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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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

Drowning Fatality

The Picton Post · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

Still another name has to be added to the list of young lives lost at the river at Maiden, Leo. Kennedy, aged 21, who resided with his parents…

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The Recent Drowning Fatality

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

The Nopean Riyer at Maldon, which is one of our most picturesque spots, has been the scene of a number of heart-breaking fatalties in…

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Fatal Accident at Bargo

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Death won in a grim race against time, when the Public Works Department's ambulance, from Nepean. Dam, sped from Bargo to Berrims…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Howard Doust Fatally Injured. Athlete, Scholar, Scout

Camden News · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 1

Howard Gleuroy Doust, aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Doust of Thyneside Avenue Willoughby, and late of Little Street, Camden, received terrible injuries when he was…

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Menangle News. Sad Shooting Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 1

A sad shooting fatality occurred on the Campbelltown Road at North Menangle, at about 10 p.m. on Sunday, last, when Frederick' Martin, aged 41 years of Enfield, who…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Campbelltown News · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

Returning from a days outing the Menangle district last Sunday night a party of motorists met horror through a gun…

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Boy Meets with Accident

The Campbelltown News · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Last -Monday afternoon Master Bobbie Foster, age 7 years, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Foster, of South Campbelltown, met with a…

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Bush Fires Inquiry the Coroner’s Verdict Accidentally Caused by a Spark from a Passing Train

The Campbelltown News · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr Payten, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the recent bush fires which started at Leumeah…

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Visitor's Leg Broken. Coursing Ground Accident

Camden News · Thursday 11 April 1929 · page 10

While the fourth course was being run at the Camden Coursing Club's meeting last Saturday, Mr. Stanley Sampson, of Cromwell Street,…

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Motor fatality at Bargo

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 2

A boy named Raymond Fitzgerald, aged nine years, met his death in a simple manner a Bargo, on Sunday morning, about 11 o'clock. He was…

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Motor Smash. Mrs. Pain Injured

Camden News · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 6

In a motor car smash at the intersection of Como and Liverpool Roads, Bankstown, yesterday (Wednesday), Mrs. Pain, of Cobbitty, received severe…

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Motor Accidents on the Gib Road

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 3

The fall of snow at Bowral on the 28th ult., and the heavy mist which followed, is said to be responsible for a car accident on the Gib road…

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Child Drowned. Accident at Raby

Camden News · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 1

Raymond Edward Wiltshire, aged one year and eleven months a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wiltshire, was accidentally drowned on Friday afternoon last…

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Motor Car Accident

Camden News · Thursday 24 October 1929 · page 1

Three women were injured when an Armstrong-Siddeley motor car plunged into a ditch and tore through a fence at the foot of Campbell's Hill, on Sheather's Lane,…

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Other People's Opinions Letters to the Editor. the Recent Car Fatality Ay Barco Bridge

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 3

Sir,—If you will permit me to comment through your columns on what I and many more consider a most dangerous curve at the end of the…

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An Injured Finger

The Campbelltown News · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 3

On Friday morning last Mr. “Bunny” Rowell, while engaged in shunting work at the local railway yards, had one of his…

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Drowning Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 1

Keith Reginald Stevens, aged 25, motor-driver, of Oakdale, was drowned in the Wollondilly River, near Mr. M. E. Maxwell's residence, Bimlow, on Sunday afternoon…

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