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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

255 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 13

Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 2

Yet another road accident occurred in Kiama when on Sunday morning Douglas Evans, a boy of 12, living in Minnamurra Street, was knocked over by…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 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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Accidental Death LATE Mr. C. BONSER

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 9

At Scarborough Courthouse on Monday, the District Coroner, Mr. W. [?] Payne, conducted an inquest con[?]ing the death of Claude Bonser…

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Another Fatal Accident. Mr. Fred Laslett Killed

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 2

Another fatal accident occurred shortly before three o'clock yesterday afternoon when Mr. Fred Laslett, an old identity of the town, was knocked over…

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FATALITY At Steelworks

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

Gordon Laurie McLaren (27) a rigger, of the Port Kembla Hotel Port Kembla, was killed on Wednesday, when he fell 86 feet from…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3
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 persons were conveyed to…

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Poisoning Fatality At Keiraville

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5

Yesterday forenoon, Mrs. Baynham, of William-street, Keiraville, went to the garage at the rear of her residence and found her husband, Alfred John…

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Injured Man On Railway Line

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5

Hearing groans near the north signal box at Flinders-street, Port Kembla, the guard of a train last night discovered a man…

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Workman Injured On Excavation Work

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5

Two workmen were injured yesterday on the Saltwater Channel excavation work at Tom Thumb Lagoon. George Ambler…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, Mr. Don Mathers, while working with a horse and dray on the Minnamurra Falls road job at Jamberoo, had the misfortune to…

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Bicycle Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 3

Mervyn Parrish, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Parrish, of Omega, met with a painful accident on Sunday morning. He was riding a push bike round the Post…

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Cars in Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 3

Two cars collided at the cross roads entering Shellharbour on Sunday morning last, and although both cars were severely damaged, the occupants…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 7
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents were treated by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated the patients were…

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Road Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1937 · page 2

Another road accident occurred shortly before seven o'clock on Wednesday night on the Prince's Highway at Dunmore near the Minnamurra River bridge,…

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Road Accident. at Albion Park

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 22 September 1937 · page 3

A road accident occurred at Albion Park on the Prince's Highway at about ten o'clock on Saturday morning, Ald, W. McBarron, of Yellow Rock, was…

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