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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

255 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 13

Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 5

Jack Bills, of Figtree, was struck by a fall of coal in Wongawilli Colliery and sustained lacerations to the left shoulder…

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Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 15

Arthur Seaward, Fairy Meadow, received a crushed second finger of the left hand, while changing rolls at the Steelworks. He was admitted to…

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Collision with Horse

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 3

Riding his motor cycle along the Five Islands-rd., Steeltown, at about 7 p.m. last Saturday night, Jack Burkill, of Second-av., Warrawong, struck…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5
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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Quarry Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 3

While employed in barring down at the Bass Point Quarry, Shellharbour, early yesterday morning, Mr. Ernest Seaman, of Minnamurra, was struck by…

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Fatal Accident. Near Shellharbour

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred about four o'clock on Saturday morning on the Croome road, about a mile and a half from Shellharbour, when Stephen…

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Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 7

A most unfortunate accident occurred at 11.30 on Tuesday morning, resulting in the death of a young boy, Bobby Longbottom, aged 2 years 9…

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Motoring Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 7

Stephen Thomas Shuter, 21, of Kogarah, was killed instantly when a car he was driving from Sydney, skidded and overturned about 4 a.m. on…

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Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 7

Returning from Newcastle on Friday night last, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Bob Liddiard were involved in a serious accident on the Sydney…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 8
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 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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Shooting Accident At Wongawilli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 4

An inquest was conducted at the Court House, Wollongong, on Wednesday in regard to the death of William George Bethel. Detective…

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Accidental Death LATE W. G. BETHEL

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 18

At Wollongong Courthouse on Wednesday, the Deputy Coroner, Mr S. R. Musgrave conducted an inquest into the circumstances surrounding…

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Fatal Road Accidents. at Kiama

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 2

Last week-end was signalised at Kiama by two fatal road accidents. On Friday night Mr. George Simmons. an old and very much respected-citizen of…

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Fatality at Kiama

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 5

Much regret is expressed at the lamentable death yesterday of Alderman H. A. Dawes, Kiama, who was found lying in Terralong-st. Kiama…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 8
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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Another Fatal Accident. Ald. Harold Dawes

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 2

The third fatal road accident in Kiama within a week occurred on Wednesday night, when Ald. Harold Alexander Dawes, while walking home…

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