Port Kembla Drowning Rescurers' Efforts Praised
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1
The bravery of Arthur Vickery (28), of Woonona, who risked his own life when he attempted to rescue a boy who was washed off the southern breakwater at Port Kembla harbour during heavy seas which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision with Parlour Coach Lorry Driver Fined
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1
"Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence and being involved in a collision with a parlour coach could…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child's Death Accidental
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 7
A finding of accidental death was returned at the inquest touching the death of Susan Dawn Latimore, aged four years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bargo Fatality
Kiama Independent · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 5
The District Coroner (Mr.. G. J. Slatyer) returned a verict of accidental death at the inquest held at Picton on Friday, 16th July, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Injured at Football
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 4
Three players were injured in football fixtures at the Wollongong, Showground on Sunday and were conveyed by Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lorry Overturns Eight Injured
Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 3
At about 7.30 a.m. on Saturday morning last, the Kiama Ambulance was called out to the scene of a motor accident at. Munnaminnora…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents Car Door Flew Open On Macquarie Pass
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3
An elderly Pt. Kembla woman had a lucky escape from serious injury on Sunday, when she fell to the roadway after the door of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drawn Into Furnace Lysaght's Fatality Inquest
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 14
It was revealed in evidence at the Wollongong Deputy-Coroners' Court on Tuesday that a 16 years-old youth, David Maxwell…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Accidents
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 7
A fall from his motor bike at Dapto on Sunday resulted in John Costa (18), of Prince's Highway, Dapto, being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accidents
Kiama Independent · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 4
Two residents of Albion Park Rail weir seriously injured on Saturday night, last when a lorry collided with the motor cycle they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Injured
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 20
Three men were injured when a motor cycle and lorry collided on the Princes Highway, Albion Park, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Steelworks Fatality
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 7
John Guthrie (50), of 6 Keira st., Wollongong, was fatally injured when run over by a locomotive drawing several trucks,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Bus Passengers Injured
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 7
Two passengers on a Warrawong-bound 'bus received medial treatment for injuries they received on Tuesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Owner Awarded £108 Collision Damages
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 18
The owner of a car which was damaged after another car had collided with it while parked at Crown Street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Accident
Kiama Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 3
At about 8 p.m. on Monday night last, a lorry driven by Henry George Wakeford, of Lucenda Street, Wollongong, collided with a car driven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Drowned
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 6
The body of 64 years old Herbert Ackroyd, of 55 Farrell Roan, Woonona, was found floating near the edge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Injured in Lorry Accidents
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 7
A man was injured when he fell from a lorry, and another was injured when the lorry he was driving overturned on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miner Injured
Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 5
A miner was injured At Mt. Nebo Colliery on Monday, and sustained Injuries to his face, ribs and suffered shock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fatality at A.i. & S. Coke Ovens
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1
Tragic co-incidences marked the death last Thursday morning, at the Port Kembla Coke Ovens plant of the A.L & S. Coy., of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Utility Overturned—Driver Injured
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 24
A young electrical contractor was injured when a utility he was driving overturned after colliding with a [?]ar at the…
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