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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

279 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 14

Road Accidents are Increasing

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 November 1939 · page 2

There is a small but serious increase in the road accidents of the State and the president of the Road Safely Council and Minister for Transport (Col…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 November 1939 · 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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Thumb Bridge Another Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 11

A head-on collision on the Tom Thumb bridge this morning, seriously dislocated traffic and resulted in two people being…

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Coroner's Court Accidental Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 6

At Helensburgh on Monday, the District Coroner (Mr. R. B. Dunlop) conducted an inquest into the death of Edward John Porter (54), who was…

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Drowned Dog in Creek Then Buried It

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 8

In the Wollongong Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Balmain, S.M., Joseph King. (74), pensioner, was charged by North Illawarra Council…

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Another Road Fatality Near Helensburgh Man's Jugular Vein Severed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 9

Hughie Shirley, 32, single, of Stanmore, was killed instantly at Poultry Farm Bend, Prince's Highway, near Helensburgh, late…

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Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 10

John O'Connor of the official camp, Port Kembla, had a lucky escape yesterday, from serious injury, at the C.R.M. He was struck by a sheet of…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 November 1939 · 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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Serious Accident. on Macquarie Pass

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 15 November 1939 · page 2

An accident, in which two men were seriously injured, occurred on the Macquarie Pass road shortly after half past six yesterday morning. A motor lorry,…

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Man Injured Last Night

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 9

John Gardiner (45) of Mount Keira-road, sustained a fracture of the right arm and forearm when his car collided with a post on the…

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Injured Man Dies From Natural Causes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 8

When Frederick McReeve was found on the side of the Port Kembla railway line on November 2nd, suffering from head injuries, it was surmised that…

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Motor Accident Boy Dies From Injuries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 1

On Saturday morning a boy named William Henry Roy Mather, son of Mr. and. Mrs. William R. Mather, of Prince's Highway, Unanderra, aged 12½…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 9
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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Accident on Macquaire Pass

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 11

Mr. G. T. Cameron and several other men had a unpleasant experience on Tuesday. Mr. Cameron was driving a lorry to Dawson's mine,…

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Crushed to Death Fatality at Steelworks

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 11

As briefly stated in our last issue, Walter Gordon Mott was fatally injured at the A.I. & S. works, last Friday…

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Charge Dismissed Failing to Stop After Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 1

At Bulli Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Balmain, S.M., William Fleetwood Thomas pleaded not guilty to failing to stop after an accident…

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Death Under Anaesthetic Verdict of Accidental Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 14

In the Wollongong Court House yesterday, before the District Coroner, Mr. Balmain, S.M., an inquest was held into the death of Walter…

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