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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 76

Muswellbrook Resident. Injured in Motor Collision."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 3

J. Pettigrew, of Muswellbrook, met with an accident four miles from Cessnock on the Branxton road on Monday morning last. He was riding…

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Richmond Main Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 5

Harold Bagnall, 41, of stanford street, Kurri Kurri, was injured by a skip in Richmond Main colliery yesterday. He was admitted to the…

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Cyclist Killed Collision With Car the Inquest Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 7

The Singleton district coroner (Mr. A. Morrison) this afternoon conducted an inquest into the death of Leslie Tighe, who died on September 15…

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Fall From Balcony. Woman Injured. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Marion Meadmore (48) of Randwick, was admitted to hospital this morning suffering with a broken thigh and head injuries and an incised…

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Electricity Accidents Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 6

Lithgow District Ambulance committee has distributed 20 calico signs illustrating measure to be adopted in cases of electric shock and apparent…

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Training in First Aid Accident Shows Its Value

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 1

The value of ambulance training was exemplified on Sunday night last when Mr. A. Baildon, an honorary bearer of the…

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Mobile Traffic Patrols Reducing Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 8

The value of mobile police traffic patrols in reducing road accidents is shown in a recently issued official report covering 12 months' operation of…

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Girl of Seven Drowned While Bathing NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 6

Gloria Livermore, 7, of King Street, Newcastle, was drowned in Newcastle Baths yesterday afternoon. She and her sister Joyce and other…

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Cars Collide Four Persons Injured NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 4

When the car in which they were riding and another came into collision on Sunday . afternoon four persons were injured. They were:—…

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Struck by Car Horseman Injured URALLA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 6

Noel McMillan, of Big Ridge, Uralla, who was riding a saddle horse to a wool class, was struck by a motor car Rider and horse were knocked out…

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Two Injured Gar and Push Bicycle Collide NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 2

When a car and a push bicycle collided at Hamilton Clem Weere, 18, an engineer, of Cooranbong, who was passenger in the car, received…

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Fall of Stone Miner Injured At Richmond Main Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 5

John Smith, 48, of Stanford-street, Pelaw Main, a miner, employed at the Richmond Main Colliery, received injuries to the head and left shoulder…

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Struck by Car Door Handle in Man's Head Hexham Accident Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 4

With portion of the door handle of a motor car protruding from the base of his skull, Ernest Waterman, 23. of Shamrock-street, Hexham, was…

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Over Bank Truck Accident Near Somerton GUNNEDAH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 7

A motor truck that was being towed by another motor vehicle ran over an embankment on the Gunnedah-road near Somerton, when the…

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Youths Injured. Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 8

Roy Elbourne, 20, of Rosedale, Eugowra, suffered a double fracture of the right leg, a fracture of the left thigh, and general abrasions and…

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Car Overturns Woman Severely Injured GOULBURN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 8

Mrs. C. Whitworth, of Grosvenor-street, Lindfield, was taken to Crookwell Hospital suffering from injuries to the head and ribs, which she…

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Accidents

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

John Dryden, 12, of Aberdare Road, Aberdare, trod on a bro­ken bottle on Sunday, and his right foot was severely cut…

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Car Accident Sequel at Maitland Court Nurses' Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 7

A plea of not guilty was entered by Henry James Minto, of Pokolbin street, Kearsley, at the West Maitland Police Court to-day…

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Nine Injured Triple Collision At Yanderra BOWRAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 5

When, three cars collided at Yanderra a Goulburn woman, her three daughters, one son and four other persons were injured…

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Two Accidents At Cessnock Collieries CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 7

There were two mine accidents en the Cessnock field to-day. When he was struck on the head by a plank which fell from a scaffold…

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