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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 11
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 Safety Accident Reduction

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 3

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and…

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Road Safety. Accident Reduction

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 22 October 1938 · page 2

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly three,…

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Train Fatality Man Killed at Bulli Near Colliery Crossing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 9

The locality just north of Bulli Colliery railway crossing signal box was the scene of a fatal accident in the early hours of Wednesday…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 9
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents have been attended by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue, and, unless otherwise stated, the person…

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Motor Accident. at Omega

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 2 November 1938 · page 2

An accident occurred on the Prince's Highway, near Omega, on Saturday afternoon, as the result of which four persons were admitted to the Kiama…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 11
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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Reducing Road Accidents Duty of Citizens

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 14

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task of reducing the road…

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Reducing Road Accidents Duty of Citizens

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 3

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task of reducing the road…

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Railway Fatality Young Man's Neck Broken Inquest at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 3

At this Court House at Bulli yesterday, the District Coroner, Mr. W. G. Payne, conducted an inquest relating to the death of Henry Lachlan Curteis,…

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Fatality at Port Kembla Man Killed in Shunting Operations

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 6

The number 4 jetty at Port Kembla was the scene of a shocking fatality on Monday night, when two waterside workers were crushed…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 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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Accident to Schoolgirl At Corrimal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 12

A near fatality was witnessed by a large crowd of workmen at Corrimal yesterday afternoon when a small girl ran from behind a stationary bus…

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Truck Accident At Steelworks

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 13

Yesterday morning Reginald Stacey, labourer, of Kembla-street, Wollongong, was walking on a railway line near the blast furnace at the…

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Motor Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 November 1938 · page 2

Shortly after midnight on Friday, an accident occurred on the Prince's Highway at Minnamurra, when a motor cycle ridden by William George [?]zean, of…

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Three Lorries in Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 9

Three motor vehicles were involved in a collision at the corner of [?]own and Dennison street about 9 o'clock on Monday morning…

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