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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

7 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Seven Drowned

Delegate Argus · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

Overwhelmed by flood waters in the middle of Sunday night, seven persons were drowned at the Stanwell Park camping…

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Seven Drowned. Stanwell Park

The Bombala Times · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Overwhelmed by flood waters in the middle of Sunday night, seven persons were drowned at the Stanwell Park camping ground, and their bodies…

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Cycle Accident. Stan. Dent Seriously Injured

The Bombala Times · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 1

Stanley J. Dent (formerly of Bombala) and Thomas Berg, two postal employees in Canberra, were injured on Wednesday when the motor cycle…

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Shocking Motor Accident AUCKLAND

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 3

A passenger, Patrick Burns, 54, suffered a terrible ordeal when a car capsized after a collision. Burns's neck was pierced by a…

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Mail Train Wrecked Miraculous Escape of 200 Passengers. Only Six Injured

The Bombala Times · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 4

Six passengers were injured out of 200, when the Albury, mail train from Sydney left the rails half a mile from the Bowning…

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Motor Accident. Man Pinned for an Hour Orbost

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 1

Eric Munn, road master for the Country Roads Board, and James Mitchelll, of Orbost, had an unenviable experience on Friday…

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Accidents Will Happen

The Bombala Times · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 3

Officer: "What's that? You break a bottle of beer over the patrol corporal's head and have the audacity to stand there and tell me it was an…

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