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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 2

Mr. Harry Selman, when getting into the Greenwell Point mail sulky on Eigh-Hour Day, was, through the horse moving unexpectedly, thrown…

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Shocking Accident Man Falls From Roof

The South Coast Register · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 1

On Tuesday afternoon at about 5 p.m. Mr. George Habberley, in attempting to gain the roof of Malley’s shop in Kinghorn Street…

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Fatal Accident Quarryman Dies From Injuries

The South Coast Register · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 1

Kiama residents were shocked on Friday night to hear of the death of Mr. Frank Hogan, 42 years of age, who had been injured at the old…

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Accident at Pyree

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1930 · page 3

A young man named Morton Ross, employed by Mr. E. Caines, of Pyres, met with a rather serious accident yesterday forenoon. He was engaged…

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Fatal Car Accident Near Cobargo

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 2

A Vauxhall car containing two men named John Normanton and Andrew Smith, bound from Melbourne to Sydney, capsized on Tuesday afternoon at…

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Motor Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 1

The driver of the motor car knocked down Thomas Christ near Bowral, whose death was re[?]ed the other week, is Jas…

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Motor Car Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1930 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon a motor car accident happened at Cockwhy Creek, about mid-way between Termeil and the Clyde River. The car…

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Car Capsizes All Occupants Injured None Seriously Hurt

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

Returning from the Nowra talking on Saturday Mr. W. Herne and those with him had a remarkable escape from a very serious accident. Just…

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Serious Car Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

On Monday night,-two young fellows named Douglas Simmonds (21) and Stanley Sloan (19), while walking along Bridge Road near the store…

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Hit-Run Motorist Two Men Injured

The South Coast Register · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

While two men, Douglas Simends (21) and Stanley Sloar, (22), were walking along Bridge-road about 9 p. m. on Monday evening they were…

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Cycle Accident at Crookhaven

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

On Tuesday last Mr. Rex Bourke, of Crookhaven, had just left Mr. Morg. Ryan's, on his motor cycle enroute to the Pyree post office, when he crashed…

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Accident at Tomerong

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

On Saturday night last a girl, accompanied by a young man, came into collision in a motor cycle and car accident, at Tomerong, when on their way to…

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Knocked on Bridge Road

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

On Monday night last two men, walking along Bridge Road, were knocked down and seriously injured, whether by a hit-run…

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Motor Car Accident Passengers Escape Injury

The South Coast Register · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 4

A motor ear, driven by a Nowra resident, with three or four passengers, came to grief at Broughton Village near Messrs. Thompson Bros…

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Peculiar Accident Motor Wheel Wobbles

The South Coast Register · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 2

When one of Day’s de luxe tourist coaches was turning the comer of Moss and Kinghorn streets at 1.30 p.m. on Monday the front wheel…

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