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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

20 stories in South Coast's papers

Mailman’s Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 2

An accident happened to Mr. E. Halcrow, the Berry-Coolangatta mailman, on Wednesday afternoon, which might easily have resulted in…

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Holland’s Drowned Land

The Bega District News · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

While here in Australia so many cows and horses are dying from drought, in the liberated Dutch province of Zeeland the last remaining…

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Fatality at Kameruka

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

On Tuesday morning Paul Alfred Wilton, 15 years old son of Mr Austin Wilton, carpenter on Kameruka Estate, was killed by falling from a…

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Failed to Stop After Accident

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 4

At the Nowra Police Court, last week, before Mr. C. Pickup. S.M., William Norrie failed to appear to answer a charge of not stopping…

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A Pathetic Fatality

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 4

A pathetic fatality occurred at Marrar, when ten months old Eileen Olive Schiller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Schiller, was drowned…

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Fatal Accident

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 9

There was a tragic happening at Pyree on Sunday afternoon last, as a result of which Phillip Thomas Herne, the nine and a half…

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Accident to Mr. W. A. Boyd

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 4

On Thursday morning last, while travelling along the Prince’s Highways a few miles north of Berry, Mr. W. A. Boyd, of Albert Street,…

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Mr. H. O. Cox Injured

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 7

Mr. H. O. Cox, of “Melross,” Barrengarry, and Kangaroo Valley’s No. 1 public citizen, is a patient in the Berrima District…

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Accident to Dr. Foy

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

Dr. Foy, who had been spending a few days in the town, was knocked down by a hit-run motorist in Berry-street on Saturday evening…

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Chapter of Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 3

“Ted” Stanford, of Mannell’s Store staff, met with an accident on Saturday, when he cut his foot with an axe—and he is now an inmate…

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Aboriginal Drowned at Comerong Island

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 7

Charles Samuels, an aborigine, aged 25 years, was drowned at Comerong Island on Monday. The fatality occurred near the…

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Local and General Drowing Fatality at Comerong Island

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred at Cemerong Island on Monday last, when an aborigine named Charles Samuels, 25, met his death. It…

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Accidental Death Man Dies at David Berry Hospital

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 3

A man named George Clarence Gregor, 59, died at the David Berry Hospital on Thursday, from injuries received to the brain caused by…

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Painful Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 2

Mr. James Walsh, of Gerringong, and late of Berry, is a patient in the David Berry Hospital, as the result of a painful accident…

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Motor Accident at Meroo

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 4

Two motor vehicles—a car driven by Mr. G King of Wattamolla, and a truck driven by a Bega man —collided at Meroo on Saturday…

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Mr. Beale Injured

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 3

Some time ago Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A. for South Coast, injured his arm, and an x-ray last week shows that the limb is fractured. This…

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Chapter of Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 2

Last week the McCoy family, of “Austral Park” broke into the news with a chapter of unusual accidents that for one family would be hard…

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Failed to Stop After Accident £15 Fine Imposed

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 8

At the Nowra police Court, last week, Mr. Thornton, P.M., was engaged for some time in hearing two charges against John Goth—(1)…

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Motor Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 2

Mr. J. Norrell, licensee of the Bomaderry Hotel, was the victim of an accident while driving along the Prince’s Highway at Broughton…

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Shocking Accident

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 7

A 12-year-old boy, Maxwell Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown, of “Trafalgar,” a few miles from Young, was Shockingly…

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