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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Wounded in a Duel. Fencer Injured by a Novice

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 6

A fierce duel (says "Lloyd's Weekly") was fought on the 14th May in the grounds of the Big Wheel in Paris between a young man named…

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Coach Accident

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 3

The " Southern Star " reports that the Cobargo mail coach, in charge of D, Lambert, loft Bega as usual on Monday morning of last week. The…

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Liner Sunk by Bomb. Three Men Killed, Ma[?] Injured.new York, June 21

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 4

The Hamburg-American liner [?] now lying at Philadelphia [?] wreaked by a bomb explosion while [?] cargo was being unloaded…

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Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 8

Two little boys, sons of Mr. E. Hollands, of Nerriga, were chopping bark with an axe in the yard. One was holding the bark, and the other…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Collision in Port Jackson

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 2

These was a collision in the la[?]bor yesterday between the sta[?] Our Jack and On [?] Walter Bethel, the only a cap[?]nt of…

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Fatal Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday morning Keith Lindsay, a lad of 15 years, fifth son of Mr. George Lindsay, of Dapto, was accidentally killed near his parents…

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A Bad Accident. Mr. W. M. Boardman Fractures Two Ribs

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 4

Mr W. M. Boardman, of the Federal Furniture Arcade, Auckland-street, met with a very painful accident at his shop on Wednesday about mid-day. It…

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Accidents

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. R. Hughes’ eldest son, Cecil, aged 14, met with a bad accident on Saturday morning last. It seems that Cecil and Ceddy Cockerill were…

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Sad Fatality at Kangaroo Valley. a Young Man Killed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. C.J. B.Watson) held an inquiry at Barrengarry House on Thursday touching the death there the previous day fo…

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Life Saver Drowned

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 3

Two young ladies, the nieces of M. Ledouy, owner of the Chateau des Houles, near Dinard, France, were bathing in a little bay. One of them,…

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Buggy Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon, Ald. Blow and his son, Keith, of Jamberoo, while driving home from Kiama, met with an accident through the…

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Accident to a Girl

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 4

On Sunday a painful accident occurred at Toolijooa. to Mary Harding (14), daughter of Mr and Mrs James Harding. She was in…

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