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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 9
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents were attended to by the Illawarra Ambulances:— 5th November—Eileen Woods, Thirroul, fell from a motor bike in Crown…

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Mount Pleasant Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 24

On Monday at the Wollongong Court House, the District Coroner (Mr. Prior. S.M.). re-opened the inquiry into the circumstances touching the deaths of…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 13

In addition to the accidents reported elsewhere the Illawarra Ambulance attended to the following cases:— November 13th—Mrs. Sneddon, of…

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Accident at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 6

Mr. T. Clarke, milk vendor, and well known resident of the Port, met with an accident last Friday, when a motor lorry and his cart collided. Mr. Clarke…

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Accident at Woonona

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 19

On Wednesday afternoon the Illawarra Ambulance received a call to the Woonona School where Charles Powell, the contractor, had sustained…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents have been attended to by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue:— November 17th—Frank Pesker, of…

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Accidents at Albion Park. Kicked by a Horse

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 13

George Gower, the young son of Mrs. E. Gower, met with a painful injury on Monday afternoon, when he was kicked by a horse which he was…

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Mt. Pleasant Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 23

The adjourned inquiry into the deaths of John Ashmore and George Hill, was continued on Tuesday by the District Coroner (Mr. Prior…

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Mount Pleasant Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry Continued

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 11

The Magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of John Ashmore and George Hill, adjourned from November 14th, was…

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Peculiar Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 2

Accidents happen many ways. Mr. W. J. Nicholls, of Glenreagh, was sitting on his horse near the South Grafton saleyards the other day when a…

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Accident at Corrimal Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 6

Last Friday morning T. Beccham was travelling on a trolly in Corrimal mine, when he fell off, and sustained a lascerated wound on the head, and…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 14

The Illawarra Ambulance attended to the following accidents during the week:— November 26—Horace Husbands, of…

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Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 December 1927 · page 2

Mr. Thos. McCabe had a nasty shaking up following his jump from a car on Saturday afternoon, in which he was returning from Jamberoo as he saw the…

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Man Injured at Mt. Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 8

A man who gave his name as Nockem, was found on the roadside near the Mount Kembla store on Sunday. He was covered in blood, and had…

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Brief Mention. Motor Cycle Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 12

On Friday two motor cyclists from Sydney, Leslie Sutton, of Brighton-le-Sandds, and John Lenstoe, were travelling to lake Illawarra, and ran into a…

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Accident at Brownsville

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 12

A motor cycle, ridden by Stanley Steele and Arthur Gillespie, of Dapto, on Sunday evening collided with a motor car driven by the Hew G. P. Birk…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 3
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra Ambulance attended to the following cases during the week:— On Sunday Joe Clifford (27), of…

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