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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Accident in Queen Street

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 3

A well-known identity of the town, Mr. W. Becacom, sustained a fall on the footpath in front of A. Waddell and Co.’s shop in Queen…

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Level Crossing Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety, Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 1

There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30, 1940. In the previous year there were many more, and in the…

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Accident at North Kiama

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 5

Getting out of control while descending the hill at North Kiama on Thursday last, a car overturned several times, and the occupants,…

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Fatal Motor Accident Man Killed at Falls Creek

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 11

There was a tragic motor accident at Falls Creek on Saturday morning last, as a result of which Francis Alexander Charles Jackson, aged 25,…

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Air Fatality. Brother on Bega Resident Killed

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 October 1940 · page 2

At the attaining school at Tamworth yesterday leading Aircraftman William Aspinall, aged 24 brother of was W. Ziegier of Bega was…

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Fatal Motor Accident Man Killed at Falls Creek

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 October 1940 · page 4

There was a tragic motor accident at Falls Creek on Saturday morning last, as a result of which Francis Alexander Charles Jackson,…

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Cycle Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 2

Allan Fuge, aged 21, son of Mr Robert Fuge, of Cooper’s Glen, died in the Hospital on Friday afternoon as the result of a collision with a…

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Strange Accident at Dog Meeting

The Bega District News · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 4

E. Mullaney, upholsterer of 49 Prince’s Highway, Arncliffe, was injured by his own dog, Wee Wonder, at the Goulburn sports ground…

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The Bike Fatality. Inquest Into Death of Allan Fuge

The Bega District News · Monday 4 November 1940 · page 2

On Friday, Mr Bromfield, Coroner, held an inquest into the recent fatality to Allan Ian Fuge. Robert Fuge, dairy farmer of Cooper’s…

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New Condition, New Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Bega District News · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 1

New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…

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Motor Truck Fatality at Woodhill Mountain

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 13 November 1940 · page 3

On Friday last Mr. George Blissett, sawmiller, of Berry, in company with one of his sons, went to Woodhill for logs for the mill, and on coming down…

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Tragic Accident On Woodhil Mountain Mr. George Blissett’s Death

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 5

The news of the accident that resulted in the death of Mr. George Thomas Blissett stunned the friends of the deceased, who heard the sad…

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Another Accident at Bridge Passengers Have Narrow Escape

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 6

Another accident occurred on the Broughton Mill Creek Bridge on Saturday afternoon last, when a two-seater Vauxhall motor car…

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Looking Behind the Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 6

Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation…

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Fatality at Kameruka

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 2

Allan Taylor, aged 24, employed with Mr Arthur Higgins on one of the Kameruka dairies, was loading manure on to a dray on Monday…

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Rare Disease. Tanja Fatality

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 December 1940 · page 2

Mr Blomfield, Coroner, held an inquest yesterday as to the cause of the death of Robert Arthur Hunter, of Tanja…

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Serious Accident Car and Cycle Collide

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 December 1940 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Dobson, aged 26, of Far Meadow, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dobson, of the Great Southern Hotel, Berry, met with a bad…

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The Niagara Fatality. Inquest at Bemboka

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 2

Mr H. M. Blomfield, Coroner, held an inquest at Bemboka on December 5 as to the cause of the death of Allen Edward Taylor, aged 24. [?]…

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Holiday Time is Accident Time. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Bega District News · Monday 16 December 1940 · page 1

Seven years ago the accident statistics of the State were recorded for the first time. Since then there has been an entry each Christmas of…

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Holiday Time is Accident Time (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 1

Seven years ago the accident statistics of the State were recorded for the first time. Since then there has been an entry each Christmas…

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