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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Six Migrants Injured In Car Crash

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 2

Four New Australians were admitted to hospital, and two others treated for injuries, after their car had skidded and crashed into an electric light pole in Five Island Road on…

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1950 Record Year For Road Accidents

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.-Death on New South Wales roads in 1950 took the lives of 627 people, the greatest number in the history of the State. More than 10,000 were injured in road accidents…

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The Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Harry Wilson, 46, of Jersey Farm, Wongawilli, head injures, fractured right collar bone, injuries to right leg…

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Girl Drowned in Surf at Lake Illawarra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

While a 13 years' old schoolgirl Was drowning in the surf at "Lake Illawarra South on Tuesday morning, a 16 years'…

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12 Injured In Smash At Dapto

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Twelve persons, including a woman and three children, were injured late last night in one of the worst road smashes in Greater Wollongong history. Women leaving Dapto picture theatre…

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Injured By Surf Board] At South Beach

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 9

In a dazed condition James Dowd, 22, of 111 Hume Highway, Cabramatta was seen to grope his way through heavy…

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New Australian Dies After Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 10

Nicolas Christicz, 25, one of six New Australians injured when a motor car collided with an electric light pole in Five…

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Four in Hospital After Week End Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 8

Wet condition of the Five Islands Road is believed to have been responsible for a tar accident on Saturday…

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The Four C's for Your Accident-free Holiday the Four C's— Care, Caution, Courtesy and CO-OPERATION

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Politeness is not only a virtue in itself—it is a virtue which pays handsome dividdends in safety, comfort and…

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Condition Of Accident Victims Satisfactory

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

The condition of the 10 persons admitted to the Wollongong District Hospital early yesterday morning, following a…

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A.i.s. Labourer Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

An A.I.S. labourer was admitted to the Wollongong District Hospital with a crushed chest and a fractured right forearm…

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Accident Victims Improving

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 1

The condition 10 of persons hospitalised after the road smash at Dapto late on Wednesday night was reported last…

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Brothers Hurt In Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

Two brothers were injured in a motor cycle and car collision at the intersection of Appin Road and Prince's Highway on…

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Two Men Injured at Steelworks

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 9

A man who was knocked down by a bulldozer at the steelworks Port Kembla was subsequently admitted to Wollongong District…

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Eye Witness' Story of Mid-air Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 8

Pilot of a Sea Fury aeroplane, Lieut. Donald Lewis Howard Dyke, R.A.N. gave a graphic description of a mid-air collision off the coast in the vicinity of Port Kembla on the morning of…

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Man Injured When Hit by Car

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 15

A man was badly injured on Saturday night when he was struck by a car at Lake Illawarra…

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Man Killed; Car, Motor Cycle Burnt In Highway Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

One man was killed and a motor cycle and a car destroyed by fire in a collision on the Prince's Highway, near the Panorama Hotel, yesterday afternoon…

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Let's Analyse the Cause of Motor Cycle Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 7

On opening any Monday morning paper, one reads of the alarming number of road accidents in which motor cycles are involved. Looking through these reports…

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2 Dead in Week-end Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

Two persons died as a result of accidents in this district yesterday—a girl at Nowra and a motor…

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Death Follows Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 8

A New Australian, who was a passenger in a car that collided with a telegraph pole at Five Islands Road, Unanderra,…

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