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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 60

Cyclist Injured. Collided With Lorry NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1940 · page 5

Thomas Hill 14 of 41 [?] Mayfield, was admitted to the Newcastle General Hospital just after mid-day to-day suffering form a…

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Fatal Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1940 · page 7

John McDougall, 28, of Prince of Wales Hotel. Merewether, was fatally injured when involved in a ruad accident at Merewether. His skull…

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Canoe Fatality Brothers Drowned Lare Cargelligo

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 August 1940 · page 6

[?] [?] who resided who [?] at Lare cargelligo township were drowned in the southernlorn…

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Four Injured Truck Through Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 August 1940 · page 1

When a motor utility track went through the side of a bridge at Glen Oak early yesterday morning and overturned. four youths from New…

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Shot by Guard Workman Injured SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 August 1940 · page 2

Edward Henry Hampstead of [?] near Albury was shot in the night side of the neck by a military guard, at a [?] dump in Albury. He was…

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Finger Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 4

Jack Townsend, 16, of Paxton, a pit-bottom hand, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had the index [?]nger of his left hand badly cut…

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Fall of Coal Miner Injured at Elrington CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 1

William Anderson, 45. of Vincent-street Cessnock a miner employed at Elrington Colliery, suffered extensive lacerations to the right leg…

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State's Road Accidents 20 Per Cent. Improvement in Two Years

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 4

For the six months ended June 30 last, there were 5532 road accidents in this State, compared with 6009 for the same period as last year…

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Fettler Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1940 · page 5

Henry Sager. 37, of Roger-st.. Teraba, a letter, was injured this morning when he was working near the Greta railway station. He was using…

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Three Injured Accidents at Cessnock CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1940 · page 7

There [?] were injured while morning in mines at Cessnock to-day Mathew Carler, 27 of…

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Miner Injured Condition Very Serious Kurri Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1940 · page 7

This condition of Isaac William Marsh, 47, of Main Road, Weston who was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital on Tuesday afternoon suffering…

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Two Injured Simultaneous Mine Accidents CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 5

Two mineworkers were injured at the [?] while working at Elrington Colliery to-day. James [?] of Kearsley, a…

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Boy Hurt Collision With Car

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 5

Whilst, riding his bicycle along [?]street, [?] to-day. Leo [?] aged 11 of 16 F[?] street, Junction, was involved in a…

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Tragic Happening at Aberdare Little Boy Drowned in Waterhole

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 1

There was a tragic happening at Aberdare on Tuesday afternoon, when Llewellyn Davis, aged 3, of Melbourne-street…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 5

Martin Hafey, 41, of Harris-street, Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare colliery, received an injury to his right hand when he…

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Job Street Accident M Cause Of Death Evidence at Inquest

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 1

A clot in the pulmonary artery was the cause of the death of Thomas Evan George, aged 55, who died in the Dangar Cottage…

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Young Woman Injured Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1940 · page 6

Joyce Lockin 17, of Darby-street, Cook’s Hill, suffered injuries to the scalp, forehead and left thigh, concussion and shock when she was…

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55 Injured in Remarkable Accident Lorry Mows Soldiers Down

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 2

Fifty-five members of the 2/10 th Battalion, A.I.F. Reinforcements, were injured in a remarkable accident on Port-road, Cheltenham, on…

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Fireman Injured Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 5

While Working at Stanford Main No 2 to-day Richard Hemsworth 34 Fireman of [?] street Cessnock fell down the fire bold anl injured his…

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Fatally Injured Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 3

Walter Lionel Clarke, 45, of Polding street Fairfield, was found lying unconscious on the road near his home about 9 pm on Saturday His…

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