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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Another Road Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 10

Two brothers were knocked down by a motor vehicle on Black Cutting Hill on Saturday night, and one lad died later in Bulli Hospital…

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Big Explosion Man Seriously Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 3

At about 3.25 o'clock on Monday night, residents in the vicinity of Mr A. D. Thirlwell's engineer's shop at [?] Keira street Wollongong…

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Rugby League Southern Sector Army Team Is Strong Illawarra Ready for Big Patriotic Game McCabe Park Sunday Prominent Players Severely Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 8

On McCabe Park this Sunday, Illawarra League stages its first patriotic representative fixture. Captain J. W. Wallace and colleagues nave chosen a strong team to…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 4
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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Child Drowned In Air Raid Sheltler

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon about five o'clock Mrs. Norris, of Owen Park Road, Corrimal, went to look for her little daughter, Betty June, aged one…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 1
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Illawarra District Ambulance has attended the following accidents since our last issue. Unless otherwise seated, the patients were conveyed to…

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Girl's Fatal Injuries Accidental Death Verdict Thrown From Horse

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 1

A finding of accidental death was returned by the Bulli coroner (Mr. R. B. Dunlop) at an inquest on Monday into the death of Jean Simpson (14)…

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Road Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 4

Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquest into the death of William Kerr Woods (13), of Russell Vale, at Bull on Friday, the Bulli…

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FATALITY Fall Onto Railway Line

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 5

On Monday the death occurred in the Wollongong District Hospital of John Albert Watson, aged 51, following [?] fall on Sunday morning from the…

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Explosion Caused Death Probably Caused by Electric Torch Finding of Accidental Death

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 1

A finding of accidental death was returned by the District' Coroner (Mr. J. A. S. Balmain) at Wollongong on Tuesday, at the inquest into the death…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 4
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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Shocking Accident At Cambewarra Mr. Arthur Booth's Right Hand Shattered

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 4

Residents of Nowra and the Shoalhaven district received an almost unbelievable shock about midday on Sunday, when word passed around…

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Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 3

The Kiama Ambulance has dealt with the following cases during the past few days:— Mrs. K. Kelleher, of Dunmore, who…

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Level Grossing Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 6

Two men on a railway tricycle had a narrow, escape from serious, injury, on Monday night when their machine collided with a motor car…

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Shooting Fatality At Works

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 5

On Wednesday morning, Timothy Francis Ryan, aged 17, was fatally injured at the testing range at the works where he was employed…

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Child Drowned in Shelter Trench

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

On Monday, the deputy Coroner, (Mr. S. R. Musgrave) inquired into the death of Betty Jane Norris, 17 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Flying Accident Death of Mr. Bobby Cox

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 5

Very deep sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cox, of Cliff-road, Wollongong, in the bereavement they have sustained by the death of their…

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