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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

23 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Accident at Avoca Lorry Crashes Into Mob of Cattle Four Destroyed by the Police

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

Setting out from Kangaroo Valley for Moss Vale on Thursday night last, with 79 head of cattle, Francis K. Wallis, the drover, of the…

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Fell From Ladder Mr. Mark Watts’ Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

Mr. Mark Watts, of the Berry Municipality electricity maintenance staff, while at work yesterday afternoon, fell from a ladder and…

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Unusual Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

Two men were killed last year while chasing their hats. A Yankee soldier who had been in action 15 times chased his hat to the edge…

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Accidentally Shot

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 3

Ian Crawford, aged 15 years, of Griffith, was attempting to shoot a cat, but accidentally shot himself in the shoulder and collapsed at…

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Tragic Accident at Burrill

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon of last week, a lad named Norman Robert Baker, 6 years of age, of Wollongong, was accidentally shot while…

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Eden Fatality Man Dies From Injuries Received While Under Arrest

The Bega District News · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 2

At the dance hall at Eden about 1 a.m. on Saturday, last, Constable Lambert had occasion to arrest a man named Robert Bruce Marshall, aged…

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The Eden Fatality

The Bega District News · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

The inquest into the cause of death of Robert Bruce Marshall, 3.5, sawmill band at Smith Bros. Eden which had been formally opened at Pambula, was…

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A Painful Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 2

Ald. Mery. Bice met with a painful accident last week (says the Pyree correspondent of the “Shoalhaven News”) which could have been…

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Fatality on Mountain

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 3

A most unfortunate accident happened on Cambewarra Mountain on Sunday morning last, as a result of which a young lad lost his…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 2

While on his way home, riding a motor cycle, a young man sustained serious injuries which landed him [?] the David Berry Hospital. The…

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Sad Fatality at Bombala Garth Dunsmore Killed

The Bega District News · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

Bega friends of the Dunsmore family were shocked on Thursday evening to learn of the death which had occurred during the day of Garth Dunsmore, only…

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Varying Speeds Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 3

Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been injured are revealing a new hazard. More and more victims are stating…

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Accidental Death Fatal Motor Cycle Fall

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 2

The death occurred at the David Berry Hospital on Saturday last of Mr. Leonard Clifford Snell, at the age of 28 years, as the result of…

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Shooting Accident

The Bega District News · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2

A most unfortunate shooting accident occurred at Tarraganda, near Bega, on Thursday last, when Corporal Ross Williams, a soldier back on…

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Cyclists’ Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 4

When it was reported recently that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300-ft. cliff in Sydney and fell to his death, everyone…

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Little Things Cause Accidents

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 7

"Oh, I'm too busy—I can't be bothered with little things like that." Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…

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Cyclists’ Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 3

When it was report[?]. last week that a school boy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300 it, cliff in Sydney and fell to his…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Bega District News · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 2

While Cobargo footballers were going home from Bega about 7 o’clock last evening, the car in which they were travelling, driven by Mr Sylvie…

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Shooting Accident

The Bega District News · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 2

John Butter, 18-years-old son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Butter, of Bega, met with a serious shooting accident early on Saturday morning. As was his habit,…

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More Child Victims to Road Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 1

Although there was a substantial reduction in the number of persons killed and injured in road accidents last year, the figures for…

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