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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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

Operation on Ship's Table Injured Seaman DARWIN

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 6

After a 150-mile dash in the patrol boat Kuru into the open sea, to treat an injured seaman on hoard a passing freighter, the Chief Medical…

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Two Injured Car Smash At Hexham NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 5

A man and his wife were injured when the motor car in which they were passengers left the Maitland-road, Hexham, and collided with a…

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Two Dead and Six Injured in Road Crash Woman Pinned to Ground

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 2

Miss Iris Winter and Mr Frederick King were killed and six others were injured, more or less seriously, when they were…

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42,000 Killed and Injured at Erzindjan. Many Frozen To Death in Open. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) ANKARA

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 1

It is officially estimated that 42,000 were killed and injured in the earthquake at Erzindjan alone. The earthquake partly or…

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Road Accidents Newcastle Increase Coroner's Returns Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 5

Returns released by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) to-day show that rail and road fatalities during the year now ending were…

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Back Broken Boy Loses Right Ear Cycle Accident Stanwell Park

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 2

When the front wheel of his cycle came off while descending Bald Hill Arthur Lenham, 18, of Coledale, [?] an ear torn off and his spine…

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Show Pony Injured and Destroyed Great Record

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 4

Dolly, the great show pony of Mr. Charles Guy, of West Maitland, had to be destroyed yesterday afternoon. Some weeks…

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