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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Serious Accident at Merimbula

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 5

Mr John McCabe, of Lochiel, was the victim of a serious accident, at Merimbula oh Boxing Night. He left the village shortly after…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

An accident, which might easily have had fatal results, occurred on San day afternoon, near Burrill, in which Mrs. Austin Crouin sustained a nasty…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Miss MrMahon, accompanied by Mrs Watts, a visitor, and M[?] and Mrs. L. Cordery's little daughter Joyce had a narrow from drowning with engaged…

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Motor Car Accident. £100 Damages

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 5

At the District Court, on Thursday, before his Honor Judge Hamilton, the ease Senior, v. Johnston was heard. Mr. Abrahams (instructed by Mr…

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Motor Car in Collision With Waggon. £100 Damages Awarded

The Nowra Leader · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 4

At the District Court on Friday last before his Honor, Judge Hamilton, David Frances Senior sought to recover £11[?] damages from David Stewart…

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Serious Accident To A Youth

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 4

Late last Friday afternoon Georgi Tetley, son of Mr. Alf. Tetley, o Bolong, met with a serious accident through a horse he was riding on the…

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Sad Fatality at Bermagui

The Bega District News · Monday 5 May 1924 · page 2

Mrs Frampton ,wife of the postmaster at Bermagui South, was found drowned in the well-known town darn near Beach House on Sunday…

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Mr. Bourne Meets With Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 4

Mr. H. Bourne, se[?]r., had one of his arms broken on Wednesday, in Kinghorn street, near his residence, when the horse he was leading pulled back and caused him…

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Fatal Accident at Jervis Bay. Man Fell Over Cliffs at Old Light House

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon Henry Arthur Leslie Lambert, a surgeon dentist who has been in the habit of visiting the Naval College…

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Dreadful Accident at Kiama

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 4

On Sunday morning about 11 o'clock the residents of Kiama and Bombo were horrified to bear of the terrible death of Henry Hammond, who was…

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Electric Wire Fatality at Kiama

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 6

On a motion for adjournment, in the Legislative Assembly, last week, Mr. Mark F. Morton (Wollondilly) said: I desire to bring under the…

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The Bombo Fatality. Pole Very Carelessly Pat In Says The Coroner

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 6

Henry Gordon Carter, Chief Electrical Engineer of the Public Works Department, giving [?]once before Mr. C. W. Craig, J.P., Coroner, reports the…

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Accidents

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 2

On Monday last a little girl named Ethel Agnew, daughter of Mr. Chas. Agnew, of South Bermagui, was playing near a…

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Accidents will Happen Treat Your Cuts, Burns, Scalds, Etc., With An[?]ptic Zam Buk

The Bega District News · Monday 25 August 1924 · page 4

When you meet with an accident, a cut, a burn, or a scald, you don't need to run up any doctor's bill if you have Zam-Buk ready to hand…

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Distressing Accident to an Old Shoalhaven Man. Walked Half a Mile With Leg Burned to the Bone. Causes His Death

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 4

A pathetic little story of an old man's pluck was told to the Parramatta Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, on August 3rd, when he held an inquiry…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 2

A car driven by Arthur Ward turned a complete somersault near Moree on Saturday night. Ward was killed instantaneously, and the other occupants…

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Third Death From Ferry Accident

The Bega District News · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 2

Mins Murphy, the third member, of the family which suffered injuries in Thursday’s ferry accident, died last night…

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Another Motor Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 22 September 1924 · page 2

One man was Killed and three injured when a motor car containing six men overturned at Dandenong Victoria, last night…

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Sensational Railway Collision

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 2

A sensational collision occurred at the Central Railway Station last night. Owing to a mistaken order, the 7.25 Melbourne express was…

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Sad Fatality. E. R. McDonald Electrocuted

The Nowra Leader · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 1

Edward Ronald (known as "Ron" in Nowra) McDonald who was employed at North Sydney as a Council's linesman, working on the overhead power wires at…

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