accident Man Badly Injured BATHURST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 4

Harry Peterson, 46, or Porter's Retreat, who was in the cabin of a motor lorry which got out of control and crashed into a tree near Oberon,…

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Road Accidents Care Urged At Corners Minister's Appeal (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 8

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due…

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Man Killed Road Accident At Rockdale SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 9

Charles Edward Rowe, 78, or Merry lands, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a motor car at Rock-dale last night…

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Boy Drowned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 4

A fourteen-year-old hoy, Gordon Reay, of Austinmer Heights, was drowned when he fell from the Bulli jetty. His body was recovered with grappling…

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