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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Accident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 2

Mr R Bopping, of Bowral, met with a serious accident on Friday last. From what can be gathered it appears that Mr Bopping was on his motor lorry with a couple of…

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A Serious Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 2

Mr R Bopping, of Bowral, met with a serious accident on Friday last. From information to band It appears that Mr. Bopping was on…

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Claim for Damages Motor Car Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

At the District Court at Noss vale on Tuesday before Judge Hamilton. Percy Flight proceeded against Joshus Stokes and J. Willis for damages and…

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Drowned in Creek

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 October 1923 · page 2

Mr. G. Brown, coroner, held an inquiry at Cessnock on Monday concerning the death of Marguerite Madden. The evidence was that…

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Fatal Pea Rifle Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 October 1923 · page 2

Douglas Freeman, aged 4 1/2 years, was accidentally killed at West Maitland on Sunday morning. He was playing with his brother and…

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Fatal Shunting Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 October 1923 · page 2

A shunting accident, with fatal results, occurred at the Goulburn railway yards on Monday, when an engine turner, Stanley Emerton, 34…

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Railway Fatality. Guard Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

A guard named Leslie James Johnson, 31 years of age, a married man and residents of Harden, was killed at Binalong on Tuesday morning. He…

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Fatal Fishing Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 4

A report from Tarana states that an inquiry was held at The Quarries, Lithgow, on Wednesday morning, into the death of Clifford Joseph Klein…

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Double Tragedy. Two Girls Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 2

While bathing in St. George's River, near the Deepwater Estate, and at a point called the Junction, on Sunday afternoon, two little girls, named…

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