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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

488 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 25

Boy Drowned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—John Raymond McClymont, 9, of Leichhardt, was drowned while hunting yabbies in…

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Injured in Fall

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 10

William Tier, 38, of Kenny Street, Wollongong, was injured when he fell in Crown Street…

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One Dead, Four Injured in Week-end Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

A Wollongong girl was drowned in a bath and four people were injured in weekend accidents…

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Boy Fatally Injured During Bicycle Chase

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 4

A schoolboy who fell from a bicycle when chasing another youth, sustained severe head injuries and died at the…

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Road Users...—Make Easter, Accident Free

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 7

The Wollongong Police and the Wollongong Branch of the Road Safety Council, of New South Wales, appeal to all motorists who may be using the roads and highways of the South Coast to give their utmost attention to all known road safety measures so as to a assure an accident free period over the…

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Motorist Fined After Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 8

Dudley Kenwen Woodward in of Corrimal Street, Wollongong, was fined £5, with 12/- court costs, by…

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Collision at Minnamurra

Kiama Independent · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 1

A car crossing Minnamurra Bridge on Thursday morning skidded in the rain and collided with the Wollongong bus which was crossing the…

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Migrant's Arm Torn Off in Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 1

A New Australian who had his right arm torn off in a collision on Illawarra Road, Port Kembla…

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Face Cut in Car Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 1

A Woonona man was admitted to Coledale hospital with concussion and facial lacerations on Saturday…

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Cringila Man Injured at Bathurst

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 1

BATHURST, Sun. — Don Williams of Cringila was injured early this morning when he fell from his motor…

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Windang Man Injured In Nowra Smash

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

James Driscoll, 25, of Waratah Street, Windang, is in a critical condition in Nowra Hospital as a…

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Man Injured, Car Ran Under Lorry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

A man was admitted to Bulli Hospital yesterday morning suffering from injuries received when the…

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Motoring Notes Unusual Accidents

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 7

Sitting on a kerb in Carlton, Victoria, waiting for an ambulance to take him to hospital after his…

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Hiker Injured

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

A 14 years old girl, Kay Gann, of 67 Campbell Street, Wollongon, has been treated by Wollongong Hospital casualty…

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Injured In Wall Collapse

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 10

Arthur Stewart, 62, of School Lane, Balgownie, suffered a broken left leg and abrasions to the head…

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Injured Man Taken to Sydney

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 19

A man who was seriously injured in a road smash at Nowra on Monday was yesterday transferred from the Shoalhaven…

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Frank Weaver Injured in Car Crash

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

TOKYO, Thurs.—Frank Loyal Weaver, nicknamed "boomerang" after returning seven times illegally…

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Injured at Nebo

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 3

Thomas Bertwhistle, 26 of Yebonga Road Dapt suffered a probable fracture of the right arm in an accident…

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In Hospital After Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Mrs. Callaban, of Frogmore Street, Mascet, was admitted to Bulli Hospital yesterday morning after the…

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Injured In Loader Capsize

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Jack Selwood, 28, of Lake View Parade, Primbee, suffered back injuries when a loader overturned on…

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