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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

194 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 10

Sick and Accident Fund. Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 10

There will be a contest for the positions of president and secretary of the Port Kembla Sick and Accident Fund this year:—For the first-named…

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Accident at Mt. Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 3

Albert Harold Stafford was caught between a skip and a prop at Mount Kembla mine on Monday, and received severe injuries to right leg. The…

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Radio and Street Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

An elderly woman was knocked down by a motor car in Brisbane last week, and was taken to hospital in a critical condition. It was seen she…

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Accident to Railway Employees. Near Dapto

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 9

Whilst some railway employees were travelling on a railway tricycle near Dapto on Tuesday evening, Robert Johnstone, a labourer in the employ…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 1

Sunday last was a very busy day for the Illawarra Ambulance, seven cases being handled, three of which came from Port Kembla. Both cars…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 13
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

On Monday night whilst Michael Esther, aged 15, was riding along the Prince's Highway at Fairy Meadow on a bicycle, he collided with a sanitary…

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Accident at Bode's Bridge. Man Conveyed to Hospital

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

On Monday last whilst working on the new concrete bridge under construction by the Main Roads Board at North Wollongong, near the Hotel…

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Hole in Roadway. Causes Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 1

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. Kirby, J.P.) held a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Kenneth Douglas Matchett…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

On Saturday Mr. Halloran, living at Kenny Street, Wollongong, fell from a sulky at Port Kembla and sustained injuries to his face and right arm…

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Serious Accident. Man Swallows False Teeth

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 9

In the early hours of last Sunday morning Mrs. S. Fielding, Campbell Street, Woonona, was awakened by a gurgling sound being emitted by her…

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Drowned in the Surf. at Coogee

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 10

Residents of Wollongong that knew Mrs. Korry will regret to learn that on Monday her body was found floating in the surf at Coogee. She had…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 10
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance is being kept exceedingly busy. Wednesday last was a record day, as nine cases were transported, which…

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A Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 7

George Edgar Allpress sued A. B. McGregor, claiming £75 damages for negligence through a collision between the defendant's motor car and…

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Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

Edward Bryant, an employee of the M.M. Works, Port Kembla, had a top joint of Hie second finger on his tight hand severed last night, when his hand…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 11
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance has been kept very busy during the last few days, and has been able to render first aid to many sufferers…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

John Dudgeon, aged 9 years, of Atcheson Street, Wollongong, sustained a large incised wound, on the right leg last Sunday, through falling on…

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