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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

12 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Fighting Dearth Thrills on the Express Driver Injured

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

A thrilling accident occurred, on Friday right last. The No. 3 Melbourne Express was between Douglas Park and Ma[?] when an explosion…

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Man injured by falling Poles BARGO

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 April 1921 · page 3

On Friday last at about 11.30 a m. Mr. A. Campbell of West Bargo met with a nasty accident, whilst uploading his dray, which was loaded with…

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Railway Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

On Tuesday last shortly before 8 p.m. a large compo break[?] van with a smaller van and two trucks of coal, by means broke away and…

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C[?]rdeaux Dam. Fatal Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 July 1921 · page 2

We regret to report that an accident accompanied by loss of life occurred at Cordeaux Dam at 10-20 a.m. on Thursday last; the unfortunate…

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Motor Fatality

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 2

A motor car accident which resulted in the death of Dr. G. Paul of Macquarie Street, Sydney, occurred on the main road from Sydney to Camden…

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Motor Fatality

The Campbelltown News · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 3

A serious motor car accident occurred near Narellen about dusk last Friday evening, in which Dr. George Augustus Paul, a wellknown Macquarie-street surgeon, lost his life…

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Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 2

Master Jimmy Bead, the youngest son of Mr. George Bead of Picton, met with a painful accident on Friday last he being kicked by a horse…

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Accidents

The Picton Post · Wednesday 2 November 1921 · page 2

Mr. T. Calvert, Feitler, West Bargo, met with a pasty accident on Thursday Inst. On his way home from work, he caught his pony to…

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A Railway Collision Preventive

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 November 1921 · page 2

About ten years ago there was carried out on the Kembla Colliery line a demonstration of a electrical appliance invented by Mr. A. R. Augus, of…

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Accidentally Poisoned

Camden News · Thursday 15 December 1921 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. A. E. Baldock on Wednesday morning last held an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a lad,. Percy Neville Dutton, of the Mater dei…

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Accidentally Poisoned

The Campbelltown News · Friday 16 December 1921 · page 5

The District Coroner, Mr. A. E. Baldock, on Wednesday morning last held an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a lad, Percy Neville Dutton, of the Mater…

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Drowning Fatality. at Menangle

The Campbelltown News · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 1

Whilst bathing in the Nepean River at Menangle, on Thursday last, with other lads, attached to a Troupe of Boy Scouts, Robert Byrne lost his life through drowning. The…

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