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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

3 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Another Sad Fatality

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

As briefly reported in our last issue, Mr James Ward, a highly-respected young man, engaged ns carter for J. J. Jenkins, of Katoomba Street, was killed in Park Street by…

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Accident to Mountain Train

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 3

On Friday morning, at 8:20 o'clock, as the fast Mountain train was approaching Parramatta station and travelling at the rate of something like 50 miles an hour, a coupling…

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Serious Motor Accident. Premier's Chaffeur Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 6

A serious accident happened last Friday night on the Main Western road over the Blue Mountains to one of the cars used by the Premier's Department. As a result, the driver,…

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