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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Aeroplane Fatality

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The Melbourne "Herald" aeroplane met with di[?] at Mornington on Friday evening, and on Sunday morning one of the [?]pants, Mr Philip Nunn, died as the result of…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

Sylvester Cannon (22), a letter carrier, died in the Albury Hospital on Thursday morning, as the result of being accidentally shot in the stomach…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

An accident, which resulted in the death of a little boy named Allen Gordon Morris, aged six and a half years, happened at Adelargo recently…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

A sad shooting accident occurred at Crows' Nest, Queensland, recently, when Gladys Brisbane, aged 11 years, daughter of Sergeant. Brisbane, was…

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Bravo Officer Drowned. Double Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

In a brave but unsuccessful attempt to save a young woman who had been carried out by the undertow at Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon…

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Young Woman Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 2

The rocks at Dee Why were the scene of a fatality on Monday. At about 9.30 o'clock Miss Helen Grear Gilchrist was fishing with a friend…

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Returned Soldier Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 2

Charles Dobble, a returned soldier, lately living at Petershamroad, Marrickville, was drowned in the surf on Sunday. A party of…

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Shocking Accident Goulburn Driver Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. Francis Strange railway locomotive driver, Grafton street, met with a serious accident at about 2 o'clock this (Thursday) morning. Mr. Strange…

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Father and Two Daughters Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

A triple tragedy occurred at M[?] (Gippeland) on Saturday afternoon, when Arthur E. Porter, aged 45, and his daughters Annie, aged 15, and…

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Fatality at Gunning. Little Boy's Death

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 4

Our Gunning correspondent, says last Thursday's "Goulburn Penny Post, writes:—"A sad accident befell a little boy named John Robert White…

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Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 3
Also in Robertson Advocate

As Mr. Wallace Mosgrave, of the firm of Mosgrave Bros. small goodsman, etc., Bowral, was driving down the Gib hill on his return from Mittagong yesterday (Thursday)…

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Goulburn Drowning Fatality. Crook Well Man the Victim. Trying to Save a Sheep

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

At 2.30 on Wednesday afternoon word was received by the Goalburn police that a man had been drowned in the upper weir on the Wollondilly…

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Inquest on Victim. Verdict of Accidental Drowning

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

An inquiry into the death of John Samuel Thurlow, 21, who was drowned in the Wollondilly at Rossiville on Monday afternoon in an endeavour to…

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Railway Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 2

A man whose name is believed to be Martin William B. Brodrick aged 28, a commercial traveller, of Brisbane, was run over and killed by a…

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Three Young Men Drowned. Am Old Mittagong' Boy a Victim

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2

A distressing drowning fatality, resulting in three young liven being lost, occurred recently at Brobie Island, Queensland. One of the victims was Mr Wallace McCallum…

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Three Young Men Drowned. an Old Mittagong Boy a Victim

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2

A distressing drowning fatality, resulting in three young lives being lost, occurred recently at Brobie Island, Queensland. One of the victims was Mr Wallace McCallum,…

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Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

While engaged in shunting operations Mittagong on Monday on Monday morning Mr. Jack McDonald, for a great number of years a railway guard on this line, was severely…

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