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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5
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 wore, conveyed to…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 3

Serious injuries were sustained by Alan Waters, of Keira Street, Wollongong. who was riding a motor cycle on the Prince's Highway near Croome…

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Police Court Wollongong—friday (Before Mr. Hardwick, S.m.) Accident at Corrimal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 2

John T. Robinson, charged with negligent driving at Corrimal, on January 8, pleaded not guilty. Mr. T. McInerney appeared for the…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 May 1937 · 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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Driver Fined Sequel to Figtree Fatality Negligent Driving Alleged

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 2

An echo of the car fatality at Figtree on Good Friday morning, in which two men were killed outright and a third died later in hospital, was the…

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Impatience Causes Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 6

Declaring that a large proportion of road accidents were caused by impatience on the part of drivers, Mr. H. I. Johnson, Secretary of the N.R.M.A…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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Serious Accident. at Omega

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 2

Mr. Victor English, aged 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. English, Omega Public School, sustained serious injuries on Sunday night when…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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A Simple Accident with Serious Results

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

On his way home from work last night, Arthur Stafford, a boilermaker, of 45 McKenzie Avenue, Wollongong, slipped in a shallow slippery ditch in…

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Profits to Be Placed in Accident Fund

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 4
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

Profits of Sunday's match are to be equally divided between the Groups concerned in the Western and Southern Elimination series. At their…

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Fatal Accident at Port Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 12

Mr. Charles Robert Moon (59), a married man, of Kelly's Bay, Lake Illawiarra, received fatal injuries, when run over by a loaded lorry on…

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Road Accidents During 1936 Starling Figures

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 4

During 1936, there were 10,625 road accidents reported in New South Wales, 550 persons were killed and 6,894 others were injured according to…

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