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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Fatality Near Bowral. Mother's Claim

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 September 1929 · page 4

An accident which caused the death of Arthur James Pitts, an employee of the Southern Portland Cement Company on July 8, when…

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Temperance Tit-bits Prohibition and Motor Accidents

Robertson Mail · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 6

Sixteen people are killed daily or 6138 per annum in Great Britain in motor accidents, or one for every 118 cars registered. In America in…

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Temperance Tit-bits Compiled by W. D. P. Prohibition and Motor Accidents

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 6

Sixteen people are killed daily or 6138 per annum in Great Britain in motor accidents, or one for every 118 cars registered. In America in…

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Car Accident Damages Awarded at Mittagong

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

At Mittagong Small Debts Court on Monday H. J. MacDougall sued O. Cunninghame to recover the sum of £9 3s. damages as the result of a…

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Motor Accident Two Residents of Fitzroy Falls Injured

Robertson Mail · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

As Mr. John B. Kirkwood, of Fitzroy Falls was driving his car from Bowral to his home on Tuesday last, he met with an accident which…

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Motor Accident Two Residents of Fitz-roy Falls Injured

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

As Mr. John B. Kirkwood, of Fitz-roy Falls was driving his car from Bowral to his home on Tuesday last, he met with an accident which…

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Motor Accident. Two Residents of Fitzroy Falls Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 2

As Mr. John B. Kirkwood, of Fitzroy Fails, was driving his car from Bowral to his home on Tuesday last, is met with an accident which…

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Unlucky Anniversry Mrs. Neil's Second Motor Accident

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 5 November 1929 · page 3

As the result of a motor smash on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs.. W. J. Neil, of Mittagong, are inmates of the District Hospital. By a strange…

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Car Smash near Bowral Two Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 November 1929 · page 2

In swerving to miss an oncoming car about half a mile this side of Bowral whilst driving home from Exeter on Saturday evening,…

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Meat and Milk Collision in Bong Bong Street

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

A rather unusual motor accident occurred in Bong Bong Street, Bowral, at the corner of Bundaroo Street, on Thursday morning…

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Barge Railway Accident. Victims Identified

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

Two persons killed in the railway accident at Barge on, Friday night last, have been identified as Terence Edwerd Dollahan, 51, railway…

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Meter cyclist injured

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

A meter cyclist came to grief, in Bong Bong street, Bowral, on saturday afternoon. The young mar was proceeding at a very fast pace, and a…

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Tragic Holiday Mother and Child Drowned at Colo Vale

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

The holiday visit of Mrs. Vinden and her little son to Colo Vale ended in grim tragedy. Mrs. Vinden had accompanied some friends to as of its current…

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Death Trap Another Accident at the Maltings Bridge

Robertson Mail · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 2

The eighteenth accident within six weeks occurred at the Maltings Bridge, Mitttagong, on Sunday. Mr. A. S. Norris, of Sydney, had a narrow…

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Couldn't Swim Another Life Sacrificed. Drowning Fatality at Burragorang

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

Keith Reginald Stevens, aged 25 years, was drowned in the Wollondilly River at Burragorang on 1st December, after a plucky attempt at…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 2

In the Supreme Court, Sydney, on Thursday, before Mr. Justice James and jury, re[?]enck William Zlotkowski, who said that he was the aggrieved…

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