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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

18 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Drowning Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

The sympathy of the whole district goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hoskins, of Moss Vale, in the death by drowning, on Sunday last, of their…

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Fatal Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

A sad fatality occurred on the Canyonleigh Road on Monday last, when John Norman Christensen was fatally injured by a falling tree. He…

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Fatal Collision

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

A man and his wife received injuries from which they subsequently died, and a young girl is in a critical condition, following a collision…

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Accidental Death Coroner Blames Dust

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

At Bowral Courthouse, on Wednesday of last week, the district coroner (Mr. W. J. McDonald) conducted an inquiry into the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 5

A gloom was cast over the village of Burrawang last week-end when it became known that a popular young…

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Tragic Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 1

A sad accident which resulted in the subsequent death of Max Lewis Murray McBeath, twelve-years-old elder son of…

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Stewards Inquire into Fatality Death of Trotting Driver

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 5

When four horses fell during the running of the Mittagong Handicap at the trotting meeting at Mittagong sports ground on Saturday, the…

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Wait for Ambulance Accident Victims Picked Up in Car

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 4

Despite repeated appeals to the public, the practice of motorists transporting accident victims and failing to wait for the ambulance is…

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Body Recovered Aftermath of Fishing Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

The partly-decomposed body of a man found by aborigines on a lonely beach midway between Jervis Bay and Wreck Bay was subsequently…

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Accidental Death Fatal Accident at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

The district coroner (Mr. W. J. McDonald) conducted an inquiry at Bowral Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon into the circumstances…

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Two Inquiries into Accidents Trotting and Railway Fatalities

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

The district coroner (Mr. W.J. McDonald) recently conducted two inquiries into accidents which resulted in death…

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Tragic Accident at Berrima

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 6

A sad fatality occurred at Berrima on Sunday night, when Ronald Ernest Norman, a married man with five young…

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Football Match Ends Tn Sad Fatality

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 5

Players and supporters of Bowral Football Club were upset on Monday when news was received that Ronald New…

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Local Cyclists Injured

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

Popular cyclist Ken Pope, of the Berrima District Amateur Cycle Club, is in Newcastle Hospital, suffering from a…

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Motor Truck Driver Discharged Sequel to Bowral Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

The sequel to an accident at the corner of Clarke and Oxley Streets, Bowral, on 4th July, 1949 [?] heard at Bowral Police Court on…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 2

Five men Offered serious injuries on Friday night when the taxicab in which they were travelling from Moss Vale to…

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Mittagong Resident in Road Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 5

Mr. F. C. Beaumont, of Mittagong, suffered fractures of a rib and a kneecap and severe shock when the lorry he was…

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Fatal Accident at Burradoo

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

A sad accident which resulted in the subsequent death of Mr. Howard Hansford, aged 50 years, of Burradoo, occurred…

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