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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

231 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 12

Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 11

The following accidents have been attended by the Illawarra Ambulance Service. Uness otherwise stared patient was conveyed home after…

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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 20 August 1941 · page 3

On Saturday morning, a boy named Ratcliffe, living at Dunmore, had his hand caught in a bicycle chain, and cut off the top of a finger on his left…

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Motor Cycles Collide Man Fatally Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 1

Two motor cycles collided at the intersection of Appin-road and Prince's Highway, Bulli Pass, on Saturday, and Rurick V. Kaminsky, 42, of…

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Road Accidents One Man Killed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 15

One man received fatal injuries, and several others were injured in road accidents last week. The dead man was Rurick…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 9

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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Coledale Airman Killed In Aircraft Accident Abroad

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 6

Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. D. Connors, of Coledale, that their only son, Oswald, was killed in an aircraft accident overseas on…

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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 5
Also in Illawarra Mercury

Included in the accidents attended by Illawarra District Ambulance since last issue were the following: Aug. 22—Wallace Mason (11), of…

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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 3

Mr. Alf. Standen, of Gerringong, had a narrow escape from losing a couple of fingers on Monday last when his hand came in contact with…

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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 3 September 1941 · page 3

Mr. Everett Filmer sustained severe shock and bruises when a tyre which he was inflating at the Kiama Motor Works on Saturday…

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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 September 1941 · page 14
Also in Illawarra Mercury

Included in the accidents attended by Illawarra District Ambulance since last issue were the following. Aug 29—Keith Johnson (29)…

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The Motorists' Corner Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 3

Despite a remarkable decrease in the number of cars on the road, ac-cidents have not decreased in pro-portion. The number of people…

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Mines & Miners Accident at Wongawilli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 9

On Monday morning last, when the new transport up the hill at Wongawilli had arrived at the top, it is reported that it suddenly commenced to…

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Dapto Doings Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 10

Mr. Alick Armstrong, retired dairy farmer, well known in the Albion Park district, who since taking up residence at Dapto, has been in the…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 3

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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Inflation of Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 2

Analysis has been made of a cross-section of the 10,500 road accidents reported in New South Wales during the year ended June 30 last. This shows…

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Scarborough Mine Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 6

John Harris, 50, of Scarborough, a miner employed at South Clifton Tunnel Colliery, was seriously injured by a fall of stone in that mine on Friday…

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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1941 · page 3

On Friday last, George Ratford, an eight-year-old boy, of Minnamurra, while out gathering mushrooms, caught his right foot on some…

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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 September 1941 · page 6

Included in the accidents attend ed by Illawarra Ambulance since last issue were: Sept. 12.—Thomas Bryson, o[?]…

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