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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Shocking Fatality Young Man Killed at Jasper’s Brush

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Jasper’s Brush at an early hour this morning, when a young man named Leendert Schburs, was…

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Woman’s Scalp Injured Hair Caught in Milking Machine

The Bega District News · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Curtain, on Monday, suffered a very, painful and serious injury when her hair became entangled in the belt and pulley of a milking…

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Buckajo Woman Injured Dragged Into Milking Machine Pulley

The Bega District News · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Wallace “Barnie” Wilton, Buckajo Road, had the misfortune, yesterday, to have her left leg badly twisted…

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Late Bishop Known Here Killed in Perth Air Accident

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 1

Few of the holiday folk at Tathra during last January recognised a pleasant family man with his wife and two son as the…

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Fatal Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

Crossing the Prince’s Highway on Friday last, at the intersection of the Kangaroo Valley turn off, a car, driven by Mr E…

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A Narrow Escape From Drowning

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

Patricia Campbell, the 14-year-old [?]iece of Mr. H. Auld, of “Woo[?]de Park,” Berry, had a narrow escape from drowning in…

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Carp Street Accident

The Bega District News · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 3

When stepping off the footpath in Carp Street, on Tuesday, Miss Flo[?] was struck by a car which was slowly manouvering into a…

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Coroner’s Inquest Jasper’s Brush Accident “Deceased Had Apparently Gone to Sleep at the Wheel”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 1

Expressing his opinion as to the cause of the recent fatal accident at Jasper’s Brush, Senior-Constable D. A. Curtis told the…

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Man Seriously Injured Skidded Motor Cycle Into Truck

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 2

While riding a motor cycle on Saturday afternoon, Jim Meaker, 31, of Daisy Hill, collided with a truck. Meaker sustained a fractured left…

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Motor Accident Man’s Face Badly Lacerated

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

At five p.m. on Thursday last, a motor accident occurred on the the Prince’s Highway, at Broughton Village, as a result of which…

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Fatal Accident Young Man Killed

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 1

A young man lost his life in a tragic motoring accident on [?] Prince’s Highway, on Friday night last. He was John Horace…

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Painful Accident

The Bega District News · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 6

Last Tuesday afternoon, a painful accident befell Mr. Donny Borthwick, an employee of the Tantawanglo Water Scheme contractor, when his arm was…

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Week-end Accidents

The Bega District News · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

Miss Daisy Momsen, of Bega, received severe burns to the thigh, on Saturday, when the bath heater blew up while she was taking , a bath…

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Accidental Death

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. U. K. Walsh. J. P., of Nowra, returned a verdict of accidental death, after hearing evidence…

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Hurt After Holiday Father and Son Badly Injured

The Bega District News · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 2

After spending a holiday in this State Mr. Hugh Stewart, 52, of Bourke Streets Melbourne, and his 16-years-old son, Ian, had the…

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Painful Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

Mr. Don Mathers, an employee of the Earlwood Sawmill, of Queen Street, had the misfortune to meet with a painful…

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Local & General Sawmilling Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 2

On page one we have reported an accident at the Earlwood Sawmill to Mr. Don Mathers. That mishap occurred on Monday…

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Injured Players’ Fund

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 2

The Berry Football Club invites you to attend their euchre party and dance, at the School of Arts, on Tuesday next, October…

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Truck Overturns Accident on Ta the a Road

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 4

Travelling towards Bega on the Tathra Road last Wednesday, a truck driven by Mr. A. E. R. King, of Tanja, left the road an overturned, when the steering…

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Car Overturns Passengers Slightly Injured

The Bega District News · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

Travelling towards Bega from Cobargo. on Tuesday, a utility truck left the road and overturned on Beht’s Hill just north Bega, coming to rest suspended on a…

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