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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

23 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Motor Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 1

A motor mishap occurred on the Broughton Village road near Mrs. Thompson's on Monday of last week. The car laden with people, capsized…

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Accidents At Meroo

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

Master James Beazeley accidentally cut his left leg below the knee with an axe while falling timber on Monday, 19th…

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Launch Accident at Jervis Bay

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 1

On Anniversary Day a party of three soldiers had a rough and unpleasant experience at Longnose, near the Lighthouse,…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 1

Mr. Fred Kimpton had a nasty fall, rendering him unconscious, from his bicycle on Saturday last, whilst riding down Bice's Hill on his way to the…

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Surfing Fatality. Girl Drowned at Heads

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 7

On Sunday last, whilst surf-bathing at the Crookhaven Heads, a young woman, named Pearl Winley, resident in Nowra, was carried out by the…

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Sad Surfing Fatality. at Crookhaven Heads

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Crookhaven Heads on Sunday last, and cast quite a gloom over the visitors, and throughout Nowra where…

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Drowning Case at Berry

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. R. King, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of death of Miss Annie Lloyd, aged 52 years, and sister of Mrs. C. Wiley of Nowra…

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Drowning Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

A party journeyed by motor car from Wollongong to Shellharbour on Sunday last for a day's fishing. About noon they…

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Motor Accident. on the Bulli Pass. Wollongong

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

While motoring down the Balli Pass with his wife and 8-year-old child, this morning, Mr. Cyril Pearse, who resides at Neutral Bay, met with an accident…

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Drowning Fatality. a Sad Case. Death of Mr. Ken. O'sullivan

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 6

The many friends of Mr. Ken. O'Sullivan, and his respected parents, received a shock yesterday morning (reports last week's "Inverell Times"),…

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Big Blaze at Bangalow. Two Men Killed Mr D. J Boag Fobme[?] Bega Resident Ba[?]ly Injured

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

A dis[?]stors first requiting in the death of two men and the destruction of considerable [?]rty occurred at Banga[?]shortly…

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Teamster Injured

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 3

On Saturday morning last, just as Mr. Jno. Whiffen, jun., was starting for Bermagui with a waggon load of bark, he met with an accident which…

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Fatal Accident

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 3

On Saturday evening about 7 o'clock, as Mrs. Albert Blacka and her two children were being driven home to Quaama by Mr. Fred Cole, the…

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Innocent Man "Hanged." Saved by Accident. Compensation 20 Years After

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 3

Whether Providence does not sometimes intervene to save an innocent man from death is a question revived by the proposal now being debated…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 2

Bega friends were shocked to hear of the terribly sudden death of Mrs. A. H. Jeffreys, wife of Mr. Jeffreys, manager of the Delegate…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 1

On Saturday night last vehicles travelling in opposite directions in Junction street and driven by Mr. J. McGuire and Miss…

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Fatal Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon last week as a motor bus was going down Bulli Hill, Malcolm Roy Cooper, 25 years of age, signalled the driver to stop. The…

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Deaths. Fatal Accident. Mr. Edward Sheehan Killed

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1920 · page 2

News readied town on Friday that Mr Edward Sheehan had been killed while on his way to Daisy Hill with his dray and horses. It…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 1

Mr. R. Collingwood, in the employ of Clyde Shire Council as a maintenance man, had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken by a kick from a horse…

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A Frightful Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 2

A young man named Mr [?] Gribble working for his father at Hall met with a [?] on Saturday afternoon. He had last…

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