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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Denman News Cyclist Injured. Found on Roadside

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

Donald Foote (18), son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Foote, of Randwick Park, Denman, was admitted to Arcadia Private Hospital in a critical…

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Ear Severed Injured in Car Smash GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

Athol George Love (50) sustained serious injuries on the Pacific Highway, near Tuggerah, to-day when a car, driven by his brother, ran off the…

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Boy Drowned In Private Swimming Pool SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 7

Dermot O'Brien, aged three, was drowned in a private swimming pool at Pymble whiln his two brothers and sisters and other children were…

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Fall of Stone Accident At Aberdare Extended CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 7

Thomas Evans 58 miner of Allandale-road, Cessnock was injured at Aberdare Extended Collery to-day. A fall of stone knocked out the…

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Road Accident Toll More Traffic Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 1

In an effort to reduce the road accident toll, it is understood that more police for traffic duties will be enlisted…

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Pilot Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 9

John She[?]win, 27, single, was seriously injured when a Royal Victorian Aero Club Tiger Moth, which he was piloting, crashed on to a paddock…

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Stroud Hill Accident Cars in Collision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

A car narrowly escaped toppling over an embankment on the Stroud-Dungog road this Thursday morning after it had collided with another…

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Spine Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

John Browning, 39, of Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, who was admitted to Kuiri Kurri Hospital on Wednesday suffering from bruising of his back…

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Miner's Spine Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

John Browning, 39, of Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, who was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital on Wednesday…

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Four Damaged Motors in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Four motor, vehicles were slightly damaged in a collision in Highest., West Maitland, this morning. A motor lorry owned by Messrs. Keech Bros,,…

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Boy Drowned in Tank Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

Patrick Bowdon, 11. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bowden, of Kingoonya, was drowned while he was swimming in a tank used by the Commonwealth…

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Two Swimmers Injured Neck Broken in Dive

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Two junior swimmers received serious injuries in accidents on Wednesday. Beryl Cheetham, of Ryde, dived…

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Explosion in Street Manhole Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

Roger Flynn, 54, foreman jointer, of Hurstville, and Samuel Bennett, 47, cable jointer, of North Sydney, escaped death yesterday, when an…

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Explosion at Cooranbong Factory One Dead, Five Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

The Sanitorium Health Food Company's factory at Cooranbong was the scene of a terrific explosion last night. One man was killed and five others…

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Machine Fell Two Men Killed Others Injured Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

When a mechanical air separator, weighing three tons 15cwt, the first of its kind to be introduced into Australia, crashed 42 feet to…

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Tram Smash At Level Crossing Fifteen Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

When a Birchgrove bound tram crashed into the side of an empty goods truck at White Bay last night, passengers were thrown…

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15 Injured in Level Crossing Crash Tram and Goods Trucks

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

The driver and 14 passengers suffered minor injuries when a Birchgrove-bound tram crashed into the side of empty goods trucks, which…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

Struck by a falling prop at Stanford Stain No. 2 Colliery to-day, Edward Anderson, 46, miner, of Edith Street, Cessnock, received lacerations to the…

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Ear Torn Off Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

A. Lynch (46), of Dudley, employed at Bloomfield Main colliery, Louth Park, West Maitland, was seriously injured while at work this morning…

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Show Accidents Judge's Important Ruling. Society Not Liable

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

A judgment of considerable interest to agricultural societies throughout Australia was delivered by Acting Judge-Fuller in the District Court…

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