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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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3 Injured in Collision During Fog

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

A man and his two daughters were injured in a collision between a utility truck and a lorry on the Prince's Highway,…

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Injured I Fall From Swing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 18

A nine years old boy was injured yesterday afternoon when he fell from a swing in the garden of his home…

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Accident in Fog

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

A man and his two daughters were injured on Tuesday afternoon when the utility truck in which they were travelling…

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Carruthers Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The fight between Jimmy Carruthers and Tommy Umeda scheduled for tomorrow night…

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Dramatic Bush Drive Save Injured Farmer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

NOWRA, Thursday.—A Land Rover, and an ambulance car last night and early this morning made a dramatic bid to hospitalise a seriously injured Nerriga farmer…

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Nightmare Journey with Injured Man

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

NOWRA — The admission of a badly injured man to Shoalhaven hospital about 6 o'clock on Thursday morning marked the end of one of the most difficult transportation tasks undertaken in…

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Hit by Cycle; Arm Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

A woman suffered arm abrasions when she was knocked down by a motor cycle in Prince's Highway, Fairy…

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Injured in Fall From Horse

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

When he fell from a horse at the Dapto Show on Saturday, Roy Hewitt, 25, of Milton, sustained head injuries and…

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Millionth Road Accident Victim

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

During the third week in December, someone living in the United States became the millionth victim of the…

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Injured Following Electric Shock

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

Mrs. Una Wales, 46, of Cowper Street, Fairy Meadow, was admitted, to Wollongong Hospital last night after she received an…

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New Type Tube Eliminates Accident Risk

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 8

A new type of inner tube which, it is claimed, eliminates the danger of accidents caused through motor car tyres…

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Fine Follows Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 6

For driving negligently in Macquarie Street, Wollongong, on October 19, William Keith Dixon was fined £4 in…

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Motorist Fined After Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 6

Two vehicles and a motor cycle were involved in an accident at the Moss Vale Railway Crossing, Unanderra, on…

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3 Die, Many Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Three people have been fatally burned and many others injured…

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Injured Following Electric Shock

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 10

Mrs. Una Wales (46) of Cowper Street, Fairy Meadow, was admitted to the Wollongong Hospital last Tuesday night…

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Injured in Fall From Cycle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

Starky Tubman, 15, of New Dapto Road, Wollongong, was admitted to hospital following a fall from a cycle on Saturday…

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Cycle Hits Fence; Rider Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

Harry Bridget, of No. 1 Migrants' Hostel, Unanderra, re-received a fractured pelvis when his motor cycle collided with a…

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Motor Cycle Out Of Control; Two Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were injured on Saturday when a motor cycle got out of control on the Port Kembla Road…

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Death After Week-old Car Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

Mrs. Hannah Eliza Griffiths, 74, died in Wollongong Hospital on Saturday night following injuries received in a…

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300 Join In Night Search Of Northern Beaches For Boy Believed Drowned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

Lifesavers, police and about 300 members of the public last night carried out an unsuccessful search for the body of a boy believed drowned while surfing at Thirroul yesterday afternoon…

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