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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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The Electrician's Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

On Friday afternoon last, Thomas Bloomfield (not Dransfield as reported in the Sydney papers) had a narrow escape from death. He was engaged at…

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[?]otball Matches On The Showground. Accident To Tom Caddell

The Nowra Leader · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

Interest in football was discounted [?]siderably locally as a result of the [?]lays, together with the accident [?] befel Tom Caddell, in the…

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Collision—Car and Motor Cycle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 6

Just about the time we went to press on Friday afternoon last a head-on collision took place at the corner of Kinghorn and North-streets,…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 8

An accident occurred in Kinghorn street, near the Empire Hotel on Friday afternoon last, through a motor car, driven by Mrs. A. Emery, of…

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Accident on Nowra Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 4

Miss Louie Hall, of Bomaderry, was knocked down the other night on Nowra bridge, by a motor cyclist, and was rather badly braised and…

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Accident to Mr. N. Jennings

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 1

Mr. Norman Jennings, of Cumberton Grange, met with severe injury to one of his eyes on Friday last. He had been away working in the barn, almost a mile…

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The Flood. OVER 12 Inches at Bega. Man Drowned at Jellat Jellat. Baker’s Cart Washed Away and Horse Drowned

The Bega District News · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 2

Rain set in at Bega on Thursday morning, continuing throughout the day, and at night it fell very heavily, four inches being recorded up to…

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News and Notes. Clocks That Report Accidents

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 1

One on the chief difficulties in the operation of an underground railway is that mishaps are likely to be undiscovered by the outside operators…

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The Drowning at Jellat Jellat

The Bega District News · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 2

At the Court-house Bega, on Wednesday last. Mr Bromfield, deputy Coroner, held an inquiry into the recent drowning at Jellat Jellat…

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Pyree Football Club. Injured Flayer's Fund

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 4

That the above club had sincere sympathisers when it made an appeal to supplement the Injured Player's Fund, was quite evident at the euchre party…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 8

A terrible accident befell a young man named Keith ("Put',) Dowling, fireman on a stock train which trained at the Moss Vale railway station…

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Gun Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1928 · page 4

Clem Ellison, a lad employed at the Nowra telephone exchange, met with a serious gun accident on Monday morning. Another youth, Douglas…

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Accidents

The Nowra Leader · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 4

Clem Ellison, son of Mr. J. Ellison, of this town, was accidentally shot in the log by another boy on Monday last. The firearm, usually responsible for…

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Two Men Killed in Motor Accident at Albion Park

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 3

In our previous issue we reported the death of a popular man of Albion Park through motor lorry overturning. Since then, on Sunday night last, another…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 1

A motor cycle and side-car, driven by Mr. F. Smith, who is employed in the railway service at Bomaderry, and a motor oar, driven by a…

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Motor Car Collision With an Ox on the Prince's Highway

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 1

Mr. Mison had a narrow escape from a serious oar accident on Sunday night last, whilst returning to Nowra on the Prince's Highway, at Falls Creek,…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 6

Mr. Wally McGnire with a passenger riding pillion, had a c[?]rrow escape from surious accident on Saturday afternoon, rounding the…

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Serious Accident on Berry Mountain

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 4

A serious accident happened at Bellawongarah on Sunday last. A young man from Sydney, who came down for the holiday, was out on East's…

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Motor Smash. Collision With Tree. Lady Passenger Hurt

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 6

A motor accident happened on Friday on the back road from Brooman to Bateman's Bay. As a result Miss Gill, of Broomon, is an inmate…

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Accident At Bomaderry

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon a young man named Whits, son of Mr. and Mrs. White, of Bomaderry, was riding a bicycle, descending a rather…

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