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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 60

Knocked by Car Cylist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. W. W. Dorn. 56, of Wolfe-street, West Maitland, suffered a severely lacerate wound to the back of the right hand and arm, facial…

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Birth Follows Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 6

A baby boy, 61bs'. 2ozs., was born following an accident on Terry Hie Hie road, Moree, when a car driven by Mr. G. Kane, of Bundy Station,…

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Found Drowned Gosford

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 3

The body of Joslah Hughes, 75, a retired Newcastle miner who had been missing from his home at Ocean Reach since Thursday. was found in…

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Struck Tree. Air Force Men Injured NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 3

Two members of the Air Force [?] at [?] were injured early on Sunday morning when the motor cycle and…

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Well-known Tennis Star in Car Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 2

W. Sidwell, a State tennis champion, who is well-known in Singleton, had a narrow escape from serious injury about 10 o'clock last…

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Found Drowned Missing Newcastle Miner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 8

The body of Josiah Hughes, 75, the retired Newcastle miner who had been missing from his home at Ocean Beach since…

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Motor Collision. Car and Transport Lorry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 5

A motor car carrying, Messrs W. Helps, G. Ruthven, A. Higgens, and J. A. Smith, of Scone, and a transport lorry collided near Scone on Friday…

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Struck by Tree Denman Resident Injured DENMAN

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 5

Struck by a falling tree, Mr. A. R. Brookes received extensive injuries to the head, face and body. Other Injuries included a broken…

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More Deaths in Road Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 8

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over…

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Painful Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 2

Whilst changing car tyres on Maitland road at Brookfield on Saturday evening, Mr. Arthur Dean had the third linger of his right hand badly…

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More Deaths in Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last five years has…

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Accidents on Scone-aberdeen Road

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

Messrs. B. Helps, G. Ruthven, and A. Higgens, of Scone, were proceeding to Muswellbrook on Friday night last in Mr. Helps's car, when it…

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Two Local Soldiers Injured in Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 2

Mervyn Downes, aged 20, of Macquarie Street, and Thomas Shand, aged 20, of Castlereagh Street, sustained injuries when the motor cycle…

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HEAD-ON Car Smash Near Cessnock Eleven Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 1

Eleven persons were injured when two [?] cars must head on shout 6.30 am near has Cessnock poetry works on Allendale Road…

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Cars Collide at Cessnock Eleven Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 6

Eleven men were injured, four seriously, early yesterday morning on the Allandale Road, Cessnock, when two cars met in a…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle and Car Collide

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

When his motor cycle was involved in a collision with a car at the corner of Maude-street and Maitland-road. Mayfield, George Johnson, 25…

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Car Struck Tree East Maitland Man Injured DUNGOG

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 6

While motoring on Beadon Grove at the eight-mile, a car driven by Mr. C. Lister, of East Maitland on running into loose gravel, swing on…

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Motor Smash on Allandale Road. Two Cars in Head-on Crash. Eleven Men Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 5

A motor smash in which eleven men were injured, four seriously, occurred at about 6.30 a.m. on the…

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Fatally Injured. Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 6

Struck by a flying p[?]ce of a circular saw, Charles James, 46, of Sutherland, a wood [?]ercham, died in St. George Hospital last night. James…

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A Di[?]l Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 8

A[?] Stuart, [?] of the [?] type heavy oil engine, was directed towards [?] by [?] accident at his…

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