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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

53 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 3

pen rifle Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 2

Another [?]ration of the danger attending the [?] of [?] rifles was afforded [?] when Mr.[?] man…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Robertson Advocate · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 2

Another illustration of the danger attending the use of pea rifles was afforded on Tuesday, when Mr. Norman Sugden, a young man…

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River Fatality. Man and Boy Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 6

Hay, Wednesday.— A drowning accident occurred yesterday afternoon. About 5 o'clock Brooke Greville, accountant in the A.B.C…

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Accidents

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3
Also in Robertson Advocate

Master Darrall Bellingham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bellingham, of Shepherd-street, Bowral, met with a painful accident on Tuesday last. It appears, form what we can ascertain, that…

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Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last, whilst returning home with her daughter and a small boy and girl to Yurrunga from Moss Vale, an accident…

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Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Saturday afternoon last, while returning home with her daughter and a small boy and girl to Yarrunga from Mons [?] accident of rather a serious nature occurred…

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Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 6

A boy named Cecil Vincent Carney. oldest son of Mr. Dennis Os[?]ney, a very old and highly respected resident of Mount Fairy, near Bungendare,…

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Railway Fatality at Penrith

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The citizens of Penrith, and, indeed, the people generally of the district, were grievously shocked on Saturday evening last on learning of the tragic accident by which a…

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Railway Fatality at Penrith

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 2

The citizens of Penrith, and, indeed, the people generally of the district, were grievously chocked on Saturday evening last on learning…

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Fatal Accident at Bowral. Fell Down a Well

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

Just before going to press we was informed that Mr. E. Goodsell, of Clearview-st., Bowral had met with a fatal accident. From the meagre particulars so far obtainable it…

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Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Saturday afternoon, while Claude Aye, aged 21, son of Mr. G. Aye, of Process was blessing commissions from a garden near his father's residence, the charge temporarily-…

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The War. Two More Raids. 59 Killed—166 Injured. London, April 3

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 2

An official message states that another raid was made on Saturday night on the north-east coast by two Zeppelins…

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Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, while Clande Aye, aged 21, son of Mr. G. Aye, of penrose, was blasting some stones froma garden near his father's…

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Bowral Drowning Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

At the House, Bowral, on Tuesday, Mr. Josh[?] Stokes J.P., held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death, on the previous day of Charles John Good sell,…

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Drowning Fatality. at Bowral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. Joshua Stokes, J.P., at the court house, Bowral, on Tuesday, into the circumstances attending the death,…

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