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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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These Cause Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 2

Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the windscreen of…

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These Cause Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 2

Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is a noticeable in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…

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More Deaths In Road Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 2

This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period Experience over the last five years has…

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Straying Stock Cause Accidents

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 3

Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is, a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…

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Big Increase in Accidents

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 6

Two factors contributed substantially towards increasing the road accident figures of the State during the last two weeks. They were the…

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Big Increase in Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 May 1940 · page 2

Two factors contributed substantially towards increasing the road accident figures of the State during the last two weeks They were the…

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Road Accidents Again Serious

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 2

At midnight on Tuesday the Road Safety Council had been advised of 37 deaths in road accidents during May. More than three-fourths of the fatal…

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Accidents That Affect Soldiers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 2

Appeal is made to all road users to exercise courtesy during this month. In other words, the Road Safety Council asks that all citizens will…

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Accidents That Affect Soldiers

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

Appeal is made to ail roads users to exercise courtesy during this month. In other words, the Road Safety Council asks that all citizens…

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Road Accidents Must Be Stopped

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 2

Many people have said that it seems feeble at this time of war for us to strive for a reduction in road accidents in New South Wales. The saving of…

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Accidents Still Wrecking Homes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 July 1940 · page 2

In three days last week seven children were rendered fatharless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration of the fact that…

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Many Lives Lost in Accidents (Issued by "the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 August 1940 · page 3

Deaths in road accidents in this State have been increasing each week until at the end of July the position was nearly as serious when the figures…

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Review of Road Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 August 1940 · page 2

Traffic accidents are up again ! The Road Safety Council had the distasteful task of making the announcement of a month ago. Now I can announce…

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Another Accidenton Hume Highway. Three Danger Spots

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 2

Accidents in which motor cars are involved seem to regularly recur at three different spots on the Hume Highway within the confines of the…

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Up Again—Down Again! Review of Road Accidents

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 3

Traffic accidents are up again The Road Safety Council had the distasteful task of making this announcement a month ago. Now it…

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Widow's Claim for Compensation. Fatal Accident at Cement Works

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 2

At the Workers' Compensation Court, Moss Vale, on Thursday, before His Honor Judge Moffitt, Elsie Agnes Tomsett claimed £800 for the…

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Coroner's Finding Accidental Death Mrs. Lynda Phillips

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 August 1940 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. W. Terry, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the circumstances…

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Accidental Death

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. W. Terry, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the circumstances…

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Car Accident at Paddy's River Bridge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 September 1940 · page 2

Three elderly people were injured when a car travelling from Sydney to Gundagai overturned on the Paddy's River detour on Saturday morning,…

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Risks That Cause Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 3

I suppose there aren't many motorists who have not had the experience of either bumping into the rear of another, car or of being bumped on…

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