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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

10 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Drowning Fatality at Cooma. Rider Swept Off Horse

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

The flood waters of the Cooma Creek, following the storms of Thursday afternoon covered to a depth of several feet the approaches…

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Drowning Fatality at Cooma. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 2

At the Cooma Conrt house on Friday afternoon, the Coroner, Mr J. L. Shropshire, held an inquest touching the death of Cecil Harold…

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Great Storm at Cooma Extensive Damage. One Fatality

The Bombala Times · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

Wild rumors were circulated in Bombala last Friday, as to the nature and effects of a storm that had fallen in Cooma the previous day. One…

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Shocking Accident

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 1

A little girl, Leila McGregor, aged 13, was driving Mrs. Joe Rolfe and her two children in a sulky on Saturday afternoon last…

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Magisterial Enquiry at Comma (Verdict of Accidental Health.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. j. A. Perkins, held an enquiry at the Court house, Cooma, on Wednesday last touching the…

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Railway Crossing Accident. at Bairnsdale Engine Shed

The Bombala Times · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

Mrs. J. D. D. Scott had a miraculous escape, from serious bodily injury, if not instant death, at the railway crossing, east of the Bairnsdale engine…

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Sydney Sensation. Railway Collision Averted. Sydney

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 4

What must otherwise have been a disastrous railway collision was averted by less than the length of a carriage, on the North Shore line this morning…

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Fatality at Goulburn. Mr. Ernie Miners Killed

The Bombala Times · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 2

On Monday Mrs. W. J. Campbell, of this town, received the sad news of the sudden death of her brother, Mr. Ernest Miners, which occurred at…

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When Accidents Happen. Use Nothing But Zam-buk

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 2

You can't avoid accidents—they wouldn't be accidents if you could. No matter how careful mother…

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Motor Fatality at Nimmitabel

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1921 · page 2

The Coroner for the Bombala district, Mr W. Beileiter, held an inquest at the Nimmitabel court-house on Friday…

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