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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

28 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Fatal Accident at Nowra

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Nowra on Monday last, when Mr. Daniel Peter Croke was so badly injured that he passed away at the…

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Fatal Accident at the Aerodrome

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

On Tuesday morning of last week, shortly after starting work, Arthur Amatto and Ernest Charles Wells were felling a tree on the aerodrome, while…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Kangaroo Valley

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last Mr. and Mrs. George Garratty, of Kangaroo Valley, with their son and another lad, were in a small boat…

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Drowning at Kangaroo Valley

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

Kangaroo Valley was stunned on Sunday last at the sad news of the tragic drowning of Mrs. Annie Garratty. wife of Mr. George…

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Drowning Fatality at Kangaroo Valley

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 October 1942 · page 5

The District Coroner (Mr. Reuben King, J.P.) held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the recent accident at Kangaroo…

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Drowning Fatality at Kangaroo Valley Coroner’s Inquest

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 October 1942 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. King, J.P., of Nowra, conducted an inquiry at Kangaroo Valley on the 9th instant, into the…

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Main Roads Men Injured Bega Man Amongst Them

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 2

On Monday last, while seven men employed by the Main Roads Board at Nelligen, were moving to Mogo, the lorry on which they were…

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Tragic Accident. Mr. James Brady Electrocuted

The Bega District News · Monday 21 December 1942 · page 2

The community was stunned this morning to learn learn that during the night Mr James Brady, proprietor of the Hotel Commercial, Bega, had been…

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