Kemeira Tunnel Fatality, Accidental
Workmen at Kemeira tunnel had to use an oxy-acetylene torch to release a workmate whose legs were Jammed between an electric…
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Fatal Accident at Fairy Meadow
On Monday of last week Mrs. Rita Maude Ewan (32), of Elliott's road, Fairy Meadow, ran from behind a bus in Prince's…
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A 16 year old youth had a remarkable escape from serious injury in the early hours of Sunday morning when the motor cycle he was…
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One man was killed and two injured when a car capsized on Prince's Highway, Heathcote, on Saturday night…
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A motor cyclist was seriously injured and his pillion passenger treated for head injuries when the motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Kembla Drowning
An inquest into the death of Alfred John Phillips, who was drowned in the Port Kembla Harbour on May 3, was…
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A truck driver was taken to hospital and a motor cyclist escaped with minor injuries when their vehicles collided on…
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A motor cyclist and pillion rider were injured last Tuesday morning when, the motor cycle they were riding collided with a truck on the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Falls of Stone Two Miners Injured
Two miners were injured during the week in falls of stone. At South Clifton Tunnell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Tragedies in Storm One Man Drowned, Another Electrocuted
One man was drowned and another electrocuted in this district last Saturdays. The man drowned was Samuel Stace, 67 pensioner, of Geard's Hill…
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Two men were taken by ambulance to the Wollongong District Hospital on Friday following an accident at…
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Two men were injured last Saturday when two cars collided at the corner of Bourke and Keira St. They were Michael Boys (40) of…
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Leslie Salmon, who is recuperating at the Rehabilitation Centre, Jervis Bay, following the amputation of one leg, slipped as he was getting out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Setting Sun in Driver's Eyes Caused Collision
A car driver, driving west along Ocean Street, Coniston, on the afternoon of March 18, momentarily blinded by the…
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Night accidents on the roads, which always are higher in winter than in summer, are increasing still further this year…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Injured on Honeymoon
A newly married couple en route to Kiama on their honeymoon, were injured in a motorcycle accident at Fernhill on…
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A motor cyclist and pillion rider were injured last Saturday afternoon when the motor cycle they were riding skidded on Prince's…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Eleven Persons Injured When Car, Lorry Collide
Eleven persons were injured, three of them being admitted to hospital, following a collision between a car and a lorry on the highway just north of Bulli Pass last Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eleven in Accident Car and Truck Collide
Eleven passengers were concerned in a collision between a motor lorry and a motor car on the Prince's Highway at the…
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When a truck failed to negotiate a turn from Mount Ousley road, Fairy Meadow, onto the Prince's Highway on…
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