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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Woman Injured

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 3

Mrs. Len Spindler, of Auckland St., fell in the back yard of her home, on Saturday and lacerated the side of her head…

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Severe Injuries From Fall Accident at Double Creek

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 6

Mr. Joseph Bown linesman of Bega, was seriously injured on Sunday, when he fell twenty feet from a tree and landed on his head…

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Circular Saw Accident Bega Man Injured

The Bega District News · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

Mr. R. G. Gowing, of Carp street, Bega, suffered a severely lacerated thumb when his hands slipped on to a circular saw, on Sunday…

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Boy’s Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

A patient of the David Berry Hospital is Joseph Mundy, 11, who was knocked down by a motor car, and fractured his…

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Ambulance in Collision Accident at Pambula

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

The Eden Ambulance and a lorry collided a few miles south if Pambula, Friday evening, but nobody was injured…

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Footballer Badly Injured Rush Trip to Sydney

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 7

Mr Ted Went, one of Candelo’s prominent footballers, received severe head injuries during the Candelo-Bemboka final, at Candelo, on Sunday…

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Policeman Badly Injured Motor Cycle Accident

The Bega District News · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 2

Constable First Class Graham, of Bodalla, was seriously injured yesterday when his motor cycle and side-car skidded on loose gravel and became…

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Truck Overturns Local Men Badly Injured

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

Two men were injured and five others had a miraculous escape from injury, when a truck overturned on the Princes Highway, south of Bega,…

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Serious Accident Car Overturns Twice Pinning Down Occupants

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Warden, with their baby, had a miraculous escape from a very serious accident. Even as it was,…

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Accidents

The Bega District News · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 2

Young Barry Scullin, of Newotwn received a deep lacerated wound in his leg when he fell on a broken bottle while playing near his home, yesterday…

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Accident After Ball Truck Over Embankment

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 6

A utility truck driven by Mr. J. Hulley, of Merimbula, left the road and I came to rest at the bottom of an eight foot embankment near Yellow Pinch on…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 2

On Saturday last 28th August, two motor cycles collided about half-mile north of the Foxground turnoff, one of the…

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Collision with Parked Car

The Bega District News · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

Mr. Jimmy Buckets formerly of Pambula and Bim[?]aya, who some months ago migrated to Goulburn, is recuperating after a recent accident…

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Mr. Ted Laws on Injured Suffers Facial Cuts

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. J. E. “Ted” Lawson, 89, of parker Street, last week fell through a glass door. He suffered a deep facial wound…

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Brothers in Accident Hurled From Motor Cycle

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 2

Two brothers, who were travelling from Albion Park to Bemboka late last Friday night, were thrown from their motor cycle, when it struck an…

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Accident on Bega Bridge Two Trucks Involved

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 2

A large lorry carrying drums of petrol crashed into the side on the North Bega bridge yesterday morning, and [?]ore out a large post and…

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Knocked Down by Young Men Miss Annie Clynch's Accident

The Bega District News · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 12

While Miss Annie Clynch, of William Street, Candelo, was walking quietly home from the Digger’s Ball, at Candelo, on Wednesday evening,…

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Man Breaks Ankle Accident While Training Dog

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

Mr. A.H. Solomons, of Candelo, fell heavily and broke an ankle while exercising one of his dogs on Sunday. He fell after becoming entangled in a…

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A Simple Accident Berry Boy Loses Eye

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

Jim Ryan. son of Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. “Mick” Ryan, of Prince Alfred Street. Berry, was the victim of a simple accident…

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Doctor Injured in Fall

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 5

Dr. Phipps, of Bateman’s Bay, tell ten feet from a ladder while repairing a tank at his home last Thursday. He dislocated an elbow and fractured…

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