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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

72 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 4

Children Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

Arthur Heywood, aged 7, son of the stationmaster at Coolac was drowned in Coolac Creek on Tuesday morning. He was playing with his little sister…

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Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

About nine o'clock on Sunday night on the Berrima road (near Mr. W. Stubbings') an accident, which might have proved more…

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Fatal Driving Accident Runaway at Bargo

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

A sad driving accident took place at Bargo on Anniversary Day, resulting In the death the following day, at the Berrima District Hospital, Bowral, of Olga Mavis Cook, the…

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River Tragedy. Father and Daughter Drowned. Nowra

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie and his daughter Helen, aged 12, were drowned in the Shoalhaven River, near their home at Bundan, on…

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Fatal Driving Accident. Runaway at Bargo

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

A sad driving accident eventuated at Bargo on Anniversary Day, resulting in the death the following day, at the Berrima District…

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Marulan Resident Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 2

An elderly man named Edwin Sharpe was admitted to 'The Pines" Private Hospital Goulburne, on Thursday, suffering from a fractured arm…

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Mittagong Burning Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 2

A burning fatality, which spread a gloom over Mittagong, occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when Mrs. McColgan, the wife of Mr. Joseph McColgan, met with…

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Mittagong' Burning Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 2

A burning fatality, which spread a gloom over Mittagong, occurred in the early boors of Wednesday morning, when Mrs McColgan, the wife of Mr Joseph McColgan, met with…

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Mittagong Burning Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

A burning fatality, which spread a gloom over Mittagong, occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when Mrs McColgan, the…

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Mosa Vale Drowning Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

The body of Ex-Sergeant Nies, who went out shooting and to gather blackberries on the previous Monday morning and did not return as he fully intended by noon, was…

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Moss Vale Drowning Fatality

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

The body of Ex-Sergeant Nies, who went out shooting and to gather blackberries on the previous Monday morning and did not return as he fully intended by noon, was…

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Moss Vale Boy Drowned

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Frank Sherman, a student of the Yanco Agricultural High School was accidentally drowned while bathing on Saturday afternoon in the Murrumbidgee River. There were 23…

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Moss Vale Boy Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

Frank Sherman, a student of the Yanco Agricultural High School, was accidentally drowned while bathing on Saturday afternoon in…

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Scalding Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

[?] Mrs. Tooth, aged one year and eight months, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tooth, of Bundanoon, met with a severe scalding accident on Sunday last. The mother was…

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Fatal Scalding Accident at Bundanoon

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

Edith May Tooth, aged one year and eight mouths, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tooth, of Bundanoon, met with a severe scalding…

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Driving Accident at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

A serious driving accident, as the result of which Mrs. Venables, wife of Mr. H J Venables, was admitted to the Berrima District Hospital suffering from [?] injuries, took place at…

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