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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 76

Accident Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1939 · page 5

The condition of Eric Kirkwood, 23, of Mount Pleasant-st., who was injured in a collision between a motor-cycle and a car at Heddon Greta yesterday…

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Cyclist Killed Accident At Heddon Greta Bridge Car Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1939 · page 4

Thrown against the windscreen of a motor car with which his motor cycle collided on the Heddon Greta Bridge about 3.15 p.m…

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Fatality at Lambton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Veronica Joyce Gallagher, aged 14, of New Lambton, was killed instantly on Tuesday night last when she and her bicycle, it is alleged, had…

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Fatality on Heddon Greta Bridge. Motor-cyclist Killed in Collision. Pillion Rider's Miraculous Escape

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Heddon Greta overhead bridge was the scene of a tragic happening on Sunday afternoon, when a…

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Spine Injured Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 7

Frederick Jenkins, 34 of Hopetoun Street Kurri Kurri a haulage driver employed at Richmond Main Colliery received injuries to the spine while at…

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Man Drowned Heavy Shoe Last Tied To Foot SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 1

A man who is believed to be Walter Edwin Farley, 72, and who had been reported missing from his home at Redfern since July 16 was found…

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Caught by Pin Hooker-Oh Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 7

John Dean (46), of Throsby-street, Wickham, a hooker-on employed at the cranes was caught by the pin of [?] waggon while at work to-day…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

While tackling an opposing player in the Cessnock-Morpeth reserve grade Rugby League match at Cessnock Sports…

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Lost His Temper Bad Manners Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 6

They waited in hospital, nervous and greatly disturbed in conscience, wishing in vain that they could undo all that…

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Notlim Injured Top Class Greyhound

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1939 · page 7

Notlim was injured during a training run on the private track of the owner (Mr. L. S. Burns) and it is expected that he will not be able to race within…

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Killed in Air Collision Canberra Man a Victim. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1939 · page 1

Flying-officer Alexander Wilson Yates, of Canberra, and two others were killed when two air force planes collided and fell into fee sea at…

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Car Accidents

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 4

Peter Muscio, 32, a third year medical student and a son of Dr. Muscio, of Taree was killed instantly when a motor car overturned at a bend on the Pacific…

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Haulage Driver Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

Hayden Jenkins, 35, of Hope-toun-street, Kurri Kurri, a haul-age-driver, employed at Richmond Main colliery, received an…

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Miner Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

Frank Wells, 49, of 36 Northcote-street. Aberdare, a miner, employed at Aberdare Extended Colliery, suffered an incised wound to his right…

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Gave Life for Son Rescuer Drowned SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 8

When his young son was threatened with drowning, Charles Warwicker, 30, of Concord, Jumped in to rescue him, but was himself…

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Was Former Cessnock Identity's Son. Youth Drowned at Lake Illawarra

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

The youth Bell, who with another lad, was drowned recently in Lake Illawarra, was a son of Mr. Matt. Bell, who conducted a…

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Hit by Car Blacksmith Injured Sessions Case Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

John Henry Bernie, 33, labourer, wah charged in the Quarter Sessions this afternoon that on May 18, at Blacksmiths, near…

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Dead on Bed Wife and Son Injured BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 6

When screams from a house in Murray-street, Rockhampton, disturbed neighbours early in the morning, police were called…

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Four Men Killed Car Crashes Into Tram Girl Injured Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 6

When a car skidded on the wet road and collided with a tram at Ascot Vale last night, two men were killed and a woman was…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

While following his occupation of miner at Abermain No. 1 Colliery on Wednesday. John Duke, 43, of Tamworth-street…

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