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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Indemnity for all Motor Accidents

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 4

Advice has been received from Mr. A. G. Bill, manager of the road service department, Royal Automobile Club of Australia, that the vexed…

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Indemnity for Accidents

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 3

Advice has been received from Mr A. G. Bill, manager of the road service department, Royal Automobile Club of Australia, that the vexed…

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Drowning at Moruya

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9

The body of G. C. Failes, 40, of Coonamble, who was washed off the rocks at Bingle. Point, Moruya, last Saturday, was: found by Mr. C…

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Indemnity for All Motor Accidents. Explanation of the New Queensland Protective Leglisation

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

Advice has been received from [?]A. G. Bill, Manager of the Ro[?]vice Department, Royal A[?] Club of Australia, that th[?]…

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Chapter of Accidents. an Unlucky Family

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

Little Valma Ashby, daughter of Mr. Roy Ashby, of Newmerella, was slightly injured by a motorist while proceeding along the Prince's…

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Accidents

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

Accidents that were tended by the Nowra Ambulance during the past week were: -- January 23rd, Lionel Podbury, of…

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Surf Fatality at Eden. Boy Drowned. Nearly Second Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 2

Walter Edwards, aged 16 years; eldest son of Mr Dick Edwards, the well-know mail contractor was drowned in the surf at Asling’s…

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Fell From Top of Stairs Accident That Brought on Neuritis

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

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

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Fatal Accident Near Carringong

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

Somersaulting several times, a motor car (driven by Ralph Noble, 24, of Mosman) killed Robert James, 20, single, of Mount…

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Thirsty Beasts. Rush Into Bomaderry Creek to Have a Fill of Salt Water. One of the Animals Drowned

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

When something over thirty beasts of Mr. F. Morison's, Nowra butcher, were released from the railway trucks on Friday morning last they…

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Accidental Death Seaman Dies As Result of Fall on Board Ship

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 3

Gilbert Prate, aged 33, a native of England, and leading seaman of the H.M.S. “Swan,” died at the David Berry Hospital on Saturday…

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Accidents

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

On Sunday, 31st January, Gilbert Peate. lending seaman on the H.M. A.S. "Swan," whilst carrying water down a companion way slipped and…

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More Value Than Coal. Mineral That Was Found by Accident

The Bega District News · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

Annfield Plain, one of the oldest towns in Durham, England, built its fame on coal, and now, after five years of depression, is to regain…

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Chapter of Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 1

There was quite a chapter of accidents at the Nowra Show, the most notable of which, perhaps, was that of Bob Chittick, who had what…

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Motor Accidents

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

The N.S.W. Transport Commission is contemplating more strict motor regulations, including a 30 miles per hour speed limit in the city and…

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Little Boy's Bad Luck Ormonde Brown's Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 5

Ormonde, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Brown, of Cambewarra, must be well in the running for the doubtful honor of being…

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Unfortunate Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 4

A message from Begs states that, while shooting on Sunday. James Otton, of Murray’s Flat, in getting over a log, knocked the butt of the…

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Motor Fatality. Jack Louttit Dies From Injuries

The Bega District News · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr Jack Louttit, who bad been running a motor serv[?] between Moruya and Bega, collided with a lorry at Bergalia, a few miles…

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Serious Motor Accident Four Cars in Colliston Mr. G. F. Shirley infored

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

Mr. Graham F. Shirley, of Wolstonecraft, who officially opened the Junior Farmers’ Show at Gerringong on Saturday last, and who is well…

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Lorry Accident. Valley Resident Injured

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

Mr. T. A. Cochrane and his son, Arthur, of "Oakleigh," Kangaroo Valley, were fortunate, to escape with slight injuries when the lorry in which…

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