Motor-cyclist Injured Collision Near Hexham
Alec Meehan, 33, of Main-road, Hexham, sustained a fracture of the right leg, injuries to the scalp and body when his motor-cycle and a car collided on the…
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Accidents, 1939
2,026 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 102
Fatally Injured by Train Sydney
John Ohlback, 61, of Kogarah, was fatally injured when he slipped from the platform of Hurstville railway station yesterday morning and fell beneath…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Boy Drowns National Park Lagoon Fatality SYDNEY
Ray Osland, 6, of 44 Edward-street, Glebe, Newcastle, was drowned in a lagoon at Wattamalla Beach, National Park, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Accidents Fatal Week-end Road Crashes Woman Driver Killed Sydney
Three women and a man were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. A woman was killed, and her three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day's Accidents Struck By Hook
Geoffrey Dennis, 35. of Mayfield West, a fitter employed at Cardiff Workshops suffered lacerations to the chin and contusions to the left eye…
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While at work at Hebburn No. 1 colliery, George Wilson, 43, of Hall-street Weston. was struck by a fall of coal. He was injured on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schoolboy Drowned Jumped from Punt Into Throsby Creek Accidental Death Found
On the morning of December 27. Allan William Jones, 6, a schoolboy, of William-street, Smedmore, jumped from a flat-bottom punt into Throsby Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Don Tallon Injured, Brown Keeps Wickets Queenslands. Australia Shield Game Bradman Gets Going Again Brisbane
Don Tallon was unable to play for Queensland to-day in the Shield match against South Australia Brown kept wickets…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Accidents
Abram Young, 50, of Crawford Estate, Millfield, received a probable fracture of the right ankle when he slipped at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"No Carelessness" Boy Run Over by Lorry Accident at Carrington
"I am quite satisfied that there was no carelessness on the part of the lorry driver," said the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at an inquest yesterday…
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James Allomes, 40, of Collier-street. Red head, an electrician at Lambton B colliery, Redhead, suffered a large lacerated wound to the right leg and shock, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Death From Road Accident Sydney
James Hicks, 71, of Croydon who was knocked down by a car in Croydon last night, died in hospital today. In the accident his wife was killed instantly and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-day's Accidents Toe Crushed
Joseph Appleton, 33, of Lovell-street. Cardiff, had the great toe on his right foot crushed when a heavy plate from an engine fell on his foot at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man, Not the Machine Cause Of Motor Accidents LONDON, December 20
When analysing the causes of road accidents it is found that the most prominent factor is the failure of the human…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Causes in Britain
Striking evidence was recently officially disclosed in London that mechanical failure in automobiles has little to do with motor accidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned in Private Swimming Pool Sydney
A three-year-old boy was drowned in a private swimming pool at Pymble yesterday while his two sisters and a number of the other children were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seaman's Death on Road at Stockton Inquiry by Coroner Boxing Day Fatality
Circumstances surrounding the death of John McMillan, 56, seaman, who was killed when a car collided with him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Father Satisfied Doctors Did All Possible Boy's Death After Road Accident Newcastle Hospital Board Inquiry
As a result of a complaint made at the inquest yesterday, Newcastle Hospital Board conducted an inquiry last night into the death of Walter Sylvester…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peculiar Accident Boy's Leg Broken in Dive SYDNEY
Gordon King, 15, of Ryde, was the victim of a peculiar accident at the Meadowbank Baths. He dived from the springboard, and when he started to swim…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yesterday's Accidents
James Muir, 53, of Elizabeth-street, Holmesville, a miner employed at Seaham No. 2 colliery, received a fractured left ankle and a crushed foot when struck…
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