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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

267 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 14

Motor Cycle Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 22

About 10 o'clock last night a motor cycle, driven by Jack Wilson, of Church Street, with H. G. Ashton and Master Stanley Ashton, of Burelli-street. as…

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Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 23

The Ambulance has attended the following accidents since last issue. April 12th—Richard Snowden, Gwynneville, a wheeler in Mt. Keira…

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Accident at Colliery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 18

Mr. Lester "Wick" Lane, met with a painful accident while employed at his work at the South Bulli Colliery, as a miner, on Monday last…

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Lorry Capsizes. Footballers Injured

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

A lorry load of footballers overturned on a dangerous hill near Gerringong on Saturday evening. The Bombo second grade football team was returning…

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Railway Accident. Carriage Over Embankment. Three Men Have Miraculous Escape

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 2

The 8.20 a.m train (generally known as the Milk as the Milk train) had not proceeded far on its journey to Sydney on Saturday morning, before It had a smash, and but for the presence of mind of Engineer driver F. Mutch, the whole train might have been toppled over a…

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Railway Accident. Fortunate Escape

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 11

On Saturday morning a guard's van on the 6.20 a.m. train from Kiama to Sydney, left the rails one mile south of the Mi[?]namurra station, and three…

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Railway Accident. at Coledale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 16

Young Jack Goudic, a lad of about 15 years of age, was found lying in a semi-conscious state alongside the line near Coledale…

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Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 24

The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended to the following cases since our last issue:—19th April.—Thomas Fox, of…

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Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 7

A new Chevrolet met with an accident last Sunday morning, near the Tarrawanna turn off on Corrimal line, when a misunderstanding…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 15
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents have been attended to by the Illawarra Ambulance since last issue:— April 19.—Thos. Fox, of Wollongong…

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Accident to Ald. Shipp

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 9

Ald. R. Shipp met with a nasty little accident last Friday morning. He was cleaning one of the machines at the Picture Theatre whon the index finger…

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Found Drowned in a Well

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 10

A man named Eric Roy Simpson, 26 years of age, and resident of Carter's Lane, Reidtown, was found drowned in a well at the rear of his mother's…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 11
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra Ambulance has attended to the following accidents since our last issue:— May 3rd—Joseph Fois, of Port…

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Motors and Motoring Intersection Accidents. How To Avoid Them

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 5

Detailed study of the causes of motoring accidents shows that fully half of them occur at intersections, and of those a prepondering number is…

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Injured Foot

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 2

Sid, son of Mr. and Mrs. Drew, of Kiama, while fishing on the beach on Tuesday morning, in crossing the rocks, fell and hurt his foot severely,…

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Motor Car Fatality. Death of W. J. Rodgers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 23

Mr. William John Rodgers was killed as a result of being struck by a motor car, near the old Mount Keira Hotel, on Saturday night last…

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Figtree Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry. Comment Re Absence of Footpaths

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 9

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. Kirby) conducted a magisterial inquiry at the conducted a magisterial inquiry yesterday, at the Court Mouse, Wollongong,…

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