Holiday Accidents
From the accident point of view it was one of the quietest Easters on record for this district. Despite the fact that there was…
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Fatal Road Accident
Mr. Ernest Pincombe (62), of Urunga Parade, Wollongong, was killed when his car and a motor lorry collided near Marulan on…
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Despite the large amount of traffic on the roads during Easter, no traffic accidents occurred in this district. No doubt this was largely…
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Car overturned at Brown [?] Marshall Mount, on Sunday [?] women were injured. They [?] Madge Fawee[?]t (23) of…
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Five persons were injured when a three-ton lorry in which they were riding got out of control and overturned twice on Bald Hill…
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On Monday last Harold Cardwell, of Minnamurra, collapsed whilst travelling home by train. He was taken by Ambulance for medical…
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Yesterday (Friday) Ernest, Allen suffered severe burns, to the legs, when he upset a quantity of boiling water over himself whilst working at…
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A holiday maker at Albion Park was accidentally shot in the right ankle when out shooting with a friend about two miles from Albion Park on…
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On Saturday last, Mr. A. H. Jones had two bones broken in his foot when the horse he was riding whilst delivering the morning newspapers…
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When a motor lorry crashed through the safety fence at Yallah overhead bridge about 11 p.m. on Tuesday one man was killed and…
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Terrance Lehy, of Corowa, a member of the R.A.A.F., received a fractured arm and collarbone and severe head injuries when the motor…
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Mr. Harold G. Stanley (51), of Windang road, Windang, accountant at the E.R. & S. Co. Ltd., Port Kembla, was killed instantly when knocked…
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A collision between a hearse and a motor cycle near the southern entrance to Panorama House on Saturday afternoon resulted in the…
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A man who was gassed at the Steelworks, Port Kembla, in 1934, died at his house at 10 Robinson St., Wollongong, on March 10,…
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A large lorry smashed through the safety fence of the railway ramp at Thirroul early on Saturday night and dropped between 12 and 15…
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Tom McDonald of Barney Street, Kiama, received lacerations whilst working at Port Kembla on Thursday and was conveyed home by…
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A woman was killed and two men [?] on the Prince's Highway near Gerringong shortly after midnight on [?] last, when a car crashed…
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Maxwell Waples (13), schoolboy, of Kembla Grange, was fatally injured at Kembla Grange station last night. It is beleived he…
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On the night of May 15th, Eric [?] Men[?]es (38) ha[?]age contrac[?] was [?] between two motor [?]orries at Wongawi[?]…
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Eric Louis Menzies (38), haulage contractor, was crushed between two motor lorries at Wongawilli on the night of May 15, and died from his…
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