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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Road Safety. Accident Reduction

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 9

For the first time since road [?] deal statis[?]es have been kept, there has been a decrease in the fig[?] ing the first two, and possibly three…

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Car and Truck in Collision

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 2

An accident occurred on the Nowra bridge about 6 p.m. on Monday last, when a late model car driven by Mr. John Downey, of Fraser’s Garage,…

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Car and Truck in Collision

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 5

An accident occurred on the Nowra bridge about 6 p.m. on Monday last, when a late model car driven by Mr. John Downey, of Fraser’s Garage,…

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Road Safety Accident Reduction

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 6

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept, there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly…

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Cyclists in Collision Victims Taken to Hospital

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 2

As a result of a serious cycling mishap which occurred on Campbell’s Hill, Prince’s Highway, at about 8.30 on Tuesday night. Miss Lucille…

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Fatal Motor Accident Well-known Traveller Killed

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 2

Mr. Charles Brown, who for some time past had been travelling for Basha’s, of Nowra, lost his life in a motor accident at Meroo on the…

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Tragic Fatality. Local Resident Killed on Meroo Road Through Motor Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 6

A very sad fatality occurred on Meroo Road, on Tuesday afternoon last, when Mr. Charles Brown met his death. The deceased had been [?]…

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Tragic Accident

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 6

Residents of the Shoalhaven district were greatly shocked on Tuesday last when it became known that Mr. Charles H. Brown, a well-known…

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Motor Accident. Mr Aub. Cooper Injured

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 November 1938 · page 2

On Monday evening a collision occurred at a bad turn on the hill at Cooper’s Gully between Mr A. Cooper’s utility lorry and a car containing…

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Reducing Road Accidents Duty of Citizens

The South Coast Register · Thursday 17 November 1938 · page 5

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to cooperate in the task of reducing the…

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Motor Collision. Traveller Injured

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 5

About 7 o’clock yesterday morning a Hudson sedan car driven by Mr Allan King, 28, single, traveller for Dalgety’s Ltd., of Shadford Street,…

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Sad Fatality

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 7

Our Milton correspondent Writes:-- A very sad fatality occured on Tuesday afternoon at Burrill Bridge. Mr. Frederick Lavers, aged 32 years, who…

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Delegates Injured Going to P.P.U. Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 2

Messrs. W. F. Stoner, W. Ryan, H. Rauch and H. Connolly, of Nowra, on their way to attend the meeting of the P.P.U. at Kangaroo…

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A Chapter of Accidents Thrills and Spills at Luncheon

The South Coast Register · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 6

The P.P.U. delegates were in good humor at Kangaroo Valley on Monday, and it did not take much of an effort to cause a laugh, and there…

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Sad Fatality At Bermagui South Young Child Drowned

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Bermagui South on Monday about noon when little Peter Levick was drowned in Bartlett's hole,…

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Sensational Accident Car and Cart in Collision

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred at the intersection of Queen Street and Albany Street on Wednesday morning, when a car driven by Ald,…

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A Sale Christmas How to Reduce Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 December 1938 · page 6

The Christmas holiday season, desired by all to be a time of happiness and recreation, too often is marred for hundreds of families by…

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Car Accidents

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 2

On Monday afternoon a car driven by William Joan Lucas, of Brogo, and containing also his brothers Ronald, John, and Vassal, his sister…

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