Drowning Fatality. at Albion Park
The holiday season at Albion Park was marred by the sad accident of the drowning of 16 year old Verra Ann Pearson, popularly known as "Topsy",…
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Pillion Rider Injured
Miss Winifred Sawtell, aged 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sawtell, of Albion Park, sustained a painful injury while going to a dance at Thirroul on Friday…
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A serious accident involving a ear and three motor-cycles occurred on the Lake Road, near Mary Street, Shellharbour, about three o'clock on Monday…
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A cloud was cast over the Christmas festivities at Albion Park, when it became known that Miss Vera Ann (Topsy) Pearson had been drowned…
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On Monday three motor cycles set off from Windang-road, Port Kembla, for Kiama, via the Lake Entrance. When negotiating a bend on a hill…
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Anticipating a heavy crop of accidents, the officers of the Illawarra District Ambulance were pleasantly surprised by a comparatively quiet…
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A small visitor from the country received burns under very unusual circumstances at Stuart Park, Wollongong, yesterday…
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The following accidents have been attended by the Illawarra District Ambulance since the beginning of the New York Unless otherwise stated…
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William Thompson, of Main Road, Dapto, was admitted to Wollongong hospital last night with lacerations and contusions to the back, caused…
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A sad and fatal accident occurred at Jasper's Brush on Wednesday night when Miss Myra Gould, on entering the gate at her home was attacked and…
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An unusual accident befel Mr. Robert Jordan, a Sydney visitor to Shellharbour, who on Saturday afternoon, broke his right arm while throwing in a…
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Thrown from the back of a lorry as it swung round a sharp curve on the Prince's Highway. near Kelly's Creek, Helensburgh, on Saturday night, a…
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Following on a collision between a motor cycle and bicycle on the St. Kembla-Wollongong road shortly after midnight last night, two men…
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The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended the following accidents since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated, the patients were conveyed to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Painful Accident. Finger Almost Severed
While chopping wood at his home in Fern Street, Gerringong, on Tuesday, Mr. Tom Hill was unfortunate enough to severely cut a finger of his right…
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An accident occurred shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning at the Crawley Forest turn-off on the Prince's Highway, when a car and motor-cycle…
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A stabbing affray took place in a group of camps near the Port Kembla railway station last Wednesday night. There have been many different…
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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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