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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

83 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 5

Accident to Cyclist

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 11

Mr. Ned Massey, of Wollongong, met with a painful accident this morning. He was riding a bicycle flown Geard's Hill, from the Cross Roads, on his way…

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Mining Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 14

The adjourned inquest was held at the Courthouse this morning before the Deputy Coroner Mr. J. Kirby) concerning the circumstances…

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Motor Accident. Wollongong Girl Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

On Monday, Miss Vormister, daughter of Mr. Vormister, Electrical Engineer for the Wollongong Council, was travelling in the sidecar of a motor cycle…

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Painful Accident. At Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

James Jenkins, of Port Kembla, employed at the Metal Manufactures Pty. Ltd., Port Kembla, met with a very painful accident at the works on…

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Fatal Accident. Mount Kembla Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

At the Wollongong Court House this morning the Deputy Coroner (Mr. Jas. Kirby) conducted an inquiry into the death of John Kendall Forrest, 28 years…

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Motor Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 5

A Hupmobile car, containing about six persons failed to negotiate a corner between Clifton and Coalcliff on Sunday night and went over an…

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Accident at Woonona

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

An accident of a serious nature occurred on Saturday afternoon last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lewis, Gray Street, Woonona…

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Football Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 11

Playing with Kiltie Hill second grade footballers against Port Kembla on Saturday last, Martin Power had his right arm broken…

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Accident at Mt. Keira Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

On Wednesday, Wm. Murphy, a stoneman working with a shot-firer, was standing in the Mt. Keira Mine when a shot was being fired. A stone that…

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Accidents. Peculiar Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

There is at present lying in the Wollongong Hospital, a young man named Eric Connaughton who has 13 stitches in his tongue. He was feeding cows…

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Fatal Accident. at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 9

At the Court House, Wollongong on Wednesday, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. Kirby) conducted a magisterial inquiry touching the death of E. Horgan…

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Accident at Level Crossing. MATTISON v Railway Commissioners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners were appellants in an action tried before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury in March last, in which Stanley Mattinson sued…

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Serious Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 2

Toward noon on Thursday, the employees of the N. S. Wales Associated Blue Metal Quarry, were horrified at an accident which befel one of the most…

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Motor Accident. Narrow Escape

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

What might have been a serious accident was narrowly averted last Friday night, when Mr. J. Green was driving his car around a sharp turn in the…

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Colliery Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 10

Yesterday at Bulli the deputy coroner, Mr. James Kirby held an inquiry as to the death of John Erskine in the Illawarra Hospital on…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

Thomas Toohey, of Port Kembla, had a shoulder dislocated, besides receiving severe bruises, as the result of an accident at the Port Kembla Quarry last…

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Alleged Negligence. Motor Car Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 10

In the Supreme Court on Friday lust Elizabeth Gallacher, by her next friend John Gallacher, claimed damages for alleged negligence against George…

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Serious Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 2

On Monday last Mrs. A. Noble, Main Road, Corrimal, met with a serious accident. It appears that she was in a sulky with her husband, and while…

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Sulky Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 15

A serious accident occurred at Corrimal yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan and four children were driving in a sulky into the yard of their home…

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Caterpult Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 2

Young Jack, the 9-year-old son of Mr. A. E. Stuckey, hairdresser, of Nowra had an unusual experience last weekend, end. On Friday, while playing with…

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