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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

10 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 2

The death took place in the Berrima District Hospital on Sunday, night (the result of an accident) of Mr. Joseph Beveridge, of East…

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The Accident That Wasn't (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 4

Police officers see many unique things that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps it is a pity that some of the things they see are…

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Road Accidents increase

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 March 1945 · page 2

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed increases in 1944 over the previous year. In the combined areas there…

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Accidents id the Home

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 4

Accidents of all kinds cause more deaths in Australia than pneumonia, one of the most dangerous of oil diseases. A considerable proportion…

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Motor Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 2

Mr. Hugh Taylor, Mittagong, aged 35 years, was killed instantly on Thursday evening, september 18th, when the Dodge sedan car he…

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Fatality at Robertson

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 2

Mr. Tom Ritchie, only son of Mr. Ernie Ritchie of Robert-received a fatal injury when a tractor he was driving…

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Fatality at Robertson

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 October 1945 · page 2

Mr. Tom ritchie, only son of Mr. Runie Ritchie, of Robertson, received a fatal injury when a tractor he was driving overturned on…

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Unusual Accidents

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 1

Mr. J. Cheetham, a railway fettler, residing at Tahmoor, was the victim of a rather unusual accident. He was riding…

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Naval Rating Drowned

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 1

Jock McCauley, a naval ratine from H.M. aircraft-carrier Implacable, was drowned in the Bong Bone River below the Moss Vale weir on Sunday…

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Drowning Fatality in Bong River

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 December 1945 · page 2

A naval rating off the aircraft cartier Implacable, now in Sydney Harbour, was drowned in the Bong Bong River, about midday on…

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