Accidents
Mr. Ern King received a double fracture of the left thumb, involving dislocation and a severed tendon, when his hand was crushed by a…
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Mr. Ern King received a double fracture of the left thumb, involving dislocation and a severed tendon, when his hand was crushed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eric Fittler, 3, of Kiama fell over and cut his chin. He was treated by the Kiama Ambulance and conveyed to the Doctor's where one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whilst playing football on Saturday Fred Pepper fractured his wrist and received attention from the Kiama Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following accidents were attended by Illawarra District Ambulance during the Easter holidays:—Ronald Gillespie (18), of Keira st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Tarvers of Wattle Street, Ultimo, was wounded in the left foot with a pea rifle bullet whilst out shooting on Saturday last. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ronald William Davies (22), single, of Tarrawanna rd., Corrimal, was killed instantly in a motor cycle accident on the Prince's Highway, Fernhill, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Thursday last, John Park, of Minnamurra was playing with a piece of stick in his mounth and fell on it and suffered contusions to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Peter of Terralong Street, Kiama received lacerations to the face, concussion and an injured thigh when he ran into a verandah post…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three persons were injured playing football at the week-end, and were conveyed to hospital by Illawarra District [?] where they were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Lumsden, young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lumsden, of Gerringong, had the misfortune to cut his foot whilst playing at his home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas William Alder, of Kiama, died in Kiama District Hospital on Wednesday evening from injuries he received when the railway tricycle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sidney Thomas Hayward (34), Fairy St., Keiraville, died in the Wollongong District Hospital on Saturday night following an accident a few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mervy Tree (24) of West Dapto, fractured his right leg while playing football at Reid Park, Dapto, on. Sunday. He was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ray Ashton, of Nowra, received an injured shoulder and fractured ribs whilst playing, football on Saturday and was attended by Kiama…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fatality in the Bombo railway tunnel on May 22, as a result of which a bridge labourer, William Thomas Alder (51) lost his life, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A sixteen-year-old girl was admitted to the Wollongong Hospital on Sunday, suffering from head injuries received when she fell from a motor cycle the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A mother and her eleven-years-old son were injured when a collision occurred between a car in which they were passengers, and another car, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In a serious accident at Stanwell Tops last Sunday afternoon, three persons were injured and one died later in Coledale Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Struck by a falling tree near Macquarie Pass on Wednesday, Andrew Martin (31), timber cutter of Albion Park, was admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On May 28, George Smith (54), of Dapto, was riding a pony along the side of the Prince's Highway, between Dapto and Brownsville, when it came…
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