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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Flooded Lake Tragedy Mother Tries To Save Boy From Drowning

The Bega District News · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

Tragedy struck at Merimbula when the flood rains caused the Merimbula Lake to rise, on Wednesday morning, and drowned six-year-old Anthony John Crawford, who had fallen from…

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Amazing Mix-Up On Prince’s Highway Only Two Men Injured But Vehicles Damaged

The Bega District News · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 11

When two accidents occurred at the same spot the Prince’s Highway just north of the entrance to the Bega District Hospital, on Tuesday afternoon, a number of people had amazing escapes from…

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Road Accidents Statistics Far South Coast Has Pleasing Record

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Two people were killed and 136 injured as a result of 221 accidents on the roads in the Monaro-South Coast Region during 1952. These figures have been made available by the N.S.W…

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Tilba Collision Sequel Enacted in Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 8

A collision between a car and a utility truck at the intersection of the Prince’s Highway and Bate Street,…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Bega District News · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Mervyn Corby, 17, of Niagara, was injured on Wednesday morning, when the motor, cycle he was riding…

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Accident at Bega Primary School

The Bega District News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 2

Leone Williams, aged 11 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Williams, of George Street, Newtown, Bega fell while playing in…

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Caravan Rifled After Collision

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 2

A traveller who left his caravan on the Monaro Highway, eight miles on the eastern side of Nimmitabel, on…

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Injured Playing Football

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 1

Playing football with the Catholic youth club on the Bega Sportsground, on Sunday, Ronald Kuppman, 17, Bega, Fracture…

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Cobargo Youth Shot Dead Tragic Accident When Out Fox Shooting

The Bega District News · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

James Bignell, a 17-year-old eucalyptus cutter, whose home was in Queensland, was accidentally shot yesterday afternoon, at the foot of the Murrabrine Mountain when out fox shooting with two…

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Road Accidents And The Human Factor Road Safety Council’s Vital Statistics

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 6

“It is popularly believed that the main cause of road accients is dangerous driving, but this is far from being the whole truth, said Mr. Leslie J. Kimber, secretary of the Bega Branch of the Road…

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Collision in Carp Street

The Bega District News · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 5

The occupants of a truck and a light car, which collided in Carp Street, near the Bega Saleyards, early on…

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Cobargo Death, an Accident Coroner Holds Inquest On Bignell Shooting

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 2

After holding an inquiry into the death, on June 25 last, of Gordon Norris Bignell, 16, of Cobargo, the Bega District Coroner (Mr. Wm. Cobcroft, J.P.) last Friday, at Cobargo, brought in a…

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Fine Follows Collision at Intersection

The Bega District News · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 2

Because he failed to give way to a vehicle on his right at an intersection, John McRae Seanes, of Bega, was…

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Highway Death Accidental Coroner’s Verdict In Hollis Inquest

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 8

A verdict of accidental death was brought in by the Bega District Coroner (Mr. Wm. Cobcroft, J.P.) when he inquired into the death of Leo Francis Hollis, of Tathra, in the Bega Coroner's…

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Child Hurt in Accident Flying Glass Causes Serious Wounds

The Bega District News · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

When two sedan cars collided at the intersec– of Upper and Nelson Streets, Bega, on Tuesday afternon, a five–year–old girl, Fay Janet Suter, was badly cut by flying glass from the shattered…

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Timber Worker Injured

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 July 1953 · page 8

Kevin Love, aged 17 years, a sleeper cutter, of Towamba, suffered a painful accident, on Saturday, when the axe which he…

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Police Pursue Vehicle After Accident

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 2

When a motor truck and a tourer collided at the intersection of Carp and Gipps Streets, Bega at about 8.35 on…

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Child Drowned Near Goulburn

The Bega District News · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 2

Word was received in Bega this week, that tiny Sherryl Robinson, the 15-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Injured In Fall

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 2

Mr. James H. Waterson, of Tathra, received a lacerated wound to the side of his head on Sunday, when lie fell on a slippery floor…

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Injured on Bridge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 2

Mr. Jack Wall, of Tathra, a bridge carpenter employed by Mumbulla Shire, was hit by a piece of flying bridge decking on…

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