Surf Club Presentation to Injured Member
Coledale surf club, at a social evening last Thursday made a presentation to junior member Charlie Richardson who lost his leg in a train accident in December…
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U.S. National Safety Council Reports Some Freak Accidents
In Sacramento, California, a car door handle caught in a pedestrian's pocket, carried away his coat containing, a wallet with 102 dollars in it. This was one of the many odd accidents in the U.S.A. during…
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Two people were, injured at their place of employment yesterday. Leslie Flint, of Stiff Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Children in Accidents
Two small children were injured yesterday as the result of accidents Robert Brooke, 12, of Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broke Gliding Record By Accident
JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—Naked to the waist and blue with cold, 37-year-old Helle Lasch accidentally broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fifteen Injured in McCABE Park Cycling Crash
Five women spectators and 10 riders were injured in a sensational cycling crash at McCabe Park yesterday afternoon. Two ambulance waggons were necessary to convey the injured to doctors' surgeries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doubt About Iron Lung for Your Garden in Drowning Cases!
Is the iron lung of any use in drowning cases? Surf lifesavers and ambulance men have their doubts about it according to information given the writer by the members of both services…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifteen People Hurt in Cycle Race Accident
Five women spectators and ten cyclists were injured at the MacCabe Park Cycling Track on Sunday when, following a smash, three cycles crashed over the fence amongst the spectators…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents on Mt. Kembla Road
Last Friday a motor lorry overturned on the Mount Kembla road but the driver, Rodney Eric Gray, of San Souci was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head-on Collision, But No One Injured
A head-on collision occurred in Illawarra Road, Port Kembla, yesterday. A car, driven by Arthur Albert Cryer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →McCabe Park Cycling Accident
In Monday's "Daily Mercury" it was reported John Berlowitz fell in the cycle accident at McCabe Park. Information now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquest Into Nebo Fatality Today
The inquest into the deaths of John Gordon Gray and John James Hennington will open at the Wollongong Court this…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Lightweight boxer Bill Barber injured his hands so badly in Empire Games contests that he will not…
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WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).—Search parties yesterday found two injured men on Princess Royal Island in Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Apprentice Jockey's Two Accidents In Week
SYDNEY, Friday.—Apprentice jockey Sid Bundy, 19, was injured In a riding accident for the second time this week early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Fog
Riding his motor cycle along the Prince's Highway, near Bulli Pass yesterday, in a fog which had settled on the…
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Norman Draper, 20, of Allowrie Camp, Hill 60, Port Kembla, was riding a cycle along Military Road yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Accidental Death'—croome Fatality Inquest
A heated clash between police prosecutor, Sgt. W. J. Smith and Wollongong solicitor, Mr. H. Peedom, occurred at a Wollongong coronial inquiry last week, during which Mr. Peedom said…
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As a result of a [?] Princes Highway, near Campbell Street on Saturday night between two cars driven by Henry…
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Norman Draper, aged 20, of Illowra Camp, Port Kembla, was admitted to the Wollongong District Hospital on Sunday…
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