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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Drowning Fatality. Near Macquarie Pass

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred on Sunday morning last at Mount Murray, near Macquarie Pass, when a young man named William John…

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The Fatality at Dorrigo

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

Further information received in connection with the sad fatality which occurred at Dorrigo last week, by which Mr. Albert Swan,…

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Express in Collision. Courage of Engine Driver. Millionaires Peril

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

Crashing into the rear of a local train on Saturday, the nonstop North-Western express to Liverpool wrecked the hindmost coaches, three people on the…

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Browning Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred on Sunday morning last at Mount Marray, pear Macquarie Pass, when William John Taylor a young man…

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Shocking Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

Harry Goodwin, of 104 Bligh-street, Newtown, a passenger by the express on Wednesday night from Sydney to Wagga, sustained…

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New Cardinals. Slight Accident to Pope

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 4

The Pope was the victim of a slight accident this morning (wired the correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette" on November 29). His Holiness…

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Fatality at Fitzroy Falls

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

A terrible fatal accident befel a man named Frank Butler on Friday last at the Fftroy Falls, when he fell over the cliffs near the Grotto " to…

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Fatal Accident at Fitzroy Falls. Man Drops 400 FEET

Robertson Advocate · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 2

A shocking fatal [?]urred at the Fitzroy Falls on Friday last, the vict[?] being Frank Butler, an employee of F. La[?]tter and Co., Ltd., Sydney. The…

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Accident at the Show

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 2

The Berrima District [?] very fort[?] Only [?]…

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Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

While going up the Barrengarry mountain on Friday last to the show at Moss Vale, with a load of passengers, both swingle bars of the…

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Braiding Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

A sad scalding [?]ocident, resulting in the death of Stanley, the five-year-old son of Mr. James Dunn (attendant at the State Homer, Lower Mittagong)…

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200 Bogus Claims. "Accidents" As Living

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

When Ernest Pendrigh, of Scales road, Tottenham, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday (says the "News" of November 30) to three…

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The Mittagong Scalding Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. H. W. Taylor, conducted a magisterial inquiry at the courthouse, Mittagong, on Tuesday, concerning the death by scalding…

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Scalding Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

A sad scalding accident, resulting in the death of Stanley, the five-year-old son of Mr. James Dunn (attendant at the State Homes,…

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Shooting Accident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

The business at Saturday's meeting of the Nattai Shire Council was hastily concluded soon after lunch owing to a telephone message received by the…

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Motor Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

A motoring fatality occurred between Bankstown and Liverpool on Sunday morning, Mr. John Sands, of Karoola, Bennett-street, Bondi,…

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Shooting Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

The business at Saturday's meeting of the Nattai Shire Council was hastily concluded soon after lunch owing to a telephone message…

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Tragic Drowning Case

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 2

The Brisbane River at Whitton's Flat, near Indooroopilly, was the scene of a most distressing drowning accident, in which a mother and…

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Remarkable Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

A remarkable shipping accident has occurred at Seattle. The steamship Alameda ploughed, through the Coleman Dock, the finest…

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Ocean Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 3

The succession of disasters at sea should rivet extra attention on the export of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…

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