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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Four Motor Accidents None Serious

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 2

During the holidays there four motor accidents reported to the Berry police, but none of a serious nature…

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Chapter of Accidents But None Serious

The South Coast Register · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

Constable Millar, who was in charge of the Berry police station during the absence of Sen. Constable Daley, has had a busy…

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Local & General a Lad Drowned

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

A [?] drowning [?] while swimming in the [?] River, of Thomas Stapley, on [?] on Friday, January 11…

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Sad Fatality on the Berry Showground Shire Council Employee Electrocuted

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 1

Quite a gloom was cast over the patrons of the annual Berry Show, on Friday last, when Mr. Jack Dole of Berry, an employee…

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Accidental Death

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. U. K. Walsh, JP. of Nowra, returned a verdict of accidental death, with no blame attachable to the…

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Accidental Death on Berry Showground

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. U. K. Walsh, of Nowra, returned a verdict of accidental death, at the Berry Court House…

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Remarkable Death Of Young Child At Brogo Found Drowned Under Wheel In Fishpond

The Bega District News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 2

The remarkable feature about the death of two and a half year-old Robert Alan Esson, on Tuesday morning, at Brogo, was the position in which he was found in a shallow fish pond…

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Accident at Meroo Miraculous Escape of Truck Driver

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

“How I escaped death I really don’t know,” was the casual comment of the driver of a lorry and trailer, when he crawled out from…

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Shocking Fatality

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 1

On Saturday night, after attending a picture show at Nowra, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vaughan and three daughters were…

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Two More Motor Accidents Last Night No One Hurt

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 2

Two accidents occurred on the [?]nce’s Highway, near Berry last night, but fortunately nobody was [?] a dog being the…

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Local & General Nasty Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 2

Mrs. Dud, Atkins—she is perhaps the most versatile “man” on the butchery staff—was working in the shop yesterday, when she…

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Car Accident at Brogo North

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 6

On Friday-last, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, of Coogee, were injured when their car struck the bank on the side of the road at…

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Shocking Accident Three Men Burnt to Death

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 1

A stocking motor accident occurred near Boxer’s Creek Hill, near Goulburn, on Thursday last, when three men were burnt…

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Sad Fatality at Gerringong

The South Coast Register · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

A sad fatality occurred at Gerringong on May 3, when a well-known local resident, Mr. Frank, Fitzpatrick, was found dead with…

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Sister K. Lee in Car Accident

The Bega District News · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2

Sister Kathleen Lee, of the Bega District Hospital, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Marsh, of Bega, was…

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Holidays Free From Accident

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 3

The long week-end holiday was entirely free from accident in the Berry Police contril, Senior Constable Daley told “The Roister.”…

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Woman Not Drowned

The Bega District News · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

What at first caused some fear that a woman, had been drowned when a woman’s coat was found in the vicinity of…

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Three Men Injured At Bermagui Truck Overturns On Tilba Road

The Bega District News · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

Three men were seriously injured on Friday night near Bermagui, when a truck left the road and overturned just out of the town, the result it is reported, of a mechanical failure…

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Three Trucks in Collision Block Prince’s Highway

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

The sleep grade of Butcher’s Hill, Berry, was the scene of a collision in which three motor trucks were involved on…

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Accidental Death

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

A message from Goulburn says:— A finding of accidental death was returned at the inquest on Thursday last, into the…

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