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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

148 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 8

Boy Injured During Storm

Kiama Independent · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 3

Robert Grey, son of Ald and Mrs. K. G. Grey, of Albion Park, was critically injured when he was knocked through a plate glass…

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Schoolboy Seriously Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

A schoolboy standing on the footpath in Crown st. last Thursday was seriously injured when a…

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Balgownie accident leads to driving conviction

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

Circumstances of a motor accident on a section of bad roadway in School Lane, Balgownie, on October 1, were told to Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court on Monday, when Archibald…

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Two Injured in Road Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 1

Two men were injured when the car in which they were travelling collided with the safety fence on the Prince's Highway…

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Watchman Killed in Road Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 5

A nightwatchman employed at the Commonwealth Rolling Mills, Port Kembla; was fatally injured when his bicycle and a car…

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Clergyman Says Truck Drove on After Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 5

A Methodist Minister stated at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions that a utility truck, after colliding with his car in…

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Death by Accidental Drowning

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 1

A finding of accidental drowning was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) at an inquest into the death of…

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Man Falsely Pretended He Was Injured Coming From Work, Police Say

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 2

Primbee labourer Reginald Joseph Jeffrey, 47, was committed for trial on Tuesday by Mr. J. Fleeman; S.M., on a charge of falsely pretending to his employers he had been injured…

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Engineer's Death Accidental

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 4

A finding of accidental death was returned at an inquest at Helensburgh on Friday, into the death of Victor Bernard Conray,…

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Man Killed in Road Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 1

A motor cyclist was killed in a road accident at Helensburgh last Thursday evening…

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Accidental Death Says Coroner

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 4

A finding of accidental death was returned by the coroner (Mr. R. B. Dunlop) at Helensburgh…

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Cyclist's Death Was Accidental

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 9

A motor cyclist, killed in a collision with a motor car at Helensburgh, was travelling fast and on his incorrect side…

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Accident

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 4

Mr. Horace James, of Terralong Street, Kiama, met with rather a nasty accident at work at the Railway Commissioner's Quarry, Bombo…

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Painter Injured At BULLI

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 3

A painter who fell from the roof of the Royal Theatre, Bulli, onto the footpath in Hopetoun Street yesterday received a…

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No Blame on Policeman for Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 9

Returning a verdict of accidental death at an inquest at Helensburgh on Friday, the District Coroner (Mr. R. B. Dunlop)…

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Boy's Leg and Thigh Fractured in Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 1

Brian Oxman 8, of 11 Michael Street, Keiraville, received a compound fracture of the left leg and thigh when a bicycle he…

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Reported Accident; Arrested

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 4

A solicitor said on Monday his client was arrested for driving under the influence after he had gone to the police station to…

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Motor Cyclist Injured In Fall

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 2

After falling from his motor cycle at the corner of Crown and Corrimal Streets, Wollongong, on Saturday, Jack Ruxton,…

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Injured, Then Charged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 15

A Commercial traveller charged at Wollongong Court on Novemiele under the influence, was so injured in the resultant accident…

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Child Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 7

Five years old Robert Clausson, of 55 Bland Street, Pert Kembla, was admitted to Wollongong Hospital last Friday…

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