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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

124 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 7

Accident

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 4

Master Gleu Rees, aged 15, son of Mr. D. B. Rees, Smith’s Hill. Wollongong, met with a very painful accident whilst engaged at his work with Mr…

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Accident

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 4

Master Glen Rees, aged 35, son of Mr. D. [?] Rees, Smith’s Hill, Wollongong, met with a very painful accident whilst engager at his work with Mr…

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Accident at Berry

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 2

A man named Charles Bellinger was thrown from his horse at Berry on Saturday morning last, falling on to his head on the hard road. He was admitted to the Berry…

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Accident at Berry

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 May 1902 · page 2

A man named Charles Bellinger was thrown from his home at Berry on Saturday morning last, falling on to his head on the hard road. He was admitted to the Berry…

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Painful Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 2

Master John Ca[?] eon of Mr. P. J. [?], a lad 12 years of age, has his left hand badly mangled last Friday at Mossrs [?] dairy, through setting it…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Mr. Robert Miller Shot

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 3

Mr. Robert M. Miller, son of Mr. Robert Miller, of Gerringong, was Accidentally shot at Shellharbour on Thursday…

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Gun Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2
Also in The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer

On Tuesday afternoon last, in the vicinity of Mr. W. Alexander's farm at Jamberoo, a boy named Costello, 12 years of age, received a large portion…

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Accident at Shellharbour. Mr. Robert Miller Accidentally Shot

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

ON Thursday information reached Kiama that a severe gun accident had happened at Shellharbour, by which Mr. Sober Miller, son of Mr. Robert Miller, of Gerringong,…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 2

Mr. B. W. Miller, farmer of Woodbine, near Shellharbour, accidentally shot himself on Friday last. Whilst setting through a fence. the contents lodging in his side…

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Accident on Nowra Bridge

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 2

An accident of an extraordinary nature, but which happily did not result seriously, occurred on the Nowra Bridge early on Friday evening last. A bullock waggon, laden…

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Fatal Burning Accident at [?]

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 2

[?] Wickens engineer whilst [?] duties at her [?] on Monday afternoon [?] was very [?]…

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Accident on Nowra Bridge

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 26 June 1902 · page 2

Au accident of an extraordinary nature, but which happily did not result seriously, occurred on the Nowra Bridge early on Friday evening last. A bullock waggon, laden…

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Fatal Burning Accident at Bomaderry

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 26 June 1902 · page 2

Mrs. Wickens, wife of Mr: John Wickens, engineer, whilst engaged in domestic duties at her residence at Bomaderry on Monday afternoon last was very severely burnt about…

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The Late Burning Fatality

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Wickens, who died on Monday at Meroo from the effects of injuries received through her clothes catching fire, took place on Wednesday last and…

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Rifle Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 2

An accident which, unfortunately, is likely to prove fatal, occurred at Numeralla on Sunday afternoon. From particulars to hand, it appears that Mr. Dan. Duncan…

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Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 2

Bliss Jessie McDonald, of Fairview, who had her leg broken below the knee last Thursday morning, is getting along very well under Dr. Marshall’s can. She…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 2

Our Tilba Tilba correspondent wired at —Yesterday (Wednesday) about 25 persons, including Mr Ramph and a lad twelve years old, named Selwyn Cole, met…

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Serious Accident

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 1

A young man named William Dixon, aged 32, met with a serious accident (writes our correspondent) at the Bateman's Bay Government…

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Fatal Accident at Narooma

Moruya Examiner · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

Mr. Coroner Simpson conducted an inquiry on Thursday last into the circumstances connected with the death of the lad Charles Selwyn Cole, which occurred on Tuesday…

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