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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Accident at Sports

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

At the S[?] Forest sports on New Year's Day a serious accident occurred at the finish of a heat in the walk, trot and gallop event. A horse…

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Boy Drowned at Berrima Police Dragging for Body

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

The heat of Sunday last drew a large number of bathers to the big swimming pools at Berrima. Amongst them was a boy named Ronald…

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Drowning Fatality. Ronnie Yabsley

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

A terrible ending occurred at a picnic party at Berrima last Sunday' through a drowning accident, the victim being Ronald Frederick…

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Remarkable Accident to Cow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

A remarkable accident occurred to a cow owned by Mr. W. A Crawford, of Alstonville, which resulted in her death. It would…

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Serious Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

On Saturday last, about 2.30 p.m., Mr. James Wheeler, of Manchester Square, met with a serious accident He was drawing water on a slide…

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Motor Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Brabner, of Highfield, Moss Vale was driving a Chev. motor car along Argyle street, when the vehicle skidded on loose stones and turned…

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Accident at Bundanoon

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

A very nasty accident occurred at Bundanoon on Monday, 14th inst, when Mr. Jago, of Manly, slipped on the rocks below "Fairy Bower,"…

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Horth Coast Flooded. Two Men Drowned. Enormous Damage to Farm Lands

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 4

The torrential rains which feil in the North Coast, diatriets, between Gioncester and Grafton, during the post week, caosed heavy, floods on…

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Airmen Crash Two Fatally Injured at Marulan

Robertson Mail · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

When a Gipsy Moth aeroplane crashed in the bush three miles on the Goulburn side of Marulan about 10 o'clock on Monday morning, the…

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Heroic Child Resoues Drowning Play Mate

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4

A fine act of heroism on the part of a child was seen at Coramba on Wednesday White several children were watching the flooded river. Rita…

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Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 4

On Sunday,, Feb. 10th, at 5 15 a.m the junior porter at the Aylmerton railway station found the body of William Wallace McFarlan[?] lying…

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Shocking Accident Quarry Manager Killed at Berrima

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

A shocking accident occurred at the Southern Blue Metal Quarries on Friday last, whereby the Manager, Mr. S. M. Westropp was killed and…

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Fatal Accident at the Metal Quarries One Killed and Three Others Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 2

On Friday afternoon a terrible accident occurred at the Southern Blue Metal Quarries Ltd. qua[?]rles at Ginnen Butlen during blasting…

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The Recent Blasting Accident at Gingenbullen Coronial, Inquiry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

At an inquiry held on Monday at the Board room of the Southern Portland Cement Limited touching the death of Stanley Moyle…

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The College Fatality Death of Lily Minahan

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 2

Further particulars have been Obtained concerning the sad accident which occurred at the O.L.M. College, Goulburn, on Monday last,…

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Deadly Airedales Nine Sheep Killed and 40 INJURED

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

That the fears of pastoralist regarding the importation of Airedale dogs into Australia are not illfounded, was shown on Sunday…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

Mr. Jack Barry, an identity of the Taralga, district and a well-known horse judge at agricultural shows, was found dead in a waterhole about 1½…

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