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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Holiday Fatalities. and Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 10

Three deaths, including accidents and a suicide, marred the Christmas holidays for several families in this district…

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Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 13

Norman Stapleton (24) of Corrimal, was riding his motor cycle and side-car along Prince's Highway, about 2 a.m. on January 2nd, when…

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Sad Fatality. Young Man Killed

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

At 11 a.m. on Sunday, a collision occurred between a motor cycle and motor car at the intersection of Corrimal and Crown Streets,…

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Kembla Grange Fatality. Anderson Before Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Arising out of the motor smash at Kembla Grange, when Kethel Harvey was killed At the Wollongong police court…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

The following accidents have been attended by the Illawarra Ambulance in addition to those reported else where:—…

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Boy Shot Dead. - Youth Killed at Wollongong. Sensational Motor Accident at Stoney Range. Boy Shot Dead. Accident in a Camp

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

The accidental and sudden death of Matter Charles Freeman ranks as one of the most pathetic incidents associated with the New…

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Accidents. at Steelworks

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Owing to the collapse of a staging at the Australian Iron & Steel Co's works on Friday last, Michael Kent-well, aged 49, was admitted to the…

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Shooting Accident. at Campbelltown

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

On Monday week a young man named Gus Horan and some companions left Helensburgh on a rabbit shooting expedition. When near…

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Result of Accident. Death of Very Old Man

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

At the Wollongong Court House on Saturday morning the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. Kirby, J.P) held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding, the…

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Narrow Escape. From Drowning

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

Last Tuesday afternoon the Ambulance received a call to the Ladies' Baths, at Signal Hill, Wollongong, and On arrival there found J. McGuffie…

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Another Fatality. at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 9

Two fatalities arising out of motor bicycle accidents, is the unenviable record for Wollongong this week…

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[?]Ullet Creek Fatality. [?] Coroner's Inquiry. [?]Man Charged with Manslaughter

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 11

[?] the Wollongong Courthouse [?]day, the deputy Coroner [?] Kirby, J.P.) conducted an [?]into the circumstances…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 16
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended to the following accidents since our last issue:— January 7th.—George Whymark, of…

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Painful Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 12

A boy named Browne, of Kogarah, met with a painful accident on Friday afternoon last. He was on his way to the railway station for a…

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Motor Fatality. at Nowra. Mrs. G. Woodhill Killed

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

It came as a great shock to the friends of Mr. U.J. Holland, of Wollongong, to learn that her mother, Mrs.G. Woodhill, of Nowra, had been…

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Motor Cycle Accident. James Bryson Loses Leg

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

As the result of a motor cycle colliding with a motor lorry on the Princes Highway, Fairy Meadow, on Friday last, James Bryson, of…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Since last issue the Illawarra Ambulance dealt with the following accidents:— 13th January—Joel Mickleyh waite,…

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Motor Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 8

A fatal motor accident occurred last Thursday three miles from Tumut, on the Adelong-road. A car owned and driven by Mr. Noel Harris, grazier, of…

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Road Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

Riding a motor bicycle on Thursday last, Ernest Cleall, labourer of the Main Roads Board, crashed into a motor lorry in Crown Street, Wollongong,…

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