Accidents in Quarries
Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., asked on the floor of the House on Tuesday last if the Minister for Labour and Industry was aware that a large number of accidents…
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Mining Fatality. at Coalcliff Colliery
John Muir, son of a well known Bulli family, was killed by a fall of stone in Coalcliff Colliery on Monday last. He was a married man, living in…
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It came as a shock to his friends in this district to learn that on Tuesday Mr. J. Stevens, of Stanwwell Park, and late of Mr. Drummond, had died…
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On Monday Mr. Harry Luckins, of Port Kembla, fell between a motor lorry and a truck at the Port Kembla railway station, and fractured his…
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On Monday four men were fishing from a boat on Lake Illawarra, and when one of them was swinging his line prior to throwing it into the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Foxground Fatality. Snake "Shell" Shocked
A snake of ample proportions and five feet 3inches in length to be exact, fell a victim to a popular brand of benzine, through an enquiring mind or an…
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A little girl, Hazel Faulks, aged 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Faulks of Yellow Rock, died yesterday as a result of injuries sustained through a…
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Henry Tuckwell proceeded against Roy Wilton for compensation for lime burns to the right leg, sustained by him on June 22nd, 1926…
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The Wollongong branch of the Illawarra District Ambulance treated eleven eases during the week. At the motor cycle races at Bode's…
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A serious accident occurred on the Prince's Highway at Fairy Meadow on Friday afternoon. It appears that Frank Maudline, 18, and Andrew…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Sad Fatality. a Child Crushed to Death
Albion Park was horror stricken when the sad fact became known little Hazel Faulks, aged 8 years, had died through injury received from a motor car, and…
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Had it not been for the pluck of Frank Hanger, a Corrimal boy, a little girl would possibly have been drowned in a deep part of Towrodgi Creek…
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At midnight on Sunday George Duncar of Unanderrs, was returning from Wollongong on a motor cycle. When be [?] with a straying horse near…
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Fireman Leslie Broadhead, of Thirroul, fell off a locomotive tender at Otford on Friday night last, receiving severe injuries to the body, with ribs…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatality at Port Kembla. Magisterial Inquiry
The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. Kirby) conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Court Mouse, Wollongong, on Monday morning, touching the death of Walter…
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A little boy named Merritt, of Corrimal, had a narrow escape from being drowned in Towrodg[?] Crook on Sunday afternoon last…
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On Sunday evening, Mr. W. Jolly, of Helensburgh, was returning from Cronulla with some friends, when at Henthcote his car was struck by a…
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S. Bondani was hit on the head by a prop in Coalcliff Colliery on Monday, and received severe injuries. He is now an inmate of Coledale Cottage…
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Balgovmie seems unfortunate re accidents, the latest one being that of William Tucker, who is at present in hospital with a broken thigh and…
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Mrs. Leah Ronson, of Sydney, but who is on a visit to Corrimal, was spending the day at the Tom Thumb yesterday with friends, and was…
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