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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Narrow Escape From Drowning At Nowra Baths. Timely Rescue

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

A young man named Joseph Lynch, in the employ of the proprietor of the Hotel Nowra, had a narrow escape from drowning at Nowra baths on…

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Gun Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

Mr. W. Baxter, fisherman, met with a nasty accident as a result of his gun exploding through being bumped. He was fishing out Jervis Bay way and…

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The Rescue From Drowning

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

Mr. Lynch has handed us the appended letter, suggesting that we should publish same:-- Sydney…

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Footballer Injured Broken Leg

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 2

With the advent of the football season comes the usual run of minor casualties, and usually through the season some player is more or less…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 7

A terrible drowning fatality occurred at Byron Bay on Tuesday last week, when two boys, Alee Weir, aged 11, and his brother, Ivan, a year…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 3

Mr. E. Ison, of Nowra, says he thanks his lucky stars that he is alive to tell the tale. He and his wife and children were proceeding to Sydney…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 7

Mr. Lance Boag met with a serious accident on the Showground on Easter Monday. He worked hard all day assisting with the preparation of…

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Motor Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 7

On Tuesday, last week, while returning from the Royal Show in a a motor float, carrying two show horses, Douglas Grimwood, aged 18, son of…

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Accidents On Nowra Bridge

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 5

On Wednesday evening Constable Williams, of Nowra, was driving across the bridge when he had to swerve suddenly to avoid running down a…

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Accident on Nowra Bridge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1931 · page 4

On Wednesday last, at about 5.45 p. m., a peculiar accident occurred on the Nowra bridge. Mr. R. Roberts, of the "South Coast Register," was…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision Near Bombo

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 2

At 5 p.m. on Sunday evening Joseph .lame Fenny, of Hunker Street, Picton. and employed at the Commissioners’ Quarries. Bombo…

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Motor Accident At Broughton Village

The South Coast Register · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

An accident which might have resulted in serious injuries to the travellers happened at Broughton Village on Saturday evening. It…

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Motor Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 3

What might have been a much more serious accident occurred about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at Thompson's Hill, Gerringong, when a…

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Serious Motor Accident MR. C. V. Monaghan Badly Injured

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 7

Yesterday forenoon, about 11 o'clock, a serious motor accident happened at the junction of Jervis-street with the Prince's Highway. Mr. J…

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Two Cars Collide C. V. Monaghan Injured

The South Coast Register · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

A serious accident occurred at the intersection of Jervis Street and the Prince’s Highway, Nowra, on Tuesday morning about 10.30 a.m…

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Serious Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 4

A little before 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning last two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of the turnoff to Pyree-Greenwell Point and the…

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Footballer Injured Severely Cut Finger

The South Coast Register · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 2

On Wednesday Mr. E. Peterson, one of the Berry first grade footballers, badly cut one of his fingers with a reaping book, and he may not…

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Painful Accident

The South Coast Register · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 3

Whilst playing near a window at the home of Mrs. T. Campbell, of Dunmore, little Miss Dorothy Armstrong had the misfortune to put her…

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Accident At Braidwood. Driver of Motor Car Charged at the Police Court

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

A boy named Bob Grigg was badly knocked about as a result of a motor car bumping into his horse on the Braidwood--Mongarlowe road. The…

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Sad Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 5

Remarkable fortitude was shown by Harold Clarke, aged 13 years, son of Mr. G. W. Clarke, of Falls Creek, on Thursday afternoon, last week, when…

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