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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 76

Jockey Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

When he fell from a horse which he was training at Newcastle race course this morning, Carl Galpin, 18, fractured his left collarbone and suffered…

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Taxi-cab Accidents Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 16

Accidents in which taxi-cabs are involved occur more frequently between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. than at any other period, according to evidence given…

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Youth for Trial Railway Gates Accident Negligence Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 2

James Robert Dwyer, 19, of Mayfield, was committed for trial at Scone Court on a charge of having negligently omitted to…

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Train in Collision Parkes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 7

Four carriages of a mixed train were damaged and a farm tractor partly broken when they collided on a level crossing near Parkes. Nobody…

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Fatally Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 11

Struck by a motor lorry when alighting from a tram at Enfiled, Alan Peter Bradley, a resident of that suburb, was fatally injured. Western…

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Injured Man Dies Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

Percy Morris, 51, blast furnace attendant of Keira-street, injured at the steelworks, Port. Kembla, on Tuesday night when a cable in the furnace…

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George Walter Injured. Skull Fractured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 5

When a stirrup iron broke, George Waller, 55, was thrown from a horse at Bellbird yesterday. He suffered a fracture of…

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The Wallrobba Fatality Death of Fettler Coroner's Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 5

In the Memorial Hall, Dungog, on Tuesday morning last, the Dungog District Coroner, Mr. J. T. Williams, continued the inquiry into the death…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 5

William Millington, 56, of Mount View-road, Cessnock, a machineman employed at Aberdare Extended colliery…

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Young Man Committed for Trial. Railway Gates Accident At Scone. Alleged Negligence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

James Robert Dwyer, 19, of May-field, was on Wednesday committed for trial on a charge of having negligently omitted to close railway gates, thereby…

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Prevention of Accidents Saving In Insurance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 5

It is comparatively few years ago that accidents in occupations were considered to be inevitable. Safeguards were few and even…

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Hotelkeeper's Fall in Bathroom Accidental Death Verdict

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The Newcastle District Coroner (Mr A. G. Chiplin) returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse…

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Driving Charge Sequel To Fatal Accident MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 8

The sequel to the fatal, accident which occurred on the Aberdeen Road, between Muswellbrook and Aberdeen, on the morning of December 18 last…

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Sequel to Motor Accident Failed to Report QUIRINDI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 8

Albert Andrew, of Kenipsey, who was the driver of a car which turned over at the Quipolly bridge on March 12, was charged by the police with…

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Saved From Drowning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 3

Going on to the verandah to call her three-year-old son. Mrs. Duncan, Venetia Avenue. Toronto, was horrified to see him floating unconscious…

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Struck Under Eye Electricity Worker, Injured SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 2

On inquiry this morning it was learned that the condition of Mr. Noel Partridge, of Singleton, who is a patient in Iluka Hospital, Newcastle…

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Victim of Simple Accident Funeral of Mr. H. M. Hawkins Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Mr. Herbert Middleton Hawkins, M.L.C., Minister for Labour and Industry…

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Wallarobba Railway Fatality Accidental Death of Ganger Coroner's Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 4

Following is the continuation of the evidence given at the inquiry conducted by the Dungog Coroner, Mr. J. T. Williams, on Tuesday last into…

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Scone Newspaper Proprietor Injured in Motor Smash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Mr. A. F. Smith, proprietor of the Scone "Advocate," was admitted to the Scott Memorial Hospital late yesterday afternoon suffering from bruises…

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Mine Fatality Five Men Trapped Only One Rescued Broken Hill

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Five men were trapped in South Mine yesterday afternoon by a fall of a great quantity of earth. After hours of desperate work one man…

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