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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Steelworks Fatality LATE Mr. G. S. SWANNELL

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 12

On Tuesday at Wollongong, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. S. R. Musgrave, conducted an inquest concerning the death of George…

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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

When she slipped on the concrete footpath near the Commonwealth Bank on Saturday last, Miss Joyce Hooper sustained concussion and was…

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Road Accident Young Man Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

A painful accident befel a young man; Mr. E. J. Smith (21), of Station-rd., Albion Park, on Monday morning. He was riding a bicycle from Albion…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · 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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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

A painful accident befell Mr. E. J. Smith, 21, of Station Road, Albion Park, on Monday morning of last week. He was riding a bicycle from…

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Drowning Tragedy At Kiama

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

At the Kiama Court House, on Tuesday, Mr. S. R. Musgrave, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry into the death of Vera Edith Clarke, whose body was…

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Small Boy Saved From Drowning

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 5

The prompt action of two men who were in the sheds at the men's baths, Wollongong, yesterday afternoon, probably saved the life of…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 March 1943 · 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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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

While Mr. Les Meredith, popular Kiama postman was on, his rounds yesterday morning, his horse slipped and fell on the bitumen at the…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 March 1943 · 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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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 3

Two men were injured at the Steelworks, Port Kembla, during the week-end. Mr. H. J. Landrigan, Manning Street, had a very narrow escape…

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Girl Cyclists Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 7

Two girls were injured last night when their bicycles collided in main road, Corrimal. They are Florence Swan (16) and Betty…

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District Court WOLLONGONG—MONDAY. Before His Honor, Judge Nield. Motor Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 10

Harold C. Pepper and Cedric J. Pepper claimed £250 from Raymond W. Coulton for damages arising from a motor accident…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 5

The following were amongst the accidents attended by the Illawarra Ambulance during the past week:— March 21—Martin Quilty (15), Five…

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The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

While Mr. J. F. Kelaher, of Kiama, was driving his car up the Macquarie Pass on Sunday last, it got out of control and struck the cliffside,…

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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The following were amongst the more serious accidents attended by the Illawarra District Ambulance since our last issue:—…

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