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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 2

A young man named Richard Gordor Parry, 18 years of age, of Victoria street, Goulburn, it is slated, in attempting to board the paper train…

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Man Killed Lorry Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 2

On Friday last a transport lorry travelling between Yass and Sydney went over an embankment near Paddy's river, and David Hearne,…

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Hand of Fate That Accident at Paddy's River

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 2

The lorry that caused the death of David Hearne at Paddy's River last week was brought into Bowral on Monday by Guide Briggs…

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Motor Lorry Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 4

At an inquest into the death od David Hearne, where head [?] crushed between a motor lorry and a tree last week when the lorry, in…

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Motor Float Accident Horse Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 2

On Tuesday morning whilst returning from the Sydney show in a motor float, carrying two showhorses, Donglas Grimwood, aged…

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Car Rolls Over Local Residents Injured

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

When Mr. E. Cogswell, of Moss Vale, inspector for the T. and G. Insurance Co., and Hr. P. J. Schumack, of Bowral, were driving to…

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Local Residents Injured Car Rolls Over

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 2

Mr. E. Cogswell, of Moss Vale, inspector for the T. & G. Insurance Co., and Mr P. J. Schumack, of Bowral, while driving to Goulburn along the…

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Railway Accident Narrowly Averted at Exeter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 2

What could have been quite possibly a serious accident was narrowly averted at Exeter on Tuesday morning, due to the vigilance of Ganger…

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Football Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

D. J. O'Keefe, the Bowral half, was kicked whilst playing football on Saturday and sustained a probable fracture of the fourth finger of the…

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Weekend Accidents Neden Breaks Collarbone

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 2

Bowral's popular captain had the misfortune to break his collarbone in the Robertson match on Saturday. Early in the game he was tackled…

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Car Accident

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 3

Shortly after twelve on Sunday' afternoon a Rolls Royce car travelling to Bowral skidded during the heavy rain, on a fairly straight…

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Ambulance Busy Holiday Accidents and Mishaps

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 3

The District Ambulance had a busy time during the holiday weekend. On Saturday night, Mr. Garry Sigler, a visitor staying at a local…

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Motor Accident Four Persons Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 4

Three Sydney residents were admitted to the District Hospital at Bawral for tertment for injuries received when the car in which…

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BUNDANOON From Our Correspondent Accident to Mr. Collard

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 2

A serious and painful accident happened to Mr. Collard on Sunday last. Mr Collard has only recently come to our town as the successor…

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Berrima Accident Narrow Escape From Death

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

A terrific explosion resulting from an attempt to open an oil drum with an oxyacetylene tool, came near to causing the death of two men at…

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Accident Narrow Escape From Death

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 2

A terrific explosion resulting from an attempt to open an oil drum with an oxy-acetylene tool, came near to causing the death of two men at…

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Killed by Train Shocking Accident at Tahmoor

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred on the railway line near Tahmoor Station on Saturday or Sunday last. At 10.30 on Sunday morning,…

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Killed by Train Shocking Accident at Tahmoor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 November 1931 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on the railway line near Tahmoor station on Saturday or Sunday last.At 10.80 on Sunday morning,…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 2

Raymond Gash, 12-year-old son of Mr. Tom Walsh, of Kangaloon road, Bowral, had a narrow escape from death by drowning at Shellharbor on…

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Riding Accident Miss Menzies Injured

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 2

An accident that might have been attended with more serious results befel Miss B. Menzies of " Surrey Farm " on the Moss Vale Robertson…

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