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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 60

Fell from Bicycle Kurri Man Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 1

When he fell from a bicycle at Kurri Kurri on Friday, Robert Hislop, 21, of Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, sustained…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

Ronald Elborn, of Ferguson street, Cessnock, was thrown from a horse at Cessnock Show on Saturday and dislocated his…

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Bicycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

J. Shaw, 11, and Pat [?] Speers’ Paint, received [?] the face and arms, and Shaw [?] a contusion to the right eye is [?]…

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Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 7

When Leslie Brown, aged 14, of 207 Newcastle-road, East Maitland, was knocked down by a car white he was [?]ding a bicycle along Newcastle…

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Driver Charged Sequel to Collision Case Adjourned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 6

After hearing evidence for the prosecution at West Maitland Court yesterday in the case in which Arthur Edmonton…

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Head and Back Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 7

Mr. Jack Thompson, 34, of Bishop’s Bridge, suffered injuries to the head and back this morning when the horse he was riding reared up and…

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Heart Attacks Drowned Near Gosford SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 7

According to evidence given at the inquest at Gosford concerning the death of Herbert George Artlett, 57, who was drowned yesterday at…

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Hand Injured Caught in Machinery NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 1

Henry Nitoton, 25, of Lambton-road New Lambton, suffered a severed first [?] of the left thumb and sevens shock when his hand was caught in a…

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Child Accidents Appeal to Parents Road Risks

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 6

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council [?] wide appeal should be made to all…

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Holidaymaker Drowned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

Henry George Artiett, 54 of Mosman, reached Toowoon Bay on Wednesday morning for a camping holiday. After lunch…

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Drowned in Pail

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

Thirty-three-year-old Robert Kerr Engler Chichester, of Hove (Eng.), was drowned in a pail of water. How it happened was told at the inquest…

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Cyclist's Death Collision With Car Evidence at Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday the District Coroner (Mr. W. Johnston) held an inquiry into the circumstances…

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Fatal Collision. Death of 80-Year-old Woman. Wingham, [?]day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

When a collision occurred at W[?] ham yesterday between a car and a hoavily-laden truck, Mrs. Hannah Yarnold (80) received injuries to which she…

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Two Children Injured. Car Overturns on Singleton Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

Dora Duflin (11) and Janet Duflin (7), daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. Duflin, of Sydney-street, were admitted to hospital on Wednesday evening…

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Collision Between Car and Truck Woman of 80 Killed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

When a collision occurred at Wingham yesterday between a car and a heavily laden truck, Mrs Hannah Yarnold, 80. received injuries to…

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Disaster Town Wiped Out Victorian Forest Fires. Two Dead; Dozens Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

Two men are dead, and others are missing, dozens of people have been injured, and scores rendered homeless, because of bush and forest fires…

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Echoes of Tragedy at Cessnock No. 2 COLLIERY. Miner Killed by Foil of Coal. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

Echoes of the tragedy which occurred at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery on February 27, when Herbert Robinson…

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Child Accidents on Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 3

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to sed…

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Cases Arising From Car Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

Vincent Mack Green, hotel keeper, of the Kentish Hotel, Parramatta Road, Glebe, was charged that he did wilfully, make a false statement to…

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