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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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MUSWELLBROOK Sandy Hollow Fatality Late Mr. Stewart Muswellbrook

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

The late Mr. Henry Stewart, whose death took place on the Sandy Hollow railway works, was a well-known resident of…

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Elderly Man Injured Crushed Between Lorries LUSMORE

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

Crushed between two lorries in Lis more, James Wilson, an elderly man, of Uralla, was admitted to hospital suffering from internal injuries…

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Two Killed Gold Mine Accident PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 11

Two men were killed and one badly injured when u kibble, carrying about two tons of ore, broke loose in the Triton gold mine it Reedy and…

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Road Accident Causes

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 2

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 cause has been set down…

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Sad Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

A very sad fatality occurred in the Wootton Brush last week when. Colin McPherson, of Wootton road, was killed by a rolling log. A son of Mr…

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Machineman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 5

Robert Sharpe, 38, of Shala-mah-street, Cessnock, a machineman employed at Stanford Main. No. 2 colliery, received…

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Shiftman Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Colliery to-day, Harry Wanless, 47, of Cessnock-street, Aberdare, received a probable…

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Car Down Mountain Side Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 5

After colliding with a transport truck on the Toowoomba road at Minden Range, five miles from Marburg, a car containing three persons…

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Child Injured Thumb Caught In Bicycle. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 7

Beverley Jones, one year and nine months, of Roxburg-street, Stockton, had the thumb of her right, hand-severed to-day…

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1000 RUNS Hammond Is First Wyatt Injured London. June 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 8

W. R. Hammond (Gloucestershire), batting against Surrey, scored 83 not out and became the first batsman to complete his 1003…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 14

George Hutchison, 47. of Weston-street, Weston, was streek on the head by a piece of coal in Hebburn No. 2 colliery…

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Fettler Killed Run Down By Train Hilldale Accident Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

Harold Traise, of Wallsend, who was killed when he was run down by the train from Coff's Harbour yesterday afternoon, was a member of a…

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Accident to Jockey Elliott Thrown While Schooling Horse. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 6

Jockey W. Elliott, who is regarded as one of Victoria's leading hoops, suffered a fractured right leg to-day when he was thrown from Chatsbury…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 5

"I attach no blame to the railway officials: the men were trespassing, and had no right to try to cross the lines," said the Coroner (Mr. A. G…

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Nine Injured Collision at Aerodrome Planes on Fire Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 3

Two women pilots and two youths were injured when two planes collided while taxiing at Essendon Aerodrome on Sunday…

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Cyclist Killed Collision With Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

James Crumbley, 17, of Polding-street, Smithfield, was killed, and two other youths suffered broken limbs, during a road road race held near…

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Five Persons Killed Week-End Road Accidents Eight Were Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

A nurse and four men were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. Eight people were also injured when two collisions occurred between motor cars. Thrown out on to the roadway after their car had struck a…

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Women Pilots in Collision Two Planes Burned

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

Two Gipsy Moth planes, piloted by women, were destroyed by fire in a spectacular ground collision at Essendon Aerodrome at 10.30 a.m…

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Man Drowned : Fishing Boat Driven on to Reef Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

When the launch Atlantic (75 tons) was carried by heavy seas on to Flinders Reef, about eight miles north-went of Cape Moreton…

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Football Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

Ernest Cough. 22, of Ellalong-road, Cessnock, had his right eye lacerated, and suffered from shock while playing at No. 1 Sports Ground. On the same…

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