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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 60

Five More Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

Five were injured in an I.R.A. bomb explosion to-day at Euston railway station, the Birmingham post office and the Manchester post office…

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(More Bomb Explosions in England Four Persons Injured at Euston Station

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

Further bomb explosions occurred in England yesterday, on the eve of the execution of two members of the Irish Republican…

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Woolshed Destroyed at Carcoar Manager Meets with Accident While Seeking Help

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

Mr Frederick Kelly, manager of the Carcoar property of Mr Eric Spooner, M.L.A., found the woolshed alight on Monday. He was riding…

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Man Drowned at Fort Kembla Wollongong

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 8

Mervyu O’Deil 23,: of Spoonerville, near Port Kembla, was drowned in the Port Kembla baths. Friends sav, him dive in and swim about 25 yards…

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Arm in Belt Colliery Fitter Injured NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 1

Robert Brydon 30 a fitter employed at the Lambton B colliery, met with a painful accident to-day when his arm became entangled in a machine belt…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 8

When he collided with another boy at St. Joseph's Catholic School, Kurri Kurri, on Wednesday. Denis Saxton, 10, son…

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Shooting Fatality. Aberdeen Resident Dead

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 3

Shortly before mid-day on Tuesday, Samuel Francis Everest, well-known and lifelong resident of Aberdeen, shot himself dead in front of his…

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Kurri Carrier Injured. Petrol Ignites

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

When a motor truck on which he was working last night ignited S. Casey, a Kurri Kurri carrier, received burns to the…

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Fall of Coal Miner Injured At Aberdare Central CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

G. Packer. 59, of Rawson-street. Aberdare miner, employed at the Aberdare Central colliery received lacerated wounds to the scalp and…

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Accidental Death Verdict

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 2

At the inquest held at Newcastle into the circumstances surrounding the death of Arthur Alfred Howe ("Peter") Christy…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

Jack O'Byrne, 42, of Alexan-der-street, Cessnock, was struck by a motor-cycle in South Cessnock on Wednesday night. He…

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Peculiar Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 3

Mr. Charics McGill, of Belong, met with a peculiar accident, as a result of which he was admitted to a private hospital at Nowra, says, the Berry…

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Lives Blighted Children Robbed of Parents Road Accidents ([?] by the Road [?] of New South Wales)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

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Hebburn Accident Weston

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

Harry Arthur Hardy 34, of Swan-son-street, Weston, received abrasion to the leg and back when he was struck by a fell of coat at Hebburn…

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Boys Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1940 · page 4

John Gorton, 9, of Cessnock, fell from a tank and fractured his wrist John Nichol, 12, of Cessnock, received injuries to his head when the…

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Shooting Fatality Dubbo

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1940 · page 8

William Mervyn Robinson, 16, who was accidentally wounded while on a shooting expedition, died in hospital 24 hours after he had been…

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Road Smash Four Injured At Nemingha Car and Truck Tamworth

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1940 · page 8

When a car and motor lorry collided head on on the New England Highway at Nemingha early last evening, four men were…

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Soldier Killed Motor Truck Crashes Into Pole Another Injured Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1940 · page 1

Quartermaster Sergeant George Ayre Arthur of the 21st Light Horse was killed to-day when a motor truck crashed into a pole at Flemington…

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Cyclist Injured Collision With Horse

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 5

While riding a motor cycle on the main northern road near Lochinvar early on Sunday morning, Ivan Marshall, of The Junction, Newcastle,…

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Cars in Collision Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 6

Reginald Christie, of The Junction, a passenger, received an injury to the left eye and shock, when two cars collided at Newcastle. Harold…

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