Coroner Probes Death of Motor Cyclist Crashed Into Car Accident At The Junction Inquiry Verdict Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 7
On the morning of November 1 John David Fallins (17), of Tighes Hill, riding a motor cycle out of Kemp Street to Union Street Junction, collided with a motor car driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£1800 DAMAGES Loss of Husband In Accident SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 4
Beatrice May Kennedy, executrix of the estate of Bernard John Thomas Kennedy, acting train examiner, late of Junee, in the Causes Court, Sydney…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 2
Whilst enjoying a motor spin along Brookfield road on Sunday afternoon, a Dungog party had a miraculous escape from serious injuries. Mr. Cliff…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 2
Skidding off the "runners" on a bridge near the Allworth turn-off, nine miles south of Stroud, on Sunday afternoon, a large sedan car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents to Aldermen No Compensation by Councils Allowed
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 4
Expenses incurred by an alderman as a result of an accident while engaged on Council business may not be reimbursed to him by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Township Destroyed by Fire 800 Dead or Injured. (Australian Press. Assn. Message.) CARACAS (Venezuela)
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 November 1939 · page 1
It is reported t[?] 800 are dead or injured as the result of a fire which destroyed the township of Lagunillas, in the Lake Maracibo oilfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident Victims Inmates of Brentwood Hospital MUSWELLBROOK
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 November 1939 · page 8
The condition of the victims of the accident on the Denman-road on Sunday night, Mrs. C. Frielander, and Mr. F. Krummell, who are in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell From Horse Schoolgirl Injured
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 4
When she fell off a horse while riding to school this morning, Marie Kauter, of Lochinvar, suffered contussions to the forehead, a lacerated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Man Dies Stroud
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 10
A. E. Andrews, 21, who suffered a fractured skull when he was struck by a falling tree while hauling logs near Stroud, died in Newcastle Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nine Men Drowned When Steamer Blows Up. London, Nov. 15
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 1
Nine men, including the skipper, were drowned when the steamer, Woodtown, was blown up by an explosion and sank within a minute, leaving only a black column of smoke. Thirteen were aboard, and the survivors were picked up by a coastal…
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Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 3
Innumerable instances can be quoted of people, ordinarily good sports and well mannered who become discourteous and reckless when on the roads. They drive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Fatality Young Boy Killed in Motor Accident
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 5
At about 5.15 on Tuesday morning, on the highway south of Gloucester, opposite the home of Mr. W. Webeck, Geoffrey, the 11-years-old son…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelton Miner Injured
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 5
Alfred Davis, 45, of Mathieson-street, Bellbird, a miner employed at Pelton colliery, slipped and fell on a rail in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality in Bush Struck by Falling Sapling
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 5
Ernest Andrews, aged 20, of The Branch, via Booral, was fatally injured on Tuesday morning while engaged at his work in the bush near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over Balcony Girl Injured At Muswellbrook FELL 25 Feet Muswellbrook
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 1
Falling off the balcony, where she was sleeping, to the ground, 25 feet below, Gwen Smith, aged nine years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Smith£…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Charge Fails. Alleged Negligent Driving. Aberdeen Road Accident
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 1
Edwin John Lewis, painter's assistance, pleaded not guilty at the police court yesterday to a charge of having driven a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists' Corner Crop of Road Accidents OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. NOTES
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 8
The first fine week-end of the season ushered itself in with a crop of road accidents involving two deaths and hospital accommodation for twenty-two. Now seems to be as good a time as any to offer a reminder anent road caution…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 5
Whilst engaged on the construction of the Reidsdale bridge, George Neill, of Karuah, was involved in a very painful accident involving the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclist in Collision Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1939 · page 2
Morris Andrews, 18, of Mayfield, was riding a bicycle across the intersection, of Beaumont-street, and Maitland-road, last night, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUIRINDI Alleged Negligent Driving Accident Sequel Quirindi
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1939 · page 10
Arising out of a motor accident on the Quirindi-Werris Creek road on April 7 last, Athol J. Frith, of Murrurundi, pleaded not guilty at…
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