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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Sad Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 6

On Friday night last after the Juvenile Ball, in connection with the Nowra Diggers, Miss Grace Young had taken her nephew and niece to her…

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Accidents and Fatalities

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 4

Alf. Green met with an accident at Huskisson on Friday last, whilst working on a well shaft, striking himself on one of his feet with a…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1936 · page 3

A fatal gun accident happened at Kangaroo Valley on Tuesday. Alfred Green, aged 21 years, and married, of Wattamolla, was riding a bicycle,…

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Coroner's Inquiry Accidental Death Recorded

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 1

The district coroner, Mr. R. King, J.P., held an inquiry on Monday touching the death of Mrs. Browne, which sad event occurred on…

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Coroner's Inquiry. Accidental Death Recorded

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 3

The district coroner, Mr. R. King, J.P., held an inquiry on Monday touching the death of Mrs. Browne, which sad event occurred on…

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Accidentally Killed

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 6

Last week, Mr. William Purdie, of Richmond River, was on a visit to this district, staying with his cousin, Mr. W. Purdie, Cabbage Tree,…

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Another Fatal Car Accident

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 3

Mr. William S. Purdic, 69, a former alderman of the Ballina Municipal Council aud proprietor of a holiday residential at East Ballina, was…

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Fell From Top of Stairs Accident That Brought on Neuritis

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 4

This old lady survived a fall downstairs from top to bottom, only to become a victim of neuritis and rheumatism. But in Kruschen she…

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Accidental Coroner’s Verdict on Mrs. Browne’s Death

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 3

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"A Picture no Artist Could Paint" Unpleasant Accident and Its Consequences

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 3

On Tuesday. Mr. H. Rauch, proprietor and editor of the "News," left Nowra for Sydney to attend the funeral of his-sister-in-law (a sister…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 6

Herbert Monaghan, of Tomerong [?] was walking along the road at tha[?]centre on Wednesday night and wa[?] knocked down by a cyclist. He [?]…

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Member’s Lucky Escape Car Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 September 1936 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bate had a lucky escape from setion [?] last night, on their way [?] the annual ball of the Betty [?]…

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Fatality at Milton. Well-known Resident Killed When Car Crashed Over Cliff

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 1

When the sad news spread at Milton early on Saturday morning that Mr. Joseph Bartlett had been killed in a motor crash, when the vehicle…

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Roughhouse Tactics Lead to Accident in Canterbury Sprint Race Pamelus and Local Champions for the Spring

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1936 · page 3

It is right on the cards that Billy Boy, winner of the Canterbury Guineas on Saturday, will ultimately prove the best of this season's…

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Injured Players’ Fund Highly Successful Euchre Party and Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 5

There were 112 ladies and gentlemen playing euchre at the School of Arts on Wednesday night last, when Mrs. Bede Walsh and Mrs. George…

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Accidents. Attended by the Ambulance

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 8

On the 23rd September Reggie Schofield, whilst driving horse and dray on a farm at Meroo, met with accident through the horse taking…

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13 Persons Injured Four Cars in Collision on Prince’s Highway

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 5

Thirteen persons were injured when four motor cars were involved of collisions on the Prince’s Highly, at Madden’s Plains, about 7.30…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1936 · page 2

On Thursday Bill Elliott, a small hoy, residing with his parents, at the corner of Plunkett and shoalhaven Serects, had a miraculous escape from…

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Falling Tree Kills Boy Sad Fatality at Experiment Farm

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 1

A boy named William Thomas Boyd, 15 years and months, met with a sad death at the Berry Experiment Farm on Saturday…

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Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 6

During the course of the cricket match match at the Berry recreation ground on Saturday afternoon last, a little girl named Jean McLachlan,…

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