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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

265 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 14

Shocking Accident Both Legs Taken Off

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 11

Denis Grogan, Aged 7l years, of Bellambi, received shocking injuries. when he fell under a railway truck at Lysaghts sheet mill at the…

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Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 11

Illawarra District Ambulance has attended the following since last issue Eric Connaughton, of Fisher st., fell while walking down the track…

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Car Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 3

Two men had miraculous escapee from at least serious injury on Wednesday night in a motor car accident on the Appin Road…

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Quarry Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 2

Mr. Frank McAuley, of Central Park, Park, had a fortunate escape from serious injury on Monday afternoon while working on a scaffolding at the new…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 8

Harold Norman Fisher, of Rowland Avenue, Wollongong, died in Wollongong hospital on Sunday night following on injuries received in a…

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Accidental Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 1

The Deputy Coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave, conducted an inquest ut the Court House, Wollongong, on Saturday touching the death of Jemima Victoria…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 14
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended the following: cases since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated the patients were conveyed to their…

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Accidental Fall LATE Mrs. JACKMAN

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 5

The death of Mrs. Jemima Victoria Jackman, wife of Mr. Thomas Henry Jackman, of Robertson Street, Coniston, was the subject of an inquest…

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Road Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 2

(By Lt,.Col. H. A. Youdon, D.S.O,. V.D., Secretary to the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.) "A bold peasantry, their country's pride,…

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Motor Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 20

Arising out of an accident on Tom Thumb bridge on March 26th. Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. proceeded against Arthur George…

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Wednesday Motor Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

The Australian Iron & Steel Ltd., Port Kembla, 'proceeded against Arthur George Ashdown, of Rosebery-st., Mosman, claiming £30 damages caused…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 12
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 17 June 1938 · page 3

V.D., Secretary to the Road Safety Council of New South Wales. "A bold peasantry, their country's pride,…

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Motor Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 10

A lorry loaded with five tons of metal crashed into the side of a stationary motor car at Woonona yester day morning…

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Motorist Injured

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

Arnold Miller, of "Parkview", Gerringong, had a narrow escape from serious injury at Kensington on Saturday morning. He was riding a motor cycle and…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 June 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 otherwisa stated, the patients were conveyed to…

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Fatal Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 4

Local residents were shocked early on Thursday morning to learn that Mr. James Ellis Abernethy had been killed in a motor accident at a late hour…

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