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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

19 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Indemnity for All Motor Accidents Explanation of the New Queensland Protective Legislation

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 4

Advice has been received from Mr. A. G. Bill, manager of the Road Service Department, Royal Automobile Club…

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Peculiar Accident Causes Death of Foal

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

An unusual exhibit is being displayed in a window in a Goulburn store in the form of the fetlock of a hone around which is entwined a…

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Left the Gates Open May Have Meant Serious Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 2

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A Hardwick, S.M., ten local identities were charged withe failing to close the railway…

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Three Persons Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

As the result of a collision at Yerrinbool, on the Hume Highway, between two cars, three persons sustained injuries which…

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Motor Car Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 2

On Tuesday evening a car overturned on Cuttaway Hill, Berrima Road, and ws badly smashed up. The occupants…

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Motor Car Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 4

Two persons received injuries necessitating them being detained in the district hospital, and four others received minor injuries when a car…

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Motor Smash on Hume Highway Moss Vale Resident Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 2

Well known society people, a honeymoon couple, and our young men who bad been given a "lift," were involved in a terrific smash on…

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Queer Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

One day a stingy man sent his son over to the neighbor's house to borrow The Mail, and while the son was on his way he ran into a swarm of…

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Road Accidents in New South Wales During Year 1936

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 4

In a circular forwarded to us by the Deputy Commissioner for Road Transport, Sydney, the following startling record…

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Injured Footballers. No First Aid

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

Several players have been injured in the Rugby League football matches since the commencement of the competition and there have been no…

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Brief Mention. Peculiar Accident

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 2

A golf ball driven by a player on the Kingston Heath course (Victoria) on Saturday, struck a magpie and became impaled on its beak. The beak…

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Motor Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 2

Mr. C. F. Lenholm was returning to his home at Bowral from Crook-well in his motor lorry on Sunday, when his vehicle collided with a…

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Rev. R. A. Johnson Injured in Car Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 July 1937 · page 2

We regret to learn that the Rev. R. A. Johnson, Rector of Button Forest, is an inmate in the Grafton Hospital as the…

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Vehicles Collide. Four Bowral Men Injured

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 2

A number of workmen employed by Messrs. Alf. Stephens and Sons, of Bowral, were gravelling to Moss Vale in a utility truck driven by Mr…

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Motor Mishaps Four Bowral Men Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 2

A number of workmen employed by Messrs. Alf. Stephens and Sons, of Bowral, were travelling to Moss Vale in a utility track driven by…

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Hospital Was Full. Injured Footballer Refused Admittance. No Aid From Systematic Scheme

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 4

It will come as a surprise to subscribers to the Berrima District Hospital Systematic Scheme that Ron. Williams, who was injured in a recent…

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Hospital Was Full Injured Footballer Refused Admittance. No Aid From Systematic Scheme

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 2

It will come as a surprise to subscribers to the Berrims District Hospital Systematic Scheme that Ron. Williams, who was injured in a…

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Road Cycling. Accident Narrowly Averted

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 3

The road race conducted by the Mittagong Cycle Club over a course of ten and a half miles to Alpine and return on Saturday, attracted…

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Drowned at the Falls Popular Bowral High School Boy. Dived to His Death

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Fitzroy Falls on Sunday when Eric Jackson, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jackson of Berrima Road,…

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