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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Cranking Road Roller Accident to Roadman

The South Coast Register · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 1

While cranking a small road roller engaged on main road work near Minnamurra on Wednesday, Mr. C. Mannins, of Oak Flat, a workman on the…

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Injured at Football Berry’s Serious Loss

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 1

During the match between Kiama and Berry, a man from each team received injuries, which will necessitate them lying up for a couple of…

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Peculiar Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 5

While unloading milk cans from a lorry at Albion Park on Thurs-day last, Ernest Charlesworth, an employee of the Illawarra Central…

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Man Knocked Down Accident at K. Valley Serious Injuries Inflicted

The South Coast Register · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 2

On Wednesday evening a man, whose name is understood to be Brave, a visitor to Kangaroo Valley from Kangaloon, was knocked down…

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Fatal Accident Albion Park Man Killed

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

A mile out of Port Macquarie, on Saturday afternoon, a car in which a party of five were travelling turned over after skidding on loose gravel…

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Accident In A Church. Fell 20 Feet

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 7

A painful accident befel Frank Price, aged 20, an apprentice for the firm of Price and M'Creeth, electrical contractors, at Shellharbour, on…

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Accident at the Hoppers

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 7

Albert Fisher, running guard on the State Quarry's metal tram, had a wonderful escape from death, reports the Kiama "Independent."…

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Railway Accident Three Men Injured Injured Man’s Account

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2

Three men travelling to Wollongong on the 8.20 a.m. train from Kiama to Sydney on Saturday morning sustained injuries and had a…

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Accident to Footballers Lorry Capsizes Near Gerringong Several Admitted to the Hospital

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

A serious (but, fortunately, not attended with fatal results) lorry accident occurred on Moffitt’s Hill Gerringong, on Saturday night, when the…

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Serious Gar Accident on Tantawanglo Mountain

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 2

Last evening, while returning down the Tantawanglo mountain in Mr W. Grealy’s car, Edward James Jamieson, a Wolumla resident, was…

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Bombo Footballers Meet With Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 3

Bombo (2nd Grade) footballers returning home on Saturday night from Nowra, where they bad played Pyree, mot with an accident at…

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Accidents Sedan and Lorry Collide

The South Coast Register · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 1

While en route to Kiama from Wollongong, last week-end, Mr. J. Henville, while driving in his new sedan, collided with a lorry, severely…

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Drowning Fatality Kiama Lad’s Misfortune Caught in Heavy Sea

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

At least one death has been claimed by the southerly that has been raging around Kiama for the past week. The victim is Frank Fisher…

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Intersection Accidents

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

Detailed study of the causes of motoring accidents shows that fully half of them occur at intersections, and of these a prepondering number…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

Mountainous seas were responsible for the drowning of a young man named Frank Fisher, off Werri Creek, near Gerringong, on Friday night. His mate,…

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In Proper Distress Death by Drowning Coroner’s Verdict

The South Coast Register · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

A coronal inquest into the death of Albert Frank Fisher, who was drowned while proceeding from Greenwell Point to Kiama by [?]…

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Accident at Racecourse

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 3

While riding a horse at "work" on the Nowra course yesterday morning, young O'Sullivan, a promising lightweight rider, met with rather a…

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Fatal Ending Kangaroo Valley Accident

The South Coast Register · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

John William Hreeves, who was knocked down by a motor car in Kangaroo Valley about three weeks ago, receiving severe, injuries to the…

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Coroner's Inquest. The Fatality at Kangaroo Valley

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. R. King, J.P., conducted an inquiry at Kangaroo Valley, on, Tuesday last, adjourning it until Wednesday to…

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Inquiry into Car Fatality

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 3

Mr. Reuben King, J.P., district .coroner, held an inquiry at Kangaroo Valley on Tuesday last, touching the death of John William Breeves, as the…

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