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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 76

Fall of Coal Machineman Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 7

Danny Dixon, 54, nf Northcote-street, Aberdare, a machineman at Aberdare colliery, received lacerations to the scalp, abrasions to the left arm, and…

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Feet Crushed Accidents at Mines Kurri Kukri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 7

Raymond Scott, 16, of Scott-street, Weston, a shunter, employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, had his foot crushed when caught between two…

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Motorist Charged Sequel to Fatality. Quirindi Hearing. Quirindi

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 6

Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., at Quirindi Police Court yesterday, Major P. P. Macintyre was charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Colliery yesterday, Daniel Dixon, 54 a machineman; of Northcotestreet; Aberdare, received a lacerated…

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Wheeler Injured Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 2

Trampled by his horse in the Mount Kelra mine, John Graham, 20, wheeler, of Keiraville, suffered probable fractures of the ribs and internal…

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Pedal Cyclists Piling Up Accidents Reckless Acts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 4

Pedal cyclists have started to pile up accidents again this year. The statistics since June show that the Increase in accidents for…

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Fatally Injured Kyogle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 4

Alan Breckenbridge, 11, an aborigine, was fatally injured when he attempted to jump on to a moving lorry near the Aborigines' Home, at South…

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Two Injured Motor Car Crashes Over Embankment GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 3

Two persons were injured in an unusual motor accident on the Pacific Highway, about a mile south of Gosford last night…

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Tragedy in Brisbane. Woman Found Shockingly Injured. Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

While a policeman was on his beat duty at Woolloongabba early this morning a man accosted him and said he had killed a woman…

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Struck a Pole Three Injured In Car Smash SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 1

When a small car struck a pole in North Sydney to-day Miss Gladys Pettiford, 31, and her brother, John Pettiford, were thrown to the road…

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Three Killed Week-End Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 8

John Anderson, GO, of Heathcote-street, Coledale, died from head injuries received on Saturday at Thirroul. He was found lying on the overhead railway…

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Accident at Mine Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 4

Two miners, G. Foreman and A. Stanford, were injured by a fall of coal at the Black Jack coal mine. Foreman suffered severe lacerations…

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Car Somersaults Newcastle Woman Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 2

A Newcastle woman was injured on Sunday evening when the car in which she was a passenger got out of control and somersaulted twice on…

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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

The premature explosion yesterday of a detonator in a quarry in which he was work­ing caused William John, 50…

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Militiaman's Death. Accidental, Says Coroner. Maitland Inquest. Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 2

The Maitland District Coroner at the inquest this afternoon into the death of Captain L. R. Benjamin, of Pymble, who was electrocuted at Rutherford military…

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Ex-muswellbrook Teacher. Killed in Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 5

Miss Gladys Pettiford (31) died on the way to hospital following a motor accident at Neutral Bay yesterday. Miss Pettiford was a…

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Struck by Car Sequel To Motor Accident Nurse's Claim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 7

The part-heard case in which Henry James Minto, of Kearsley, was charged with not driving as close to the left us practicable in…

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Militiaman's Death Accidental, Says Coroner Maitland Inquest

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 1

The Maitland District Coroner, at the inquest on Monday afternoon into the death of Captain L. R. Benjamin, of Pymble, who was electrocuted at…

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Hand Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 2

James Dean, of Cessnock, a wheeler at Aberdare Central colliery, had his right hand caught between two skips and lacerated. He was attended by…

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Fitter Injured Accident at Abermain No. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 9

William Wilson, a fitter, at Abermain No. 1 colliery, had the sinews of his right leg strained while assisting to place a cog wheel in position…

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