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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Sad Fatality at Berry

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 6

The little daughter of Mr. James Park (Margaret Mary, aged seven years) died in the Berry Hospital on Monday night last, as the result of…

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Year's Street Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1910 · page 3

A White Paper issued by the Home Office shows that during last year there were 1,151 fatal and 26,872 non-fatal accidents due to vehicular traffic in the…

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A Sad Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 3

On Tuesday last a sad fatality occurred at Jervis Bay When Mr. James Dent was accidentally killed by the limb of a tree. It appears the…

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Jervis Bay Fatality Death of Mr. James Dent

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 4

Many people have learned with much regret of the fatal accident which happened to Mr. James Dent, of the well-known family of…

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Drowning at Bateman's Bay

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 1

Mr. W. D. Owen, of Bateman's Bay, was drowned on Sunday last. The evidence of his son (6 years old) at the inquest is as follows: "I…

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Queensland. Drowning Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

A double drowning fatality occurred at Cecil Plains station, 25 miles from Dalby yesterday. A boy named William Roser was swimming in a…

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Western Australia. Jockey Injured

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

Murella fell in the principal event at the Perth races on Saturday, and jockey Barry was badly injured, sustaining concussion of the brain and…

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Fatal Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

R. Arbuckle, manager of the Pelaw Main colliery, was killed on the coal line near Kurri Kurri on Saturday, [?]…

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Accidents at Races

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

Three horses fell in one event at Pilliga Races, the jockeys being severely hurt. One, K. Cleave, of Coonamble, is not expected to recover…

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Seaside Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

Walter Plummer, a well-known public man at Taree, was fatally injured at Black Head yesterday, being dashed against the rocks by a heavy…

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Shooting Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

During a family quarrel at Mooribban, Constable Alexander Edwards, 48, was shot. His side was torn open and he bled to death. His son David,…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

The charred bodies of a settler and his family were found on Saturday in the ruins of their house at Walma, in the Beechworth district, Victoria…

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Victoria. Railway Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1910 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred at Kilmore Junction, Victoria, on Saturday. A train, loaded with firewood, bolted down a steep incline…

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Accidents at Milton

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. Bartlett (Morton) met with a nasty accident the other day, the result of a horse he was riding rolling over him…

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Shooting Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

Margarete De Fane, known as Suzanne, who was shot by a Japanese named Set to died on Sunday. Setto is in the hospital, but his condition is not…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. [Miners’ Accident Relief Fund

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

Mr. J. L. Fagan has been informed that his services in connection with the Miners’ Accident Relief Fund will be no longer required after the end of…

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Drowning an Impossibility

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 8

A newly-invented, novel lifebelt is a metal strap, with four air-filled metallic floats about the size of an ordinary coconut. It is claimed…

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Sad Fatality at Tomerong

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 3

An accident, resulting in the death of a stepdaughter of Mr. W. Dent's, of Jervis Bay, occurred at Tomerong on Tuesday last. The Coroner (Mr. C. J…

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Shocking Fatality at Tomerong. a Girl Killed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

The district was shocked by news on Tuesday last of an accident which occurred at Tomerong by which bright girl of 14 1/2 years, (Myrtis Johnings)…

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Fatal Accident at Tomerong

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 7

A sad fatal accident occurred at Tomerong on Tuesday afternoon last. One of the Transport Company's motor oars had stopped in front of the hotel there, and when about…

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