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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Shooting Accident at Bemboka

The Bega District News · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

Two young men named Henry Lloyd and Bodycote were out shooting near Mr Green’s, at Bemboka yesterday, when Bodycote’s gun…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Mr. R. Brown, whilst at work in Ison & Mison's timber mill on Monday fractured a couple of ribs, caused through slipping on a piece of tin. He was hurrying to blow…

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Gun Accident at Milton. Man's Arm! Shattered

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 2

As the result of a gun accident on Wednesday evening, Ted Hibberd, a well-known young man of Milton, sustained terrible injuries to his right…

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Show Committee's Liability for Accidents. Practicably Negligible

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 1

At a recent meeting of the Glen Innes P. and A. Society, it was resolved to obtain legal opinion on the Society's liability in connection with…

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Another Motor Fatality

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

A motor eat, in attempting to pass another vehicle on the Port Adelaide road, capsized. The car contained three men and four women…

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Gun Accident. Man's Arm Shattered

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

As the result of a gun accident on Wednesday evening last week, Ted Hib-berd, a well known young man of Milton substained terrible injuries to his right…

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Sailors Drowned

The Bega District News · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 2

While landing in a dinghy at Cape Borda from the lighthouse steamer Lady Loch on Saturday night, the chief officer and a seaman from the…

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Fisherman Drowned

The Bega District News · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 2

Melbourne, Monday—A fishing boat capsised at the Lakes Entrance yesterday, and George Stephens, the owner of the boat was drowned, but…

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Mysterious New Zealand Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 2

Clive Rutherford, one of the victims of the Kurow accident in New Zealand, last Wednesday, when a motor car crashed over 130ft cliff,…

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Motor Fatality on Bega-Eden Road Well-known Bega Driver Killed

The Bega District News · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 2

Bega was shocked this morning by news of the finding of the dead body of Cliff. Haigh, a well-known Bega motor driver, under one of…

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The Motor Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

An inquest was [?] at Pambula Monday afternoon, before Mr A. I. Nicholson, Coroner, into the death of t he late Cliff Haigh, whose…

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Latest Telegrams. Sensational Motor Collision

The Bega District News · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

Three persons ware severely injured as a result of a sensational collision at Kogarah between two motor cars. Both Cars were [?]…

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Prominent Victorian Solicitor Killed in Motor Accident

The Bega District News · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

John Gavin Duffy, solicitor, was Killed when his motor car left the road near Port Fairy, Victoria, and Crashed through a heavy stone fence…

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Dreadful Flood Fatality. Two Well-known Residents Drowned. Gallant Attempts at Rescue

The Bega District News · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

Messrs. Harry Duncan, of Brogo, and Edward Walker, of Angledale, were drowned in the flood waters at Yarranung on Monday afternoon. word was phoned to town early…

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The Flood. the Toll of Drowned Stock Not Big. Thousands Of Pounds Worth Of Damage To Roads, Bridges, Culverts, and Crops. Loss Of Life At Bega

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 4

The usual placid waters of the Shoalhaven River were disturbed last week end into a swirling current of flood as a result of the torrential rains. On…

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Pea Rifle Accident At Kangaroo Valley

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 1

Miss Maggie Keenan, youngest daughter of Mr. John Keenan, of Barrengarry, was getting something for her brother, who was holding a…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 5

On Friday afternoon a fatal gun accident happened at Coolangatta. Several boys were out shooting rabbits. One of them, Leslie Wallace…

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Blasting Fatality

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 2

Arthur Beams, 35, was instantly killed, and. two other men, Joseph Lester and Preston Dixon, badly m-jured, as the result of an explosion…

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Accidental Shooting Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

A sad fatality occurred at Coolangatla on­­­­­­ Friday afternoon last, when Leslie Wallace ("Bobby") Pool lost his life as a result, of a­­…

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The Coolangatta Fatality

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 3

On Wednesday last Mr. Reuben King, J.P., district coroner, held an inquiry at the Court House touching the death of Leslie Wallace Pell,…

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