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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

6 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Young Girl Drowned

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 8

General sympathy extended by residents on the mountains to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Barnes and family, of Leura, was demonstrated by the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured on Mt. Victoria Pass

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 8

A large rock placed on the road to hold a car which had stopped on the Mt. Victoria Pass was responsible for Marcus W. Shortus, aged 30, of 30…

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Straying Horses Cause Accident in Katoomba Street

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 8

Two straying horses in Katoomba Street were responsible for two men being injured (one seriously and one with minor injuries) when a motor…

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Accidental Death Coroner's Finding

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 3

On Friday last the District Coroner (Mr. P. O. Medlicott) conducted an inquiry into the death of John Sydney Wheeler, 26 years of age, a…

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Saved From Drowning

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

Two girls, Marian Davis (12 years) San Jose Avenue, Lawson, and Janet Joiner (12 years) Bathurst Road, Lawson, who got into difficulties at…

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Old Katoomba Family in Fatal Collision

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 2

Many friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hardy, who are well known on the mountains, having resided at Katoomba and Glenbrook prior to 1944, were…

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