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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

516 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 26

Boy Drowned In Dam

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

DUBBO, Tuesday.—An eight-year-old boy was drowned in five feet of water in a dam near Dubbo this afternoon…

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Injured Cyclist Dies

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

The cyclist involved in an accident at the corner of Crown and Keira Streets on Sunday afternoon died on…

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Reidtown and District Girl Injured by Motor Cycle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 31

Last Friday afternoon Marjorie (Patty) Dickson, none year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dickson of Towradgi Road…

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Jockey Gentles Injured In Fall At Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 11

Leading Wollongong jockey, Harry Gentles, suffered a broken collarbone when his mount, Joan's Wish, fell prior to the start of the first trotting event at Wollongong Show yesterday…

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Boy's Eye Injured By Arrow

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

A 10-year-old Corrimal boy received a severe injury to his right eye yesterday when he was struck by an arrow. He…

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Accidents

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

On Sunday last, Helen Roberts, of Kiama, broke her forearm when she fell off a swing in Central Park. John Dooley, of Concord Hospital,…

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Engine Driver Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 10

An engine-driver was injured in an accident at the Steelworks on Friday. He was Walter Conrad, of…

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Two Injured at the Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

Two persons were treated by the Illawarra Ambulance for injuries at the Wollongong Showground on Saturday…

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P.m.g. Girl Injured in Balckout

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

A P.M.G. telegram girl was injured last night when the bicycle she was riding and a taxi cab collided in Crown Street,…

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Two Injured in Smash at West W'gong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

Two persons were injured in a head-on collision between a motor car and a bus on the Prince's Highway, just south of…

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Two Injured in West Wollongong Road Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 17

A man and a woman were injured on Tuesday night when their car collided with a crowded bus at West…

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Collision with Bus Costs Driver £16

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 22

Fines and costs totalling £16 were imposed on a motorist who appeared at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday…

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Miner Injured at Mount Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 22

Following injuries received at Mount Kembla Colliery on Tuesday a miner was admitted to Wollongong Hospital in a…

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30 Killed & 400 Injured in Wollongong Last Year

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

In the Wollongong area last year 30 persons were killed and 400 injured. These figures were quoted by Traffic Sergeant J. K. Adams…

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Corrimal Woman Before Court After Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 22

A Corrimal woman, who was involved in a road collision last October, was fined £7 at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday on a charge of "not giving way" to a vehicle on her right…

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One Killed, Four Injured in Car, Train Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — A Lambton woman was killed and four passengers in a car were injured tonight when a car and the Morpeth train collided at a level crossing near…

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Two Injured In Falls

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

Two Wollongong residents were taken to the Wollongong District Hospital with fractures after falls…

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Woman Drowned

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 3

A woman was drowned at Minnamurra on Wednesday last. She was Mrs. Elizabeth Cumberland Smithson 34 of 15 the Appian…

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Woman Drowned Whilst Fishing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 7

A Sydney woman was drowned on Wednesday afternoon when she was washed off the rocks at…

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Elderly Woman Injured in Fall

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 9

An elderly woman was injured on Wednesday morning when she tripped and fell at her home "The woman—Mrs. Ellen…

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