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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Footballers Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 6

Four district footballers wore injured whilst playing football in competition matches at the week-end, three of whom were admitted to hospital…

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Injured in Fall

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

Thomas McManus (41), of 73 Cowper st., Port Kembla, fell 40 feet from a bin onto scrab metal at the E.R. & S. Works, Port Kembla, on Monday…

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Fatal Road Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 7

Thomas Lithgow, of Wollongong, died from spinal injuries accidentally received on May 27, when a motor panel van in which he was a…

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Port Kembla News Injured by Fall

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 9

An elderly lady, Mrs. J. Johnson, of 23 Bland st., was admitted to the Wollongong Hospital on Monday, suffering from a fractured right thigh…

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Accidents Not Reported

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 3

William F. Dodd was fined £2 and 8/ costs at the Wollongong Court on Monday by A. G. Morgan, S.M., for not giving way to a vehicle on his…

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Unusual Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 3

A rather unusual accident occurred yesterday (Friday) afternoon in Manning Street. Twelve bolts holding the rim of a wheel on a timber…

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Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 3

Ronald Alan Rauch (21), single, of Port Kembla, was riding a motor cycle from Jamberoo to Kiama at about 10 p.m. on Saturday night…

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Not Report Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 4

Quentin J. Taperell appeared before Mr. A. G. Morgan, S.M. at the Wollongong Police Court on Monday, and was fined £1/10/ and 8/ costs for not…

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Fatal Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 7

After being unconscious in the Kiama District Hospital for nearly two days, Ronald Alan Rauch died on Monday morning as the result of a fractured…

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Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 3

On Thursday last, Metcalfe, a Carpenter employed at the New State quarry, had right foot injured and was conveyed to his home after…

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Oak Flats Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 10

Hearing a shot, a fifteen year old youth ran on to the verandah of their home in Griff[?] street, Oak Flats, on Tuesday morning to see…

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Serious Injuries in Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

A motor cyclist received a compound fracture of the right femur, a compound fracture of the right elbow and…

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Man Fatally Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 9

Whilst working on a crane at Livsaghts' Works, Port Kembla, on Monday, Edgar Ivor Lockyear (28), of Hurt St., West Wollongong, was…

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Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 16

Included in the accidents attended by the Illawarra District Ambulance during the week are the following: patients in each instance being admit…

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Fatal Accident at Lysaghts Works

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 9

Edgar Ivor Lockyear (28) of Hurt street, West Wollongong, was fatally injured at Lysaghts works on Monday morning…

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Death Follows Road Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 7

Thrown from his sulky when it overturned after being struck by a car, Alfred Charles Howard, 78, of John street, Keiraville, died from…

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Accidents

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 3

Charles Roberts, of Bombo, ran a bone into his foot whilst playing on 13th. He was conveyed by the Ambulance to Kiama District…

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Fatality at Lysaghts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 8

Returning a finding of accidental death at Tuesday's inquest into the death of Edgar Ivor Lockyear the Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave)…

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Works Fatality No Negligence, Says Coroner

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 9

The death of Edgar Ivon Lockyear in the Wollongong District Hospital on August 5 following an accident at Lysaghts (Port Kembla) Works, was…

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Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1946 · page 4

On Thursday evening Charles Woods, of the E. S. and A. Bank Kiama, was riding his motor bicycle to Dapto, when he skidded in some…

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