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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Fatal Collision Man and Youth Killed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

A man and a youth were killed and another youth seriously injured when two mote cycles co[?]ded on the Prince's Highway…

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Wanton Driving Garage Attendant Nurse Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 1

When the trial of John Albert Larsson, 19, a garage attendant, Ton a charge of wanton driving, continued at the Quarter Sessions…

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Greaser's Hand Severed. Painful Accident at Abermain No. 1

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 5

George Wylie, 55, greaser, of Tamworth-street, Abermain, met with a painful accident while at work in No. 3 section…

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Died After Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 6

James L. Verdon, 19, of Port Kembla, injured in a motor cycle accident outside the gates of Waterfall Sanatorium yesterday, died late last night…

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Injured at Colliery Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 1

While he was working at the Burwood colliery this morning, Jack Warburton, 27, of Whitebridge, received a lacerated wound to the right thumb…

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Lorry Smash Near Bathurst One Killed and Five Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 2

George Jones, 43, married, of Kelso was killed and five persons were injured when a motor-lorry overturned 16 miles from Bathurst yesterday, on…

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Road Accidents Meeting the Unexpected Traffic View (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 9

What causes a road accident? This question was put to world traffic authorities recently, and the final answer was, meeting the…

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Cyclist Killed Collision With Motor Car LEETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 5

James Hamilton, 40, died in the district hospital from injuries suffered in a collision with a car on the Narrandera-Leeton road…

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Injured at Work Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 7

While he was working at the B.H.P. Steelworks this morning, John Lock, 37, of 2 Henry-street, Tighe's Hill, received a compound fracture of the…

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The Unexpected Cause of Road Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 2

What causes a road accident? This question was put to world traffic authorities recently and the final answer was, meeting the unexpected…

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An Extraoridinary Accident. Suction Causes Death of Fettler

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 1

Two men who were in escape hole in a tunnel of the City Railway were sucked from escape holes by air currents created by…

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The Unexpected Cause of Road Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

What causes a road accident? This question was put to world traffic authorities recently and the final answer was, meeting the unexpected…

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Loss of Blood Fatal Injured While Trapping BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 2

Following gunshot wounds received when he discharged a shotgun in a dingo trap, Joseph Martin, 32, a pastoralist, died from loss of blood…

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Singleton District Rail Fatality Death of Mr. John Holt Coroner's Finding Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 2

Death is the one inevitable thing that happens to man but in spite of its inevitability it often comes most suddenly and…

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Death From Injuries in Collision

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 2

Aubrey Charles Gray, 29, of Naremburn, died at the Royal North Shore Hospital from injuries received in a collision between two cars at…

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Car Hits Group at Accident Two Killed, One Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 1

Crashing into a crowd which had gathered at the scene of an accident near Carnegie (Vic.), a car killed one man and fatally injured a police…

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Pensioner Fatally Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 2

William G. Barnett, 72, pensioner, died in Manly Hospital last night from injuries received when lie walked Into the side of a moving tram at…

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Collision Victim Death in Hospital SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 5

Aubrey Charles Gray, 29. of Naremburn, died at the Royal North Shore Hospital from injuries received in a collision between two cars…

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Boy Injured Fell at School NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 7

John Poyner, aged 14, of 10 Errington Avenue, New Lambton, received a large lacerated wound to the left knee this afternoon when he fell over at the…

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