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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

A. sad accident, resulting fataly, occurred at Birrengarry early on Wednesday afternoon last. A young man named Alfred MoRae, who had Christopher MoRae, of…

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Zig-Zag Collision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 3

A disaster on the Zig Zag on Tuesday night was caused by a portion of a train standing in Clarence tunnel dividing from the front portion, which…

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Terrible Collision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

A terrible collision occurred in a tunnel on the Orleans railway between Brive and Limogas, France. A number of trucks, uncoupled from…

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Zig Zag Collision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

At the conclusion of the inquiry on Wednesday Frederick Bracey, Inspector of Railways, said that if the Westinghouse brake was on the rear…

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