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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Shooting Accident

The South Coast Register · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 3

Mr. George Skelton, grandson of Mrs. E. J. Jarrett, of Berry, met with a painful accident while out shooting early this week, The party…

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Lorry Overturns Mr. Sol Hyam Injured

The Nowra Leader · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

Mr. Sol Hyam, contractor for the Brooman mail, met with a serious accident on Tuesday, and as a result is suffering from extremely painful…

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Motor Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

On Saturday forenoon a terrific crash at the intersection of Kinghorn and Junction -street, Nowra, soon had scores of people hurrying to the scene of the…

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Startling Accident Figures

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 4

It is an alarming fact that Australia stood third highest among the nations in the table of motor car accident deaths per 100,000 of population…

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Unexpected Causes of Accidents

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 4

Many serious car accidents have been traced to the [?] unlikely carses which no driver might ordinarily have foreseen. Among such rarer sources of…

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Fatality at Tilba Tilba

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

A sad fatality occurred at Tilba Tilba about Thursday of last week when Mr. John Foster an old and much respected resident…

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Skidding Greatest Accident Risk. Insurance Figures Prove

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 October 1934 · page 4

Tyro blowouts and punctures cause accidents, bit insurance records show that skids cause five and a half times more accidents than blow[?]nds and…

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Sad Fatality Dream Co[?]

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 2

Last week, repor[?] Mercury," Mrs. Wa St., Wollongong, had effect that her son…

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Sad Fatality. Dream Com[?]

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 4

Last week, repor[?] Mercury," Mrs. Wa[?] St. Wollongong, has effect that her son…

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Accidents

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 9

Ambulance received an ear[?] Sunday morning last to [?]me miles on the south[?] Milton. It was the…

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Accidental Death Strangling of Young Turkey

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 November 1934 · page 1

Mr. Sid Smith, intersection of Kinghorn, North and Moss Streets, Nowra, suffered loss of a young turkey on Tuesday morning in an…

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Shocking Motor Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 2

Mr George Bate, a well known telegraph linesman, who had been working about Bega with the gang for some time, died in the Hospital on…

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