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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

198 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 10

Rugby League Showground Re-opens Sunday Gong s Re-shuffle for C.B.C. Clash Footballer Bill Plummer in Critical Condition Loses Leg in Railway Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 8

Well known Wollongong Footballer, Bill Plummer, was the victim of a shocking accident last Tuesday morning. Whilst attempting to board a train at Lysaght's' siding, he was thrown beneath a carriage. He received shocking injuries which…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 8
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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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 8
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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Youth's Death Owen Gun Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 7

The death of Timothy Francis Ryan, 17 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryan, of Dunmore, which occurred on the morning of June…

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Compensation for N.E.S. Injured At Kiama

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 1

At the meeting of Central Illawarra Council, on Monday night, the question of compensation for the two men Injured whilst giving an N.E.S…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 5
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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N.E.S. ACCIDENT Kiama Incident Men Compensated

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 5

The accident at Kiama on April 26, in which several men were injured during an N.E.S. display was mentioned at last week's meeting of…

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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 3

Whilst playing football on Sunday last, Harold George, of Kiama, sustained a sprained ankle, and was conveyed to his home by the Kiama…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 8

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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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 5

While working at the Gerringong sawmill on Wednesday last, Mr. Jim Rutledge had the misfortune to sevERELY lacerate his left thumb, the…

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Mining Fatality Shortage of Timber Commented On

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

At the inquest on the body of George Thomas, conducted by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave, J.P., at the Court House, Helensburgh, on…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 5
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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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 July 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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Scalding Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

The death occurred in the Wollongong District Hospital on Sunday of Bernard James McNabb, of Lake-road, Shellharbour, aged 24 years…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 5

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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