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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

17 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Sailors on Leave Drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Two hundred and seventy sailor:- on leave were drowned off the Scotch coast by the wreck of the yacht Iolaire, which…

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Motor Fatality. Hit by Travelling Train

The Bombala Times · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

At North Broadway (Vic.) railway crossing on Friday a motor-car containing a party comprising Mr. C. W. B. Moodie, his only daughter (4), Douglas…

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Accident at Sublime Point. Car Falls Over Cliffs

The Bombala Times · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

A seven-seater N.S.U. motor car, owned by the Curotta Rubber Company, fell over the cliffs at Sublime Point, the famous lookout near the…

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Railway Fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. John Paskins, lengthsman, riding on a tricycle with his two sons between Hendon and Clifton collided with a goods train…

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Motor Drivers Injured Burnt by Benzine

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

Two [?] charge [?]…

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Motor Accident

The Bombala Times · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

A somewhat serious burning accident occurred on the Cooma Kosciusko road last night (Friday), says the "Cooma Express."…

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Dreadful Blasting Fatality

The Bombala Times · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred near Tathra on Friday morning, Mr. Wilfred Tonkin, the well-known road contractor, being killed by the premature…

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100 Miles an Hour. Railway Accident

The Bombala Times · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 2

Wellington (N.Z.), Thursday.—A goods train, consisting of an engine and 32 waggons, was derailed on Wednesday night near Mataroa, on the…

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Motor Car Accident at Bald Hill One Killed Three Injured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1919 · page 2

An Accident occurred on Saturday evening shortly after 6'0'clock to a motor party while descending Bald Hill on the road…

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Dreadful Burning Fatality

The Bombala Times · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 2

A dreadful burning accident occurred on Thursday morning last at the home of Mr. Charles Maples, near Quaama. Mr. and Mrs. Maples had…

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Motor Car Accident. One Killed, Three Injured

The Bombala Times · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 4

An accident occurred on Saturday evening shortly after 6 o'clock, to a motor party while descending Bald Hill, on the road Numeralla to Cooma…

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Cooma Motor Fatality

The Bombala Times · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

The adjourned inquest on the Cooma motor fatality was held on Monday. Henry Storen, driver of tho car, in his evidence, said: They reached…

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Attack on Victorian Government Offices. Premier Injured by Missile

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 2

Wild scenes culminating in the wrecking of some of the Victorian State offices and that wounding of the Premier (Mr. Lawson)…

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Cooma and Tem[?] Trains [?] Serious Accident Averted

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

An accident which was fortunstely unattended by very serious consequences by very serious consequences occurred at 11-40 on Thursday night near the…

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Motor Fatality on Macquarie Pass. Cooma District Resident Killed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 2

A telegram from Wollongong stated that Mr. J. Moore, a sheep farmer of Cooma district, was killed in a motor accident on the…

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Motor Smash at Auburn. Five Persons Injured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 2

Five persons were injured in a sensational motor smash at Auburn on Monday night. THe car crashed through the side of or…

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Injured Face and Blackened Eye Cured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1919 · page 2

Zem-Buk's Valuable Heating powers 'Again promi[?]…

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