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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Two Young Men Killed Accidents at Windsor Windsor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 5

Fatal accidents took the lives of two young men in the Windsor district yesterday. Athol Haldane Miller, 20, who lived…

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Injured Toes Top Class Performers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 9

Mr. A. Jurd, trainer of the champion performer, Barcoo, has had bad luck with that dog. Recently, while running a trial in great style, he broke his toe…

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Schoolboy Fatally Injured Run Over by a Bus. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 2

A schoolboy, Keith Jones, aged 12, was knocked over and fatally injured by a bus at Rose Bay this morning…

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Bomber Crashes-Petrol Tanks Explode Two Dying, Others Badly Injured (Australian Press Assn. Message.) ALEXANDRIA

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 1

A Royal Air Force bomber, laden with 1100 gallons of petrol, en route for Iraq, crashed and caught fire. The eight occupants…

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Fine of £4/10/- Failed to Stop After Accident Lochinvar Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 7

A fine of £2, with £2/10/ costs, was imposed on James Gray McLeod, c/o John-st., Singleton, by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the…

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Dogs to Find Injured Woy Wov

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 11

Training of dogs to find men injured in the bush was urged by Mr. Francis Birties, Australian explorer and writer. He said such dogs would be valuable…

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Decrease in Accident Rate in N.s.w

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 8

Streets and highways, cities and towns and rural areas are now under the microscope as the stocktaking of road accidents for the year is being taken by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales…

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Married Woman Gets £400 Damages Ankle Broken Sequel to Motor Accident at Charlestown Foot in Bad State Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 7

"There is absolutely no defence whatever in this case, and there will be no safety for users of the road if people are allowed to behave as defendant did," said Judge Nield in the…

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Boy Injured Old Shed Collapsed NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 3

When an old sited on vacant land near, the City Hall collapsed yesterday afternoon, Leslie Dunnett, 8, of Cook's Hill, was injured…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 7

Reginald Leighton, 26, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, a wheeler employed at Cessnock No. 2 colliery, was lifting a skip on…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 4

On Wednesday, August 2, while in his launch on the Myall Lake, Mr. Alf Korsman was caught in the engine. His coat sleeve gave way,…

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Killed by Train Snowstorm Fatality BLACKHEATH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 9

The snowstorm at Blackheath is blamed for the death of Peirce Skeen, 64, single, who was found dead near the local railway station…

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Motor Fatality Feloniously Slaying Charge GRAFTOX

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 4

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, J.P., Cuthbert Michael Bariner, 33, was charged with having feloniously…

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Hit by Lorry Mr. A. Adam Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 7

Mr. Arthur Adam, of Goulburn, and a former resident of West Maitland, was struck by a motor lorry in Goulburn to-day. His skull was fractured…

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Dr. Nimmo How He Was Injured Atom Expert London, July 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 7

Dr. R. R. Nimmo, the 36-years-old New Zealand scientist who was injured this week at Birmingham, hopes to resume his…

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Social Life in Sydney Farewell to the Drab, Cold Winter—Fashions Herald in the Spring—A Delightful Visitor—Lunching at Prince's—A Magnificent Donation—A Gift to Lewisham Hospital—Naming the New Baby—Skiing at Kosciusko—Illness and Accidents—An Engagement of Great Interest—Paris Popular Meeting Place—A Tiresome Attack of Mumps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 3

THE winter has been so long and cold that it has been delightful to find the early days of August just now showing in the…

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No Fatal Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1939 · page 8

Proud of its record of no fatal accidents during the past two years, the Clarksburg, Wyoming (U.S.A.)…

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Tourist Coach Fatality CAIRNS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 5

When a tourist coach overturned near Gordon Vale to-day two persons were killed and eight injured…

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Car Overturned Orange Resident Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 2

A car overturned at the turn of the road approaching Gowrie Railway crossing gates on Friday night. Mr. Percil, of Orange, who had…

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Baby Drowned In Shallow Dish GRAFTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 2

Evelyn, the 7-months-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. W. Anderson, of Coff's Harbour Jetty, rolled off abed into a dish containing half an inch of water…

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