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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Near Bong Bong Bridge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 2

The body of a man named Patterson or Nelson was discovered on Thursday morning between "The Briars" and the Wingecarribee…

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Binalong Collision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court in Sydney on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Pring, John Sylvester Cotter, 26, who was night-officer at Binalong…

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Found Drowned

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

An inquiry wa conducted at the Bowral courthouse by Mr. H. W. Taylor (district coronor) on Thursday afternoon last, concerning the death…

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Bong River in Flood. Stock Drowned

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 2

The heavy rain on Wednesday last, especially in the evening, was responsible for a rapid rise of the Bong Bong river, and the flood was the highest…

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Bong River in Flood. Stow Drowned

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 2

The heavy rain on Wednesday last. Especially in the evening, was responsible for a rapid rise of the Bong Bong river, and the flood was the highest…

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Cattle Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 June 1915 · page 2

During last week a mob of cattle, numbering approximately 150 head, were being driven from the drought stricken Victorian districts in the…

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Found Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 June 1915 · page 2

An inquiry was conducted at the Bowral courthouse by Mr. H. W. Taylor (district coroner) on Thursday afternoon last, concerning the…

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Wingocarribse River in Flood Many Stock Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 June 1915 · page 2

The heavy rain on Wednesday last, especially in the evening, was responsible for a r pid rise of the Wingecarribee river, and the flood was…

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Accidents

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

While playing football at Berrima last week one of the interned Germans, William [?] described as a navel officer, had his leg broken. He is at present an inmate…

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Drowned Before Wife's Eyes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 2

QUEANBRYAN, Monday.—A man named Steve Jarvis, who recently arrived here from Sydney, was accidentally drowned in the…

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A Common Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 4

A pinched finger causes a child most acute pain at the time; although in simple cases it is quickly forgotten. The best remedy is to hold the finger in a bowl or cup of hot…

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Summer Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 3

Every mother knows the frequency with which her children come home with a cut foot, after a bare-foot scamper, and although she may be inclined to scold the child for its…

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Accident at Wilde's Meadow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 2

What might have been a fatal accident occurred about half-way down Burrawang hill on Tuesday afternoon. From what can be ascertained a horse…

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Accident at Wilde'a Meadow

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 2

What might have been a fatal accident occurred about half-way down Burrawang Hill on Tuesday afternoon. From what can be ascertained a horse…

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Accident at Wilde's Meadow

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 2

What might have been a fatal accident occurred about half-way down occurred Hill on Tuesday afternoon. From what can be ascertained a horse…

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Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 2

On Friday, just at the dinner hour, Mr. G Bowen, whilst engaged sawing a barrel In two at Nail & Co.'s store, where he is employed, met…

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Sheeting Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 4

Gasford, Wednesday-A shooting fatality occurred a Wamberal, eight miles form Gosford, this meaning About 7 o'clock two brothers…

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Boy Shoots His Brother. a Sad Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2

A terrible fatality occurred at Galston on Thursday last, when John Neville Radband, aged 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Radband ([?] at Bowral), accidentally…

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