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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

194 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 10

Badly Injured. Arm Cut and Both Legs Broken

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1927 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Johnston (employed at the N.S.W. Blue Metal quarry at Minnamurra) was on Thursday morning about 10.30, the victim of a serious accident,…

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Serious Accident. at South Bulli Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 2

A young lad named Positti, of Corrimal, and employed in South Bulli mine as a clipper, met with a sensational accident in the mine on Friday last…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 2

The following accidents have been attended to by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue:— December 12th, John Long, of Port…

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Motor Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 5

Five men in a Chevrolet car had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Sunday afternoon, when their car overturned on the road between the top…

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Motor Accident. at Dapto

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 13

On Saturday last a serious collision occurred between two motor cars at the intersection of Prince's Highway and Bong Bong Street, Dapto, in which…

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Injured Finger

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1927 · page 2

Alfred Chin, son of Mr. H. Chin, assisting in preparing for the Bombo Xmas Tree, on Thursday, sustained a nasty injury to his hand. Grasping the…

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Another Broken Leg a Peculiar Cause of Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1927 · page 2

Mr. A. Farlow, a young man who hails from Windsor, and employed at Minnamurra quarry, met with a nasty accident which came about in a peculiar…

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Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 9

In a collision at Stanmore, between a motor car driven by Alfred Southwell, of Helensburgh, and a motor cyclist, James Wright, aged 28, of South…

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Accident to Mr. E. Herd

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 11

Mr. E. Herd, of Garden Hill, Wollongong, met with an accident on Sunday, which resulted in his sustaining a fractured thigh. It appears that be…

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Accident at M.m. Works

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 11

On Monday morning H. Rigby, living at Reidtown, was working in the wire drawing department at the M.M. works, when a length of wine struck him on…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 11

On Saturday last, John Markham, of Denison Street, Wollongong, was ridding behind a man named King, on a motor cycle, en route for Sydney…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 14
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents have been attended to by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue:— December 17th, Patrick Halliday, of…

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Painful Accident. Bone Cut Through

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1927 · page 2

On Wednesday morning Mrs. Robt. Campbell, of Collins street, while chopping some kindling in the laundry to start the copper fire, almost severed…

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