17th ACCIDENT The Story of Charles Now in Hospital Lithgow
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 12
Although only 35 years of age, Charles Callagnan has had more than his share of misfortune( in-.volving lengthy periods in hospitals. He has undergone 18 operations, and is now in hospital recovering from his 17th accident…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Black-out Accidents London. Dec. 12
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 1
It was officially announced that in November 926 people were killed in road accidents, of which 674 occurred during black-outs, compared with 909…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News Accident at Sawmills
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 2
Mr Les. Bruderlin, a married man, residing in Park Street, and an employee at Messrs Gould Bros, and Co.'s Pty. Ltd. sawmills, met with an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1500 DAMAGES Injured in Motor Collision
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 8
Margaret Helena Fortune, of Marrickville, by her next friend, John Vivian Fortune, sued Wilfred Thomas Andrews and Harold Evans, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hand Injured Cessnock
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 7
When his hand became caught by a coupling at work to-day, Jack Drummond, 33, of Keavsley, a sidler, employed at Aberdare Colliery, received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lecturer Hurt Merewether Collision NEWCASTLE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 1
Francis [?] a [?] employed by the Department of Education, received head wounds, abrasions and shock when his motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cars Collide Two Men Injured
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 6
Two men were injured when motor cars collided at the corner of Olive and Elgin-sts., West Maitland, late yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyer Sunk In Collision LONDON, December 14
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 2
The Admiralty announces the loss of the destroyer Duchess in a collision with another British warship, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →550 Drowned in Steamer Disaster TOKIO, Dec. 14
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 2
According to the latest report 550 persons were drowned in the Indigirka disaster and 402 were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck by Hoe Labourer Injured NEWCASTLE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 1
A mechanical hoe fell into a sewer trench at Georgetown to-day and struck Noel McFadyen (39), a labourer, of Raymond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck Pole Woman Injured In Car Smash FORSTER
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 5
As a sequel to a car accident Mrs. L. V. Simpson, wife of tho proprietor of the Forster Lakes and Ocean Hotel, is under medical care with three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-cyclist Awarded £300 Claim for Damages in District Court. Collision with Car
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 4
In the Maitland District Court the week James Patrick Brotherton, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, claimed £400 from Edward Victor, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 4
Two accidents occurred at mines in the Kurri Kurri district on Wednesday. J. Donovan, 46, miner, of Broadmeadow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned Dunedoo
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1939 · page 5
Florence Marian Murray, aged five, of Merrygoen, was drowned in a dam near her home. With her sister, aged 11, and two younger brothers, she was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorries Collide Road Worker Injured SINGLETON
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1939 · page 1
Eric Clifford, aged 25, of Scone, was admitted to Dangar Cottage Hospital, Singleton, suffering from injuries received in a motor accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Drowned in Olympic Pool
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 8
Albert Harrison, 11, of Parramatta, was drowned in the Olympic swimming pool at Granville on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Head Injured Fall Of Coal At Aberdare Extended CESSNOCK
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 7
Henry Ball, of Sheddon-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, received injuries to the head when ho was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl's Death In Blazing Motor Car Human Torch Head-On Collision With Tram Story at Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 7
A nine-years-old child, Helen Olive James was burnt to death when a motor car which her father was driving collided head on with a tram car, and burst into flames in Howe-street Lambton on the night of November 17…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accidents
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 5
Henry Ball, miner, residing at Shedden-street, Cessnock, received a lacerated wound and abrasions to the head when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COMPENSATION Workers Injured In Bombardment SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1939 · page 7
The annual report of the Conciliation and Information Bureau of the Workers' Compensation Commission expresses the opinion that a worker…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →