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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Corrimal Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 October 1933 · page 11

While On his way to Band practice on Tuesday night, Mr. Hester Sprinks was knocked down on the Prince's Highway by a motor car. The car…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents have been attended to by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated, the patients…

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Rescued from Drowning

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 2

Vincent Charlesworth has had a by no means uneventful week. On Monday he performed a splendid feat by rescuing Sydney Young from the…

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Unique Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 2

A unique accident occurred in a dairy at Orbost the other day. The owner was operating a 65-gallon separator when the machine blew up…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 8
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended to the following accidents since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated, the patients were…

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Motor Collision Terrific Crash

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 15

Seldom has a motor collision attracted more attention and created more commotion than the one which occurred about 3 o'clock on…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 7
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended to the following accidents since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated, the patients were conveyed to…

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Unfortunate Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 November 1933 · page 3

Mr. Harry Cortis, well-known in Kiama, where he lived for a number of years, met with an unfortunate accident at Gerringong last Friday morning…

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Railway Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 16

Within a few weeks two unemployed men have died from injuries sustained through being knocked down by a train between…

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Railway Line Fatality. Unemployed Man Killed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 1

A man named John Clark, of the unemployed camp, at Fairy Meadow, while walking along the railway line last Saturday night, at about 7.30…

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Painful Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 6

Mr. Wyndham Beecham met with a most painful accident at the Australian Iron and Steel Works, Port Kembla on Tuesday. He was engaged on…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 6

The following accidents have been attended to by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated the patients were…

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"Accidental Increase."

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 2

The question of K.V.A. was mentioned in the Shellharbour Council on Wednesday when it was decided to apply to the Public Works Department…

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Bicycle Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 2

Mr. John Johnston met with an unfortunate accident on Wednesday morning while he was riding a bicycle down the North Kiama hill. The front fork…

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Fatal Accident at Bowral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 2

Miss Florence Rose Dive daughter of Mr. W. J. Dive, of Bowral, while crossing Bong Bong Street, Bowral, early last week, says the "Scrutineer,"…

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Accident at Factory

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 3

An unfortunate accident occurred at the Jamberoo Dairy Factory on Saturday morning when John Parkinson, aged 15, who was working in the…

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Coroners Inquests Railway Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 17

Last Friday afternoon an inquest was conducted by the District Coroner (Mr. M. Keegan, J.P.) into the death of William Simpson (60) a…

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