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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

265 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 14

Fatal Accident Railway Fireman Crushed Popular Thirroul Identity

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 1

Mr. Walter Erie Moore, railway employee and well-known identity of Thirroul, met an untimely end, under tragic circumstances, on Monday…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 16
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…

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Fatal Accident Death of Charles Haselhurst

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 15

Regret was expressed on Wednesday when it became known that Mr. Charles Herbert Haselhurst, who had been injured as the result of a fall…

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Road Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 1

There were 2059 street accident in the country parts of New South Wales during the years ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1818 for the previous…

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Fisherman Drowned

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 22

The disappearance of Osmo, Heino Kankaanpaa (31) a Finn, of Donaldson street, Port Kembla, was the subject of an inquiry by the District…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 13
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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Road Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 3

There were 2,058 street accidents in the country parts of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1,818…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 13
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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Accident at North Beach

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 11

Whilst working on the new dressing sheds at North Beach, Wollongong, at 9.30 o'clock this morning, William Watt, labourer, of Gladstone-avenue…

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Unusual Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 8

The ambulance received two calls this week where children were involved in rather unusual accidents. On Saturday Herbert Williams, of…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 13
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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Mr. J. Wardle's Death "Accidental" Says Coroner

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 3

The story of a tragic fatality, which marred a camping holiday by two young men was related at the inquest on Saturday into the death…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 14
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 Hiking Accident Girl Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 1

At 10 a.m. on Sunday, a party of young people left Wollongong to hike to Mt. Keira. At 3 p.m. a call was received by the Illawarra District…

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Fatal Accident at Unanderra

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 1

On Saturday night, Berrie Daly (27), of Bellevue-street, Figtree, sustained fatal injuries when the gig he was driving was struck from the rear by…

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