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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 May 1939 · 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 conveyed to…

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Death of H. W. Gray, Jr. Verdict of Accidental Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

At the Court House, Wollongong, on Saturday, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. S. P. Musgrave, J.P., held an inquest touching the death of Henry William…

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Bulli Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 5

The following accidents were treated by the Bulli Shire Ambulance— Tuesday—George Tolhurst, Campbell street, Woonona, suffered a fractured…

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Road Safety. Skids Cause Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 3

Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding and in the coming months…

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Late H. W. Gray Accidental Death

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 22

The death of Henry Warren Gray (26) was the subject of an inquest conducted by the deputy coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave at Wollongong…

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Port Kembla Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 11

On Wednesday William Ernest John son, aged 18, assistant milk carter, was riding a motor cyle along Win-dang-road, Port Kembla, at about 11…

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COLLISION Between Motor Lorries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 7

At the District Court, Wollongong, on Tuesday, before His Honor Judge Nield, G. J. Timbs, of Dapto, claimed £30/19/3 damages from T. C. Edmonds,…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 14
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following accidents were treated by the Illawarra District Ambulance, since our last issue. Unless otherwise stated the patients were conveyed to…

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Information Dismissed Charge of Failing to Stop After Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 13

In the Wollongong Police Court yesterday, William Charles Easter-brook, butcher, pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to stop after an…

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Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 2

David Flott, nine - year - old son of Captain Flett, relieving pllot officer at Kiama, sustained painful injury when he trod on a broken glass bottle near…

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Accidents at Corners. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 3

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure of…

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Road Accident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd Dingwall, of Kiama, sustained a fractured hip and concussion in a motor accident at Unanderra early on Saturday morning, when he was a…

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Windang Road Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

At the Port Kembla Police Station on Tuesday, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave, conducted an inquest on the body of William Robert…

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Another Motor Fatality Young Man Killed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 11

Lionel Vincent Wilcox was killed on Cobbler's Hill, Princes-highway, on Friday night, as a result of the motor car he was…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

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

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Accidents at Corners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport, is the large number of accidents due to the…

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Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Catherine Gunning, Collins St., Kiama, was somewhat seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon When she slipped and fell from the steps at her residence…

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