Top Accidents to Children
Preliminary reports of road accidents for the year ended on June 30 show that there has been an average of one child…
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Light and Dark in Road Accidents
Night accidents on the roads, which always are higher in winter than in summer, are increasing still further this year because of the…
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The body of John Offley Martin, 57, miner, of 27 Hillcrest Avenue, Woonona was discovered in the dam behind Old…
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Albert Cheetham, 39, clipper, Park St., Coledale, received a compound communinated fracture of the right thigh,…
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A man and his wife were injured the latter being admitted to hospital when a car overturned on Mt. Ouxley Road on Sunday…
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A solicitor intimated in court last Thursday he intended to recommend that his client take certain legal action against the City of Greater Wollongong Council. The solicitor, Mr. R. Watson…
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A man and his wife were Injured and taken to hospital on Sunday afternoon when their car overturned on the Mount…
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A solicitor at Wollongong Court last Thursday defending a charge of negligent driving against a motor cyclist told the S.M. that the real defendant was not his client, whose motor cycle struck a pothole, but the…
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Three of fifteen passengers in a rail motor were injured and taken to hospital when it crashed into a goods truck near…
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A finding of "suicide by drowning" was returned at the inquest last Friday at Bulli, into the deafen of Offley John Martin, aged 57…
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An engine driver received extensive injuries when he fell from the cab of his engine near Towradgi station last Saturday…
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On Sunday afternoon a car got out of control whilst rounding the curve on Mt. Pleasant where Mr. F. Weir's road joins the highway and crashed…
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Two men and four women were admitted to the District Hospital last Saturday afternoon following a collision between two cars on the…
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The body of a man found in Pt. Kembla harbour last Friday afternoon was later identified as that of Alfred John Galvin, 58, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ambulances Travelled 163,000 Miles; Attended 2800 Accidents
During the year ended June 30, Wollongong, Kiama and Bulli ambulances travelled a total of 163,901 miles and attended 2,823 accident. The report presented to the annual meeting of the…
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The second annual Coniston Catholic Ball was held in the Coniston Hall, on Friday, September 30. Father F. Fuhlendorf welcomed…
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A 26-years-old labourer, who, police were told was injured in a street fight at Port Kembla, on Saturday, refused to give any…
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An accidental death finding was returned by the Cotoner (Mr. R. B. Dunlop) at Bulli last week when he…
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A finding of accidental death was returned at an inquest at Bulli on Tuesday into the death of Kevin John Mason, 23,…
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As a sequel to an accident on Prince's Highway, Dapto, on April 19, when two cars and a horse and sulky were involved…
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