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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,195 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 60

Miner Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

While filling a skip at Elrington colliery on Wednesday, Norman Reynolds, 39, of Rawson-street, Aberdare, received…

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Motorist Fined Crossing Collision NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

On November 16, Alexander Henry Thomas Palmer, of Carrington, drove a motor car in Union-street, Hamilton South and at the intersection of…

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Ex-muswellbrook Girl. Seriously Injured in Car Smash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Gloria Pryor (17), of Gurley, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Pryor, formerly of the Prince of Wales' Hotel, Muswellbrook, was…

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Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

While loading sleepers on the "James Cook" last Thursday, Mr. Errol White had the misfortune to have a sleeper drop on his right…

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Waterfront Accidents Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

The number of accidents on the New South Wales waterfronts daring the year ended Jane,. 1933, was 2378, out of an estimated number of…

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Explosion at Wickham Storage Tank Cause Held to Be Accidental

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7

The explosion which caused an outbreak of fire in the Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Ltd., power kerosene storage tank at Wickham,…

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Sulky Wrecked Collision With car Motorist Fined

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 4

When police visited the seem of a collation between a motor car at a snaky on the New England Highway two and a half miles on the Newscaster…

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Accidental Death Quirindi

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 6

The Quirindi Coroner, Mr, C, J, Moore, held an industry into the death of Mr. Fos Windsor in a recent car accident on the Sugaricaf. A…

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Deaths Accidental Four Soldiers Killed in Truck Smash at Rutherford Overturned Twice

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was schussed to by the [?] District Co caner (Mr. A. W. Johns) when he conducted an honest st the Win Maitland Courthouse to-day bite the deaths of the four second A.I.F. was who were killed…

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Collision Near Long Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1

Two women and two children escaped with minor injuries when a Homeville motor bus and a utility truck collided on the West Maitland…

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Drowned in Shallow Water

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1

Wallace Forde, 15, of Queanbeyan, was drowned in less than two feet of water in Cotter swimming pool yesterday before more than 100…

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Car Overturns Soldiers Slightly Injured Hexham Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 4

Five member of the such Battalion, 8th Division, now in camp at Rutherford, who were on their way from Sydney, were slightly injured…

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Finger Injured Dungog

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1

When a saw ho was using came in contact with his hand while at work yesterday. Thomas Hunt, 51 of Mary Street, Dungog, an employee of the…

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Street Fatality Fortress Engineer Killed SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1

Finally injured in a street accident on Saturday, George John Boyle, of the 31st Fortress Company of engineers at South Head, was buried at…

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Boy Drowned Could Not Swim CANBERRA

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Wallace Ford. 15, of Queanbeyan, was drowned in less than two feet of water in the Cotter swimming pool. in view of over 100 people…

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Struck Dog Cyclist Injured At Dungog. DUNGOG

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 1

When the cycle he was riding collided with a dog at Dungog yesterday, Reginald Miners, 18 of Main Creek, received abrasions to the hand and…

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Slipped Off Log Drowned in 14 Feet Of Water , BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Herbert Owen Shepherd, 16, farm hand, of Wildash near Warwick, was drowned in the Condamine River on Sunday afternoon…

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Youth Injured Struck on Head In Train NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 6

Struck on the head by an object protruding from a goods train travelling in the opposite direction, near Teralba, shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday,…

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Motor Cyclists Involved in Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 4

Two motor cyclists were injured when involved in accidents yesterday. Neville Bush, 21, labourer, of “Hill view,” Vacy, was crossing the Vacy…

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