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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Man Killed. Motor Car Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

The overturning of a motor car, which he was driving, resulted in the death on Saturday afternoon of Henry Beckett, for many years…

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Runaway Motor Lorry. One Man Killed. Three Others Injured. Bombala

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 4

A motor accident occurred on the Bombala-Delegate road near the 17-mile post yesterday afternoon. A large motor lorry belonging to the…

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Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon Mr.; Lacey Chas. Emery, aged so, who had been farming at Brown's mountain, was thrown' from his horse and…

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Fatal Accident at Bowral. a Young Lady Killed. Miss Birdle Norman

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

Miss Birdie Norman, second youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norman, of Bowral, was riding along the main street of the town on Friday afternoon last when she…

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Fatal Accident at Bowral. a Young Lady Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 2

Miss Birdie Norman, second youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norman, of Bowral, was riding along the main street of the town on Friday afternoon last when she…

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Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

An accident happened on sunday afternoon last to Mrs.J.smith and her two children, of "The Chase," near moss vale, Mrs smith had left her residence with the…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

"Eve" writing in the column Through the Eyes of a Women" in last Saturday's issue of The Mirrors" referring to the late total riding accident at Bowral, has the…

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Picton Shooting Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 2

A sad shooting fatality occurred at Picton on Saturday, April 7th, whereby a youth named Robert John Ibbett, 17 years of age, son of Mr. Henry…

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Train Collision. MELBOURNE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

A train, In which were about 400 passengers, from Sydney to Seymour, at 4.40 o'clock this morning ran into portion of a goods train which was…

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Motor Car Accident. a Narrow Escape

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 2

A rather sensational motor car accident occurred on the Bungonia road on Sunday evening, and might easily have been attended with more serious results. Mr…

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Accident at Wingello

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. A. Lyons, of Berrima, had an extremely fortunate escape from what might have been a terrible death in the Wingello trucking…

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Goulburn Scalding Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 4

A psieful scalding accident befell Mr. John Lynch, a boilermaker at the Goulburn Railway loco. works at 8 40 last Tuesday. He had removed a lead…

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Driving Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The tennis players from the Bowral Excelsior Club met with a rasher sensational accident when returning from their match at Mittagong on Saturday last, and may consider…

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Shooting Accident

Robertson Advocate · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

A shooting accident occurred at Glen Murray, Kangaroo Valley, on Monday afternoon. Miss Annie Taper, aged 23, accidentally knocked over an old dilapidated rifle, which…

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Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 2

On Monday morning an accident happened on the Robertson road, when the Misses Ray and Doris Gilbert, daughters of Mr. L. H…

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