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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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

Powder Explosion. Nine Men Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

An explosion similar to one which recently occurred in Bathurst camp took place on Monday morning at 9.30 in the powder shed of…

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Boy Drowned. Melbourne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 4

At [?] on Saturday afternoon Henry Woodward, 11 years of ago, was drowned, and a milkman, named Gill, narrowly escaped the same fate…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed Near Bundanoon

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

The body of a man, Mr. Andrew Phillips, of Minyip, Victoria, a passenger by Friday night's limited express, was found on the railway…

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Fatal Accident near Alpine

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Saturday last, as a gentleman was driving Mrs.J. Mall[?] and another lady in a [?] along the Main South Road, near the 7-mile railway camp. he saw a runaway horse…

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Accident at Berrima. Death of a Young Woman

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

A serious accident occurred in or near Berrima to a young woman named Alice Slingsby, on Tuesday night last some time between 6 and…

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Shocking Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

On Mr. P. Kennedy's farm near Tocumwal, a team of horses attached to a reaper and hinder bolted and cra[?] into Mr. W. Ho[?]ball, with…

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Fatal Accident at Berrima Death of a Young Woman

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

A serious accident, unfortunately attended with fatal results, occurred at or near Berrima on Tuesday evening last to a young woman named Alice…

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Fatal Accident at Berrima Death of A. Young Woman

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

A serious accident, unfortunately attended with fatal rewrite, occurred at or near Berrima on Tuesday evening last to a young woman named Alice…

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Motoring Fatality. a Priest Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 4

Father Barron (Bourke) Father O'More (Wilcannia), and Father Carrol (Brewarrina) left Brewarrina about 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning for…

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Found Drowned

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Mr. Thomas Edward Lanham wandered away from the home at North Yarrunga on the night of the 19th instant, while mentally deranged. An active search was made…

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Accidents

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 14

Mrs. Amos of Manchester Square, was through out of a vehicle when driving along Argyle-street, Moss Vale, on Saturday last, and sustained severe cuts to her head, while…

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