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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 60

Hand Jammed Accident at Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 5

Ray K[?]ne, 16, of High-street, East Maitland, assistant mechanic at Bloomfield South Colliery, suffered a lacerated wound to the hack of the…

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Wheeler Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 1

George Tapp, 33, wheeler, of Neath-road, Cessnock, injured his right knee while at work at Aberdare colliery on…

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Car Overturns in Crash Two Brothers Injured Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 4

When a car overturned at North Sydney to-day and crashed into a telegraph pole, Stanley Chambers, 43, and his brother, Lawrence, 51, were…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 5

Thomas Watt, 18, of Jeffrey-street, Cessnock, a clipper at Millfield colliery, received injuries to his left hand at work…

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Bookmaker's Death Accident Near Gunnedah

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 3

Mr. Howard Nelson (Harry) Perkins, well-known bookmaker of Narrabri, was killed instantly at about noon on Monday, when the car in…

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Injured at Football Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 7

Richard Jackson, 30, of Lambton Road, Kew Lambton, received a probable fracture of the left collarbone this afternoon While playing football…

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Mine Fatality Struck by Cable Drum CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 7

John Grelg, 60, of Northcote street, Aberdare, a pit-bottom hand employed at Abermain No. 2, was killed this morning when…

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Badly Injured Car Struck Telegraph Pole

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 5

When their ear overturned at North Sydney to-day and cra[?] Into a telegraph pole, Stanley Chambers 43, and his broker Lawrence…

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Fewer Accidents in Britain

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 8

The road fatalities in Great Britain during the month of February were 416 compared with 463 during February, 1989. As anticipated some…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle and Truck Collide

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 3

Frederick Noel Flaherty. 21, of Cardiff and Frederick Bright 18, or The Crescent, Wallsend, who was riding jillion were injured on Saturday…

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Struck by Car Two Men Injured NEWCASTLE. Monday

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 5

Two men were injured this afternoon when they were struck by a car at the comer of Darby and Queen streets, Newcastle…

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Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 3

While engaged in boring operations at Aberdare Extended Colliery to-day Hugh Hennlewhite 56, a miner, of 29 Jeffrey…

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Miner Injured Fell While at Work CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 1

Hugh Hepplewhite, 5G, of Jerry street. Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Executed cob[?]ery, received injuries 10 the pe[?]ris and…

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Road Accidents Again Serious. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 8

At midnight on Tuesday the Road Safety Council had been advised of 37 deaths in road accidents darin May. More than three fourths of…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 5

Robert Walton, 10, of Cumberland-street, Ceesnock, fell from a bicycle on Sunday, and received a lacerated right eye…

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Road Accidents. Again Serious. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 3

At midnight on Tuesday the Road Safety Council had been advised of 37 deaths in road accidents during May. More than three-fourths of the fatal…

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Wheeler Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 4

While coping a skip at work late yesterday afternoon, C. Brown, 25, a wheeler at Maitland Extended Colliery, had the top ot his finge[?] almost…

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Weston Collision Sequel at Kurri Court Kurri Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 5

Alan Frederick Tacon, of Hopetoun-street, Kurri Kurri, pleaded guilty at Kurri Kurri Court to-day to a charge of negligent driving…

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Fatally Injured Man Dies in Ambulance Struck by Truck

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 4

Struck by a utility truck while walking across Newcastle-street, East Maitland, near the Intersection of High-street early last…

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Federal Ministers in Aeroplane Accident Mr J. V. Fairbairn As Pilot

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 2

The Minister for the Air (Mr J. V. Fairbairn) and the Minister for the Army (Mr G. A. Street) were involved in an aeroplane accident on…

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