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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Motorist Sentenced. Sequel to Fatality. Long Hours Blamed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Sunday 18 July 1926 · page 4

Edward Carl Smith was convicted at Nelson (N.Z.) of negligently driving a motor car, thereby causing the death of Yolande Murphy…

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Serious Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 2

The [?] is of Mr. W. J. E. Payne, of Burrawang, will regret to hear that he had the misfortune to mee[?] with a serious accident…

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Shocking Fatality. Man Cut to Pieces

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 2

James Orr, an old man living near Fish River, between Goulburn and Gunning, was run down by a train shortly before midnight on Tuesday…

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Serious Motor Accident. Near Berrima

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 2

A serious motor accident occurred close to the township a few days' ago It transpires that two motorists who were conveying a load of…

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Railway Catastrophe Near Murrurundi. Many Persons Killed and Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

It has been reported that a terrible railway accident happened near Murrurnndi at about 11.30 p.m. on Monday night…

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Man's Terrible Burns. Accident at Bungonia Quarries

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 September 1926 · page 2

Suffering terrible agony from burns on the head and arms, Mr. Arthur Jones, a slate expert, trudged nearly four miles over rough country…

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Boating Fatality. Young Woman Drowned. Husband Escued by Fisherman

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 October 1926 · page 2

A young woman was drowned and her husband was rescued in a state of exhaustion by a fisherman on the Worondra River at Como late on…

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Roof Blown off Track. Accident to Paper Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 November 1926 · page 4

Passengers to Goulburn by the paper train had an exciting time on Friday morning. Near Murray's Plats a strong gale…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Bullet Through Liver and Lung

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 4

THE deadly pea rifle and a wire fence again were responsible for an accident of a serious nature on Saturday. Mr. A. Russell, teacher in…

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Woman Mangled. Shocking Train Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 2

When signalman H. Whiting signed on duty at Albury railway station on Monday afternoon, he discovered a woman lying on the…

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