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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Drowned off Tathra Captain of Trawler

The Bega District News · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 2

From the Eden paper, we take particulars of the drowning in remarkable circumstances about 3½ miles east of Tathra on Monday last, of…

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Sequel to Car Collision. Driver -Fined For- Not Giving Way ’To -Vehicle on His Right

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 2

At Bega Court on Tuesday, before Mr Bahnaifl, Police Magistrate, Edward Horace ,Hazelgrove pleaded [?]ailty to a charge of not giving way…

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Kangaroo Mascot. Soldiers’ Pet Injured (Extract from the Magazine of the 2/19th Battalion of the A.I.F., Malaya)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 August 1941 · page 3

“Joey,” the battalion’s kangaroo mascot, which was “found” in a Red Cross box during die voyage to Singapore, has had his back in a…

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Tragic Shooting Accident at Bateman’s Bay

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 3

Bateman’s Bay was thrown into a state of excitement on Sunday morning last when the news spread through the town and district that…

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Motor Accident a Narrow Escape

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 2

The members of the- Berry Sewing Class, of the Department of Education, conducted a very successful ensure party and dance in…

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Shocking Accident Five Killed when Train and Car Collide near Molong

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 5

A man and his wife, their daughter, and two other children—brother and sister—were killed when their car collided with & cattle turn…

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The Motorists’ Corner (Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon”).ACCIDENTS

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 10 September 1941 · page 9

Despite a remarkable decrease in the number of cars on the road, accidents have not decreased in proportion. The number of people killed…

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Inflation of Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 September 1941 · page 5

Analysis has been made of a cross section of the 10,00 road accidents reported in New South Wales during the year ended June 30 last…

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A Serious Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 September 1941 · page 2

One of Berry’s former well-known resident., in the person of Mrs. R. King, senr., met with an unfortunate accident in Sydney on Monday night…

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A Simple Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 September 1941 · page 2

Master Jeff. Brooks, son of Staff Sergeant [?] Brooks (A.I.F., abroad) and Mrs. Brooks of Beach Road, had the misfortune to break…

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Old Lady’s Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 September 1941 · page 2

Mrs. A. Gall, senr,. of Pulman Street, we regret to say, sustained a broken leg on Monday last in attempting to alight from her bed…

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Accidentally Killed. District Soldier

The Bega District News · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 3

Mrs Collins, of Bega, received word last week of the death, accidentally, in the Middle East, of her nephew, Private Jack Burton, a native of…

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Shooting Accident at Sussex Inlet Claim for Damages

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 22 October 1941 · page 5

At the District Court last week, before His Honor Judge Neild and a jury of four, a claim for £400 damages was made by Clifton James Anzelark…

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Damages for Car Collision

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 October 1941 · page 2

At Bega .District Court on Tuesday, before his Honor Judge Neild, Francis Jerome Darcy, of the Vacuum Oil Forbes, sued W. J. Baird, ,61…

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These Things Cause Accidents (Issued by Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 October 1941 · page 5

Whether the driver was a city salesman or a country resident and whether the road accident was in town or out in the country, excessive…

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Lessons of Recent Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 5 November 1941 · page 5

Last week’s road accidents in which motor vehicles were involved could have been avoided had the following points been observed:—…

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Lessons of Recent Accidents (Issued by Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 November 1941 · page 6

Last week's road accidents in which motor vehicles were involved could have been adoided had the following points been observed:…

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Painful Accident

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 2

Last week Mr. Alf Jessop of Quaama sustained a nasty injury to his eye. While working on the farm a…

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Accident Season Approaches (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 26 November 1941 · page 7

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and killed…

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Accident Season Approaches (Issued by Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 November 1941 · page 1

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and…

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