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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Injured in Fall From Horse Dray

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 1

Thrown out of a horse-drawn dray, in Main Road, Fairy Meadow, on Friday, Roy Garlic, 58, of Corrimal, was conveyed by…

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Injured Youth Crawls Quarter of Mile for Help

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 5

An 18-years-old youth who fell from a moving train at Coledale on Thursday night crawled for a quarter of a mile to a house…

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Obituary Large Funeral for Accident Victims

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 2

A large concourse of people attended the double funeral of James Gordon Gray, 56, of Windang Road, Windang. and John…

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Motor Cyclist's Fatal Injuries Were Accidental

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 4

[?] that the death of John Davenport. 49, carpenter, of Prince's Highway, Helensburgh, resulted from injuries…

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One Fatality During Christmas

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 2

Despite heavy traffic on the roads there was only one fatal accident over the Christmas period…

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Man Killed in Collision with Lorry

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 6

William Thomas Thompson, 45, bus inspector of 146 Kembla Street, Wollongong, was killed instantly when the car he was…

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Motorist Fined For Not Stopping After Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 5

John McCarthy, 35 Main Road, Coledale, was fined £2 and 10/-costs at the Bulli Court after be pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Failed to Stop After Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 7

A motorist who colliedd with a bus at Bell's Point on Sept. 16 and who allegedly failed to stop, was charged at the…

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