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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 60

In the River Woodville Collision Driver Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 4

Falling to step after a collision with n motor car on the Woodville-Palertson road, near Woodville-Palertson Post Office, on December 7…

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Motors Collide One Killed; Two Injured DENMAN

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

Last night, in a head-on collision between a motor lorry driven by C. Castiedins and a utility track. Kenneth Gallagher was killed instantly…

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Plunged Over Bride Crowed Omnibus 14 Injured Bathurst

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 6

Fourteen were injured when a bus With 25 passengers on board crashed over a bridge at Rocks Hill on the Orange Road 11 miles…

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Easter Traffic No Serious Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 4

Despite the fact that motor [?] on the highways has been very head over the Easter holidays, the Maitland District Ambulance was not called…

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Charged with Malicious Wounding of Wife Woman Badly Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 2

When Boris Skorchofl, aged 40, appeared before the Redfern Police Court to-day, charged with having maliciously wounded his wife, Ruby…

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Motorists, Liability in Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

The New Zealand Government may soon force motorists to assume complete liability in accidents involving pedestrians…

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Soldier Killed Injured in Collision MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

Frederick Cheel, 18, who suffered a compound [?] of the right thigh in a collision on Tuesday, died in Geelong Hospital…

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Hand Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

Mr. W. Dean, of Melbourne-street, East Maitland, received an incised wound to the back of his left hand, while working on a washing machine…

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Toes Injured Girl Struck With Axe

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

While using an axe at her residence this morning, June Blakemore, 8, of East Greta, suffered a severe lacerated wound to the second and…

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Fatal Car Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

A woman was killed instantly in a motor smash near Craven on Monday afternoon. She was Mrs. Ann Thomas, 71, of Chester Streett, Stockton, who…

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Injured While Chopping Wood

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 7

While George Bambach, 49, was chopping wood at his home in Prince-street, Bellbird, yesterday, the axe slipped and…

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Injured When Horse Fell Down Hillside

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 6

Mr Hilton McTaggart, stockman, of Maerannie, is a patient in the Dangar Cottage Hospital suffering from severe internal injuries…

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Verdict of Accidental Death Shooting Accident Victim

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Wollombi District Coroner at the conclusion of his inquiry yesterday into the death of…

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Fatal Accident. At Sandy Hollow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 1

Last Monday evening a motor accident, involving the loss of life and serious injury to others, was the worst of its kind…

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Accidents at Intersections Minister Explains Scheme SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 5

The Minister tor Transport, Mr, Bruxeer, in explaining his selective traffic campaign, which will he carries out by the police each month…

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Hand Injured. Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 7

Walter Fernham, 42, of [?]7 M[?]rewether-street, Wer[?]wether, received large lacerated wounds and shock when the fourth finger on his right…

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Grail Leader Killed in Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 10

Miss Judith Bo[?]wman, the leader of the Gra[?] movement in Australia, was killed in a motor accident at Wangaratta yesterday afternoon…

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Four Injured Car Overturns On Maitland Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1

The four occupants of a motor car which overturned two or three times on the Maitland-road near the Thornton turn-off shortly after 1.30 a.m. on…

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Railway Accident. South Australian Killed. Sydney, 'Tuesday

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

The police think that the man killed yesterday on top of a railway carriage near Manildra may have come from South Australia…

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Car Accident Alleged Negligence Driver Charged

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

Ernest [?] East Maitland, [?] guilty at the West Maitland [?] to-day to charges of [?]…

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