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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,026 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 102

Woman Driver Not Guilty Charge of Manslaughter Gunnedah Accident Sequel Tamworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty at the Gunnedah Quarter Sessions to-day in the case in which Violet May Smith was charged with having felonioulsy…

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Failure Ascribed to Accidents Cessnock League Club's Report

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 16

Serious accidents to players were blamed in the annual report of the Cessnock Rugby League Club for its failure…

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Mineworkers Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 9

James Patrick, 30, of Congewai-street, Aberdare, a clipper employed at Aberdare colliery, received an injury to his right hand when a skip passed over it…

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Boy Drowned in Baths Was Swimming With Big Crowd SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 15

William Copp, 14, was drowned in the Enfield swimming baths, when a big crowd was in the water, the Coroner was told to-day…

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Fatally Injured in Dispute Joined Ship at Newcastle CAIRNS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

David Harvey, 45, who joined the steamer Bungaree at Newcastle on January 21, died last night from a fractured skull, received in a dispute aboard the vessel…

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On Rock for 24 HOURS Man Rescued Near Jervis Bay Companion Drowned Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

After clinging to a sea-swept rock for 24 hours and suffering from exposure, a naked man, believed to be Robert Nashford, 45,…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 9

Mary Cox, 60, of Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, received a fracture of the left forearm and shock when she fell down stairs at her home. Newcastle Ambulance took…

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Car Accident at Lambton Inquest Into Woman's Death

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

"A particularly sad occurrence," commented the District Coroner (Mr. A. a. Chiplin) to-day at the Newcastle Courthouse when he inquired…

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To-day's Accidents Injury to Eye

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

James Clement, 51 of Merewether-street, Merewether a boilermaker, had a piece of iron embedded in his right eye while at work a Cardiff railway…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 8

Wilbur Alston, 22. of Sutor-street. Kogarah, had his left leg fractured to-day when he fell from a motor cycle in Matcham-road, Matcham near…

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Cyclist Injured in Skid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 10

Leslie Cooper, 23, of Thorn-street, Toronto, suffered a lacerated wound to the palm of the left hand and abrasions to the knees when his bicycle skidded at…

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Riot in Brussels Prime Minister Injured Echo of War-time Scandal Brussels, February 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 11

A riotous demonstration, in which the Prime Minister (M. Paul Spaak) was hurt, followed the Government's appointment to the Royal Flemish Academy of Dr…

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Bomb Outrages Explosions at London Tube Stations Eight Persons Injured Booking Offices and Luggage Rooms Wrecked (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 11

Two terrific explosions, believed to be due to time bombs concealed in suit-cases, occurred within a few minutes of each other at Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square tube stations about 6 o'clock this…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 12

James Clement, 51, of Merewether, a boilermaker at Cardiff railway work-shops, was taken to the General Hospital by Lake Macquarie Ambulance for…

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To-day's Accidents Cyclist and Horse Collide

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 7

Found unconscious on the Wyee-road. near Morisset early this morning, Alfred Frost. 21. of Morisset. was taken to Newcastle Hospital with…

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Glenfield Girl Drowned Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 8

Irene Lake, 9, of Glenfield, was drowned in a river near her home. A member of a picnic party, she evidently fell into the, river, and was not…

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Two Life-savers Injured Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 8

The weather to-day was ideal and Sydney beaches reported attendances which approached the record. Two members of the Freshwater Surf…

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Car Overturns Woman Driver Injured GOSFORD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 8

Endeavouring to swerve her car away from an approaching vehicle, Winifred Cass, 31, Flemington-street, Homebush, was badly hurt on, the Kincumber-road,…

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Fatally Injured Swimmer Struck by Diver SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 8

Thomas Lambert, 41, of Artarmon, was fatally injured in the North Sydney Olympic Swimming Pool to-day when he was struck on the back of the head by…

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Woman Struck by a Tram Darby-street Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 8

Struck by a train in Darby-street, Cook's Hill, last night, Ada Clarke, 51, of Railway-street, Cook's Hill, sustained a probable fracture of the skull,…

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