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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Woodcutting Fatality Penkith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 2

Jack Coyle, 59, an employee, of St Colamba's College, Springwood, was fatally injured when cutting wood at Springwood. A piece of timber felt on…

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Struck Gelignite Two Workmen Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 8

When Charles Rodgers, 38, of Earl wood, annd George Reeves, about 50, of Campsie, were working with 10 others on vacant land at Earlwood, the tip of…

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Cyclist Injured Was Hanging On To Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 9

Thomas Richens, 20, was seriously injured in an accident on the Ashfordroad and was admitted to hospital with a fractured jaw and probable…

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Bomb Outrage Mayor of Jaffa Injured LONDON, June 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 1

The "Times" correspondent at Jerusalem states that the British community, in a manifesto issued, deplored the outburst of violence, and states…

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Sweeping Proposals to Mitigate Traffic Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 8

Sweeping proposals to mitigate traffic accidents in Great Britain are contained in a thorough and comprehensive report recently issued by a select committee which was appointed by the House of Lords to investigate the prevention of road…

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Cyclist Injured Collision With Car Claim for £75

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 5

As compensation for injuries he received when a bicycle he was riding was struck by a car, George Gower Blakemore, of…

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Skull Fractured. Veteran. Surgeon Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 2

Knocked down by a bicycle outside the Manly oval, Major Charles Sanderson, who served in the South African and European wars, was…

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Footballer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

Jack McBlane, 21, of McGrane-street, Cessnock, received internal injuries while playing football on Sunday afternoon…

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Shiftman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

While putting up props at Bellbird colliery yesterday, Simon Bowden, 48, shiftman, residing at Vincent-street…

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Shot in Neck When Gun Accidently Discharged Station Hand Injured

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

After lying unconscious for three [?] as a result of a bullet wound When a gun accidently exploded, Donald Lewis (18), station hand,…

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Car Driver Injured Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 9

M. T. Kelly, of Canberra, suffered a severe cut to the back of his neck when the car which he was driving was involved in an accident at an…

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Maitland Man Sued Hexham Collision Sequel Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 7

In the Small Debts Court to-day Clifford Goffett, of Throsby-street, Wickham, claimed £35 from Richard Kirk, of Paterson Road…

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Wire Across Road Motor Cyclist Injured WOLLONGONG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 4

A wire stretched across the road, believed to be the work of children, was responsible for Robert Dobbie, 36, of Albion Park, who was riding…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and the principal…

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Previous Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

Replying to rumours that the Thetis was involved in previous accidents, and also that there were too many aboard, the managing director of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Wire Across Road

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 3

A wire stretched across the road, believed to be the work of children was responsible for Robert Dobbie, 36, of Albion Park, who was rding…

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Car Crashed 150 FEET Collision Sequel BRISRANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 3

After it collided with a transport truck on the Toowoomba road, at Minden Range five miles from Marburg, a car capsized and fell 150 feet…

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Rugby Union Interstate Teams Players Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 16

Queensland beat Victoria In Sydney yesterday by 11 points to. The Victorians did more of Hie attacking than Queensland,…

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Severe Collision Two Admitted To Hospital LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 3

The hood and practically all the bodywork of a single seater- motor car: was torn off when it collided with the rear of a stationary motor lorry at;…

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