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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 76

Two Injured Lorry Flywheel Broke SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 7

Albert Chalmers, 16, and Allan Wilson, 25, were seriously injured to-day when the flywheel of a motor lorry flew to pieces at Enmore…

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Foot Fractured Injured on Old Building NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 7

Thomas Robert, 49, of Gavey-street, Mayfield, was injured this afternoon while at work demolishing a building in Dowling-strcet, Carrington…

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Car Wrecked Burst Into Flames Four Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 7

Four persons, a man and three children, were injured when a double-decker 'bus and car collided at Waverley this morning…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 3

Ralph Millett. 37. received a probable fracture of the skull when he fell from a scaffolding at his home at Eighth-street…

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Air Accident Pilot and Cadet Hurt MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 3

The Air Board announced that a training type aircraft was involved in an accident near Ballarat. Pilot-Officer E. E. V. Dillon and Air…

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Police Court Sequel to Cycle Accident DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 8

Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., at the Dungog Police Court, Clarence William Hull, of Dungog, was fined 4/6, with 5/6 costs, in default one day's…

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Injured in Mine Bulli

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 10

R. Clough, 22, of Thirrout, suffered abrasions to the back and a probable fracture of the right ankle in a fall of stone at Excelsior Colliery. He was…

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Three Injured Motor Cycles Crash Moss Vale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 9

Two motor cycles were involved in an accident on the Berriman road and throe passengers were injured. When one machine left the road…

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Shot Dead Son Finds Father's Body In Garden Dungog Fatality Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 8

With a bullet wound in the centre of the forehead, the body of Samuel George Burgess, about 62, of Windeyer-street. Dungog…

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Trapped in Blazing Car Young Couple Badly Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 7

Miss Maxine Fontaine, 21, and Matthew Ryan, 21, were trapped in a blazing car after it had capsised at North Narrabeen early this morning…

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Cyclist Injured Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 7

Les Tighe, age about 28, of Pitt-street Singleton, was injured this afternoon when a motor cycle he was riding and a car driven by Miss T…

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Man Found Dead Bullet Wound in Forehead Dungog Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 2

With a bullet wound in the forehead, Samuel George Burges, aged about 62, was found dead in his vegetable garden at the rear of his…

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Young Singleton Man Killed Fatal Injuries in Street Corner Collision

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

Mr Leslie Tighe, a married man, aged 28, of 17 Pitt Street, died in the Dangar Cottage Hospital late this afternoon as the result…

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Fell on Stake Young Man Injured at Berrico

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

William, the second eldest son of the Gloucester Shire engineer, Mr. L. W. Turner and Mrs. Turner, who lives in Sydney, was seriously…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

When the bicycle he was riding collided with a motor car last night, Mervyn Stanley 17, of Neath, was admitted to the…

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Accidents in Victoria Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 12

There were less traffic accidents in Victoria in the fivst half of this year than in the first half of 1938. There were 220 people killed and 3830…

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News of the Day Cycling Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

WHEN his bicycle collided with a motor car, Mervyn Stanley, 17, of Neath, received injuries to the head and back. He wns admitted to the…

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Local and General. Accident at Bullahdelah

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 2

It is reported that Bernard Carroll, 53, of Allworth, was knocked down by a horse at Builahdelah and received a fractured pelvis, fractured…

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Girl Injured Involved in Collision NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 7

Desolie Dodds, 8, of Railway-street, Dudley, suffered concussion and contusions to the left eye, cheek, and shock when the motor car in which…

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Boy Injured Avoiding Snake Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 9

Raymond Towmey, 14, or Moonbi, was walking through some under-growth when he nearly trod on n black snake. He jumped aside and…

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