Lifesaver's Neck Injured
A lifesaver's neck was injured when a surfboard overturned on him at Warilla beach yesterday…
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Could Not Remember Any Collision
The driver of a utility who "could not remember" having had a collision with a car was fined for negligent driving when…
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A woman and her two-year-old son were admitted to Bulli Hospital yesterday after a collision between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Towradgi Fatality Inquest "Pram Sandwiched Between Two Vehicles"
A pram containing a seven-months old girl had been sandwiched between two vehicles on Towradgi Road, Towradgi, Wollongong Coroner's Court was…
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Several persons were injured over the week-end. A 30 years old mother was admitted to Bulli hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pensioner Injured
Thomas Henry Barlow, 72, pensioner, of Bourke Street, Wollongong, who was found by police lying in a gutter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Head Injured in 20Ft. Fall
Albert Sastor, 37, of Birmingham Street, Cringila, fell 20 feet at the A.I.S. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Man Lying on Roadway
A 73 years old man, Albert Henry Barlow, of 59 Bourke St., Wollongong, has been admitted to Wollongong Hospital with…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Man Injured When Car Overturns
A 39 years old seaman, George Keegan, of the S.S. River Murray, was injured when a tourer car overturned on Windang Road…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fine Follows Collision
The rider and pillion rider of a motor cycle told Wollongong Court yesterday that they had seen no lights…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Charged After Fatality
A man was killed yesterday afternoon when his motor cycle was involved in a collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taxi Driver Not to Blame for Keira St. Fatality
At the Wollongong Coroner's Court yesterday, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) said it appeared the driver of a taxi cab which knocked down and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Man Strapped Himself To 300ft. Stack
A rigger, who was jammed in a cage at the top of the 300 ft. chimney stack at Australian Iron and Steel yesterday afternoon, took off his belt and strapped his arm to the scaffolding to save himself falling to his death in case he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Blamed For Collision
Dust bas been blamed for a head-on collision between a taxi and a private car on Springhill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorry Driver Fined After Collision
A heavy left-hand drive motor lorry had collided with a cyclist at the intersection of Gipps and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vain Struggle In Surf To Save Drowning Man
Two New Australians struggled with a man for half an hour in heavy surf off Fairy Meadow beach yesterday, but the man, also a New Australian, resisted all his rescuers' attempts to drag him into the shore, and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children Hurled Into Air in Collision
Three young children had narrow Escapes yesterday when they were thrown into the air after a collision between a motor cycle and a Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Busmen Fear Accident On Bad Roads
"Wollongong roads area danger to the life of bus passengers." This was stated last night by the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ribs Injured In Fall From Train
Brian Tanse[?] of Balgownie Hostel, Fairy Meadow, suffered injuries to me ribs when he slipped as he was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Injured When Truck Overturned
Mr. A. Wonson, of Murray Street, Corrimal, who was a passenger in a truck which overturned on Bulli Pass on…
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