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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Serious Quarry Accident at Kiama

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 5

Towards noon on Thursday, the employees of the N.S.W. Associated Blue Metal Quarry were horrified at an accident which befel one of the…

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Big Train Disaster In Queensland. Bega Young Man Amongst the Injured

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 2

A terrible train smash occurred in Queensland on Monday night, nine persons being killed and many injured. The mail train from…

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Serious Quarry Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

The employees of the N.S.W. Associated Blue Metal Quarry, were horrified at an accident which befel one of the most popular young men…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 6

Miss Ivy Benney, accompanied by Miss Bouthe and a young girl Elyard were thrown out of a sulky near the School of Arts on Monday…

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Peculiar Fatality

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 4

A girl named Iris Handley, aged 16 years, was electrocuted at Goulburn recently through grasping a piece of fencing wire which encircled a…

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Adelaide Fire Fatality

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

Following on a fire which broke out at Pennos’ sack factory, Adelaide, yesterday, the body of the caretaker Walter Mail, was found…

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Motor Accident

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

Four persons were injured when a motor car ran off the roadway and capsized at Randwick last night The car was badly damaged…

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More Home Accidents Sudden [?] and Scals Em [?] Daily [?] for Zam-Buk[?]

The Bega District News · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 4

More accident [?] in the home than anywhere else This fact emphasises Every [?] the necessity of [?] the handle [?] of Zam-Buk…

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Kangaroo Valley. Drowning Fatality

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 1

While the floods were at their height, Kangaroo Valley reported no loss of life, and it was not until the river was subsiding that a victim was…

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Railway Fatality. Shoalhaven Man Killed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 1

Mrs. T. Cook, of Berry-street, Nowra, and her sisters this week received the sad intelligence that their brother, Mr. Daniel Rutherford, aged…

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Caterpult Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 6

Young Jack, the 9-year-old son of Mr. A. E. Stuckey, hairdresser, of Nowra, had an unusual experience last week-end. On Friday, while…

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A Flood Fatality of Thirty Years Ago. The Husband Has The Last Word

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 1

Flood happenings in this district, reported in THE LEADER recently, have been the cause of bringing to light…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 1

Mr. J. Inskip, son of Mr. J. Inskip, of Numba, in the employ of Messrs. Watson Bros., met with a nasty accident on…

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Woman Injured

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

During a dist[?] bance at Woollahra early yesterday morning two women, Mrs Sarah Cole, aged 51, and her daughter, Sadie Cole, aged 21, were…

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Fisherman Drowned Plucky Boy

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

A fisherman named Hugh Moss, aged 44, fell from his launch while at sea on Friday, and was drowned. His son, aged 10 years, attempted…

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The Menace of Drunken Drivers Woman Seriously Injured

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 2

Mrs McGarry, aged 40, was teribly crushed between the wall of a building and a motor car at Pott's Point last night. Her skull was…

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Motor Lorry Overturns Several Injured

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

Few persons were injured, one critically, when a motor lorry in which they were driving overturned [?]n top of a motor car in…

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Fatal Accident At Milton. Thrown From Horse

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 7

With tragic suddenness death over took Mr. James M'Mahon, one of Milton's best knownaud most popular farmers, on Monday afternoon…

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Accident on the Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 4

Mr. Joe Stutchbury, of this town, who is in the employ of the Bomaderry Condensing Factory, was riding his…

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Police Motor Van in Collision. Woman Prisoner Injured

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 2

A woman prisoner who was being co[?]veryed to the lockup, Syd[?]ey in She police patrol van last night was injured when a collision occurred…

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