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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Two Fatal Accidents

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

Nowra was a very sad town yesterday, when within an hour two fatal accidents were reported Lieut. Commander Douglas…

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Court Action After Collision

The Bega District News · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 1

Werner Truemplemann, a single man employed by the snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority as a car[?]…

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Ambulance in Collision

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 1

The Moruya Ambulance was in a collision on Sunday last, but not much damage was caused. The ambulance was being driven…

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Ambulance in Collision

The Bega District News · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Ambulance Driver Knight was driving to Wolumla, on Friday evening, on the Prince’s Highway, near the intersection…

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Road Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 1

In a statistical statement just issued by the Department of Road Transport, it is stated that record numbers of all…

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Accident at Jerry Bailey

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

Mr. Albert Ward, of Jerry Bailey, was yesterday admitted to the David Berry Hospital as a result of an acident, whilst…

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Big Increase in Accidents Figures Show Rise Over 1950 Total

The Bega District News · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 1

In a statistical statement, issued by the Department of Road Transport and Tramways of New South Wales for the year 1951, figures show that there is an increase in accidents over 1950 by 17.1…

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Playground Causes Many Accidents Minister Will Be Asked To Inspect Surface

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 2

The Bega Mothers' Club members are becoming progressively perturbed as children in the primary school, especially those in the infants' section catch their small feet in the badly scoured gravel play ground…

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Court Gives Tanja Man £600 Sequel To Collision Between Cycle, Truck

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 1

Arising over the collision between a motor cycle and a truck on the Bega-Bermagui Road on the night of November 23, last year, Enos Arthur Roy King, 27, sleeper cutter, of Tanja, was awarded a…

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“Several Accidents

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 2

Quite a chapter of minor accidents have been reported at Berry during the pest few days At 6.25 p.m. on Saturday last,…

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When Brakes Failed Motorist Saves What Might Have Been a Serious Accident by Quick Thinking Action

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 2

What might quite easily have been a serious accident on the Prince’s Highway, near Mr. Stan Ison’s property, was narrowly…

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Collision at Cross Streets

The Bega District News · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

At 11 p.m. on Tuesday a truck, driven by Jack Scanes, collided with a utility truck, driven and owned by Kevin D. Umback, at the…

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Bad Accident to Mr. Bob Kellett Hand Caught in Chaffcutter

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 2

Mr. Bob Kellett, of Far Meadow, was the victim of an unfortunate accident on Tuesday last, whilst working a chaffcutter on…

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Sad Motor Fatality Young Kiama Man Killed on Eve of Wedding

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 2

Tragedy struck at two local families in the early hours of Saturday morning with the distressing death of a young Kiama…

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Injured by Axe Head

The Bega District News · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 5

Mr. Collin Lucas, 20, a woodcutter, of Tathra, received a severe wound and compound fractures of the left foot, when the head of…

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Coroner Says Death Accidental Verdict Of Drowning After Fall From Cliff

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 1

The Eden Coroner (Mr. J. A. Martin) found on Friday that Frederick Ronald Percival Alexander, of Melbourne, was drowned by accidentally falling from a cliff at Haycock Point, near…

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Motor Accidents Utility Overturned

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

A Holden utility was rather badly damaged but the driver escaped with shock, in an accident which occurred on…

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Appalling Toll in Road Accidents Figures Show Casualties Highest On Record

The Bega District News · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 4

Figures just pushlished by the Department of Motor Transport of New South Wales reveal that for the year ended June 30, 1952, that accidents, persons killed, and persons injured were the highest…

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Yowrie Boy Dies After Accident Pinned Under Water As Tractor Overturned

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 2

Barry Gordon Sutherland, aged 10 years, son of Mr. William Gordon Sutherland, of Yowrie, Cobargo, was killed at 3.30 p.m., on Friday, when the tractor, on which he was riding with his father,…

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Wind Blows Caravan Over Remarkable Accident Near Butcher’s Hill

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

A man was driving a motor car. with a caravan trailer along the Prince’s Highway, at 3 p.m. on Thursday last, when the…

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