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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Kicked by Horse Brookfield Resident Injured DUNGOG

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 4

A pioneer of the Brookfield district, Mr. T. P. Walsh, who is in his 75th year, suffered severe internal injury when ,kicked in the pit of the stomach…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 1
Also in The Scone Advocate

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in waves, which are not confined to one part of the State but to the…

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Country Motorists. Are They Reckless Accident Ratio (Issued by the Rood Safety Council of N.S.W,)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 4

Although there were only 2118 accidents in country towns and rural areas last year against 8188 In the County of…

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Kurri Inquest Wheeler's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death was returned by a jury of six at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday, when the District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns)…

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Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 4

Daniel Rae, 65, miner, of Mathieson-street, Bellbird, suffered a probable fracture of the left leg when struck by a fall of coal…

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Horseman Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 6

John Hatfield, 29, of Lamb’s Valley, was found lying on the roadway behind the Maitland [?] yesterday afternoon He is belleved so…

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Narrow Escape Chipperfield in Motor Accident SCONE, Saturday

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 2

While travelling from Moonan towards Scone; A. G. Chipperfield, well-known International cricketer, a resident of Muswellbrook,…

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Cyclist Dies Injured In Collision With Car MUSWELLBROOK

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 1

William Berrigan 28 has died from injuries received when the motor cycle he was riding collided head-on with a motor car on the Denman-road…

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Spine Hurt Injured While Surfing SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 7

John Murray, 18, of Salisbury-road, Guildford, suffered a probable fracture of the spine while surfing at Bobdi He received the injury In a…

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Woman Killed Run Over By Car Baby Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 4

Run over by a motor car, Mrs. Enid Veronica Twyford, 35, of Swansea, was killed on Saturday night while walking on the Pacific Highway near…

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Air Accidents Don’t Interfere With Wreckage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

An urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made to-day by the…

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Injured Baby Slightly Improved Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 6

Janice Ann Twyford, aged 18 months, who was injured when her mother, Mrs. Enid Veronica Twyford, was killed oh the Pacific Highway at…

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Two Men Killed Collision With Army Ambulances SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

When the motor cycle on which they were riding was involved in a collision with a army ambulance on the Great Western Road,…

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Fall of Coal Fatally Injured At Abermain Neck Fractured Kurri Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) at an inquest into the…

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Thursday Night's Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

In our report of a collision between a motor cycle and car on the Denman road on Thursday night it was stated that Mr. F. Carter was the driver of…

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Death of Motor Cyclist. Sad Sequel to Denman Road Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 1

The death occurred at Brentwood Hospital on Sunday morning of Arthur William Kerrigan (28), who had received serious injuries…

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Small Slips — Serious Accidents

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 5

The road accident figures for January, show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their intention to…

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DENMAN Fatal Motor Accident DENMAN. Tuesday

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

Arthur William Berrigan, 27, of Deman, who died in Muswellbrook Hospital on Sunday from the effects of injuries received in a motor cycle…

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Kurri Inquest Miner's Death Accidental

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday…

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