Shaft Collapses Tasmanian Mineowner Injured LAUNCESTON
Almost buried in a heap of dirt and broken timber, Mr. J. J. Hill, owner of the Swansea mine, was seriously injured when the main prospecting shaft collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
Accidents, 1939
2,026 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 102
One Killed: Two Injured Spectacular Car Smash in Victoria MELBOURNE
Three occupants of a sedan car traveling toward Melbourne were injured—one fatally—when three cars were involved in a spectacular smash on the Point…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fewer Accidents Traffic Lights in New York
The value of traffic lights in reducing city accidents has been demonstrated in New York. In an effort to minimise traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reducing Road Accidents Some Success in Sight in United States
Success at last seems in sight in the effort to reduce the number of motor-car fatalities in the United States (says the New York correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday's Accidents
A motor-cycle, ridden by W. E. Bell 22, of 104 Haunell-street, Wickham, and a motor-truck, driven by Gordon Smith of Telarah, collided at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-day's Accidents Thrown From Horse
When the horse he was riding along the main road near Cockle Creek to-day slipped. Clarrie Young, 18. of Second-street, Boolaroo. was thrown to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lorry Driver Injured
David Henderson, 43, of Allworth-street, Kuri Kuuri, was driving a Kearsley Shire Council motor-lorry in Northcote-street, Kurri Kurri, yesterday, when he became…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Inquest On Boy Drowned In Waterhole
The Deputy Coroner for the Maitland District (Mr. E. O. Scarlett) will hold an inquest into the death of Donald Trevor Beggs, 7, of Morpeth,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth Drowned Night Bathing in Lake Parramatta SYDNEY
Elton Thompson, 18, of Westmead, was drowned in Lake Parramatta to-night. With two companions, Thompson was swimming across the lake when he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Struck by Tram at Carrington Man Died Two Months Later Accidental Death Verdict
"There was no negligence on the part of the train driver. The evidence showed that the man was hurrying across the street, probably with his head down, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Colliery Accidents
Two accidents occurred in Richmond Main colliery yesterday, and the two men concerned were admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accidents
Albert Pont, 9, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, fell from the verandah at his home last night and fractured his left forearm. Edward Minto, 33, of Mayfield-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yesterday's Accidents
Larry Young, 19, of Second-street. Boolaroo, received severe lacerations to the left knee and left arm when a horse he was riding in main-road, Cockle Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Accidents Baby Fractures Leg
Stanley Lawrence, 2, had his left leg fractured when he pulled a heavy chair on top of himself at his parents' home in Howden-street, Carrington,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drowning Inquest
The Deputy Coroner (Mr. E. C. Scarlett) will conduct an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse next Wednesday into the death of Donald Trevor Begg,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Five Injured in Car Collision Police Court Sequel WOLLONGONG
Five people were injured on Prince's Highway, Figtree, late last night, when two cars collided on a bend. Clifford Wrightson was the driver of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →To-day's Accidents Cyclist Injured
Knocked from his cycle when be collided with a motor cycle at the corner of Brown-street and Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Seaman Fatally Injured Fell Under Lorry Wheels at Carrington
A seaman was fatally injured at Carrington yesterday afternoon when he fell under the wheels of a lorry. Newcastle Ambulance took him to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Fall Kills Miner Fatality at Neath Pit Mate's Warning Was in Vain
John Thomas Shakespeare, 60, a miner, of Northumberland-street, Neath, was killed by a fall of coal in Neath colliery yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday's Accidents
Frank McKinnon, 19, of Beckett-street, East Greta, was removing a plug from a locomotive boiler at the South Maitland Railway sheds early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →