Inquest Opened Journalist's Death in Car Accident
The Acting District Coroner for Cessnock (Mr. J. R. Scott) opened an inquest yesterday on Kevin King, l9, journalist, of Cessnock, who died on…
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Accidents, 1939
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To-day's Accidents Fell On Hot Iron
John McDonald, [?]0, of Dunbar Street, Stockton, a machinist at Stewart and Lloyds. was burned on both hands, the left arm and left leg, and…
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A fall of stone and timber from the roof at Aberdare Extended Colliery caught Thomas Evans (58), miner, of Allandale Road, Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Not to Blame for Motor Accident
Cessnock Council accepts no blame for an accident in which a car was recently damaged in Edward-street, Cessnock…
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Struck by a piece of coal while at. work at Seaham No. 2 Colliery today. Jack McClure (64). of Young Wallsend suffered lacerations over the left eye…
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Struck by a fall of coal while at Bloomfield Main Colliery, John Browning, 39, of Aberdare-strcet, Kurri. sustained extensive bruises to his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Child Drowned in Baths Sydney
While bathing in private baths at Pymble yesterday, Dermot O'Brien, aged three years, was drowned. He was with his two sisters and a number of other…
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Ronald Joseph Mitchell, 11, of Fairfield, was drowned while swimming in the Parramatta River at Parramatta. His father, who accompanied him, left him for five…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Airman Injured Moth 'Plane Nose-dived MELBOURNE
John Sherwin, 27, of Mornington, was seriously injured to-day when a Moth 'plane he was piloting crashed at Mornington. The machine was wrecked. Sherwin,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Two Swimmers Injured Neck Broken in Dive SYDNEY
Two junior swimmers received serious injuries in accidents to-day. Beryl Cheetham, of Ryde, dived into shallow water at Morrison Bay. She…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman Killed Three Injured When Car Hits Tree BRISBANE
When a motor-car skidded in gravel and struck a tree on Pacific Highway, near Coomera, to-day, Irene Barbara Lassells, 40, single, of Brisbane, was killed,…
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Arthur Moore, 4, of Darby-street, Cook's Hill, received contusions to the nose and shock when struck by a delivery van, which skidded and overturned when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Driver Cleared Seaman Knocked Down by Car Holiday Accident at Stockton
"In my opinion there is no evidence of gross criminal negligence, amounting to manslaughter on the part of the driver of the car," said the District Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →To-day's Accidents Fell From Verandah
Warren Kelly (5), of Macquarle-st., Junction, received a probable fracture of the left arm when he fell from a verandah at his home to-day. He was…
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Thomas Shaw, of Gun[?]mbi Street. Wallsend, a miner employed at Stockton Borehole Colliery, was injured to-day when coal fell on his foot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miner's Spine Injured
John Browning, 39, of Aberdare-street. Kurri Kurri, who was admitted to Kurri Kurri Hospital on Wednesday suffering from bruising of his back as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Seriously Injured in Mine
At Bloomfield Colliery. East Maitland, to-day, A. Lynch, 46, of Dudley, was taken to Maitland Hospital in a serious condition. His right ear was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Injured Explosion in Street Manhole SYDNEY
Roger Flynn, 54, foreman jointer, of Hurstville, and Samuel Bennett, 47, cable jointer, of North Sydney escaped death to-day, when an 11,000-volt cable…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →16 Persons Hurt Tram Hits Goods Train Trucks Balmain Collision Sydney
Sixteen people were injured, none seriously, when a tram collided with trucks of a goods train in Commercial-road, Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yesterday's Accidents
Warren Kelly, 5, of Macquarie-street. Junction, received a probable fracture of the left arm and shock when he fell from a verandah at his home. Newcastle…
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