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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

10 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

"Accidental Death" How David Farrell Died Coroner's Finding

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

Coroner Arthur Judges, hold an inquiry on Wednesday into circumstances surrounding the death of David Christopher Farrell, the…

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Car Crashes Two Constables Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

In yesterday's sunshine, a Lanctor motor was speeding along the Great Western Road. It was owned by Bank-manager Shearin, of…

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Motor Fatality the Toll Mounting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 4

Scarcely had the public paid its last tributes to little Neil Silk, who met his death in Mort Street, neath the wheels of a motor car, when a…

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Four Injured Motor Car Overturns

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 5

A motor car figured in a sensational accident on the Bathurst Road, Leura, on Friday night, when four Wentworth Falls residents, Mrs…

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BREAKDOWN At Civic Power House Injured in Transit

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

A special meeting of Katoomba Council was held at noon to-day, to consider the position which has arisen in connection with a break…

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Damaged Road Injured by Sanitary Carts

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 3

On Wednesday last, a representative deputation of Hazelbrook residents waited upon the Shire Council, to urge the reconditioning of…

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An Injured Mayor

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 3

Sir,—You said in your last paper Unit Aid. Lawrie, who acts as Mayor, was "Indisposed at the golf evening and retired early," "Echo" was…

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Serious Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 4

Lost Saturday afternoon, young Ernest Gibson a lad of 17 Summers, in the employ of Benle's Furniture Depot, fell from a lorry at the…

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The Crossing Chapter of Accidents

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 3

The sole accidents recorded in Katoomba during Christmas week occurred at the level crossing. Their sequence emphasise the menace of…

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Deadly Pea Rifle Accident in Kedumba Valley Boy's Life in Danger

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 5

On Boxing Day, a party of youths, including Allan Crago and his brother, Cousin Wiesner and Maxi Ort, started on a shooting expedition to…

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