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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,505 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 76

Militiamen Struck by Car One Killed, Another Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 2

A militiaman was killed and another injured seriously when they were struck by a car outside Kelvin Grove (Q) Drill Hall on Monday…

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Picnic Excursion Ends in Collision Train Crashes Into Rear of Another

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 2

Fifteen people were taken to hospital, following a collison between two crowded picnic trains at Maitland road crossing, near Hexham, at 6.45…

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Diver's Air Pipe Jammed Narrow Escape in Ferry Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 3

A diver narrowly escaped suffocation when the ferry steamer, South Steyne, crashed through the promenade of the harbour pool at Manly on…

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Mine Fatality Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1939 · page 11

Robert Albert Lokan, 21, mining student, of Sydney University, was killed at Mt. Isa when about two tons of earth fell on him in the Black Sta[?]…

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Seven Killed and 60 Injured. London

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 1

The casualties at the Munich beer hall explosion now total seven killed and 60 injured, including 29 seriously…

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Beer Hall Exposion. 7 DEAD; 63 Injured. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 2

The casualties in the Munich Beer Hall explosion are now stated to be seven killed and 63 injured, including 29 seriously…

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Explosion Follows Hitler's Speech Six Dead; Fuhrer Escapes Sixty Injured Nazis Blame Foreign Agents London, November 8

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 1

Herr Hitler, in a broadcast from Munich to-night, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, spoke in a fatigued…

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Excessive Drinking Cause of Accidents Hospital Official's Opinion Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 10

The Medical Superintendent of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dr. John William McNamara, giving evidence before the Parliamentary…

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Minor Accident Cases Dungog Ambulance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 2

During the week two accident cases have been treated by Dungog Ambulance. On Wednesday, Barry Hannan, of…

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Car Collision Mother and Son Injured HEXHAM

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 2

In a collision between two motor cars outside their home at Maitland-road, Hexham, about 9.45 o'clock last night, Mrs. May Stanbridge, 24, and her…

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Killed in Collision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 12

Hugh Shirley, 32, of Stanmore, was fatally injured when a motor-car he was driving collided with a motortruck near Helensburgh. Two male…

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Cyclist Killed Collision With Car At Lambton NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 3

When he collided with n motor car at Lambton last night, Charles George Ridley Curtis, 15, of Fifth-street, Lambton, was fatally injured…

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Suspended on Nail Child's Painful Accident NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 1

Gloria Wilton, 6, of Cook's Hill, had to remain for some time to-day suspended from a box by a large nill, which had run into her right thigh…

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Youth Drowned Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 7

James Currie, 16, of Booran-road. Glenhuntly, was drowned in the River Yarra, near Warrandyte, on Sunday afternoon in view of several people…

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Child Injured Splinter in Hand DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 8

"When he fell while playing on a verandah at his home late yesterday afternoon Barry White, 3, of Hilldale, was painfully injured, a large splinter…

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Struck Kerb Utility Truck Accident TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 4

Three occupants of a utility truce were injured when the lights fused and the vehicle struck the kerbing a wheel being wrenched off…

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Dead on Reserve Victim of Shooting Accident TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 8

The body of Mr. Thomas Hartley, 63, of West Tamworth, who had been on a shooting expedition, was found on a reserve at Warral, six miles from…

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Leg Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 8

Alex Cook, 34, of Bellbird, a miner employed at Pelton colliery, had his left leg Injured in a fall of coal. He was attended by the Cessnock…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 3

Struck by a motor-car at Weston on Sunday afternoon, Arthur Allsopp, 62, of Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, received a…

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Car Accident on Denman Road. Muswellbrook Party

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 5

When Mr. F. Krummel, manager of the Muswellbrook gasworks, Mrs C. Freelander, and Miss Marjorie McKenzie were returning to…

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