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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

5 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Local and General. Painful Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 4

A day or two ago, Mr W. Pearce, a local and respected vanman, was unleading goods from a truck in the station yard when the heavy door of one of the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Katoomba Resident Killed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 7

A and accident happened at 6.20 p.m. on Thursday last at Ashfield railway station, resulting in the death of a very well-known Katoomba resident, Mr…

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Shocking Motor Fatality at Katoomba. Mother Killed Instantaneously. Child Seriously Injured. Chaffeur Arrested

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

A shocking motor fatality occurred on the Bathurst Road on Tuesday last, when a married woman named Robecea Abouriszk, wife of Peter Abouriszk, residing at…

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Local and General. Swing Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 4

A little girl named Beadsmore was the victim of a nasty accident in the park on Monday. A boy was standing upon one of the swings, working himself into…

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The Motor Accident. Adjourned Inquiry

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 2

At the adjourned inquiry into the motor accident, which rosulted in the death of Mrs Rebecca Abouriszk, Mr. A. Judges, Coroner, presided…

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