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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Rest of the News in Brief None Injured in Plane Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 3

CHICAGO, Wed.—Eighty-three persons, including 77 passengers, were shaken yesterday when the landing…

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Jugoslav Drowned After Vain Struggle In Surf

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 1

A 34-years-old Jugoslav was drowned at Fairy Meadow beach on Monday morning after two other New Australians struggled vainly in a heavy surf for almost three-quarters of an hour to save him…

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Crown Street Collision Brings £10 Fine

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 10

Asked his excuse for not stopping after an accident, a motorist said "I didn't stop because there…

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Triple Collision at H'burgh

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 1

Three small cars were involved in the same collision on Prince's Highway, Helensburgh at midnight on…

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Police Seek "Third Man" in Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 1

Police are trying to locate a "third man" who was indirectly involved in a collision between two cars on Mount Ousley Road last night…

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Courtesy Prevents Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 7

Adopt it at all times…

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Youth Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

A 14 year old youth was injured whilst training on his push bike at McCabe Park yesterday…

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Youth Injured In Head-On Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 9

A 17-year-old youth suffered minor injuries in a head-on collision between a motor cycle and a lorry…

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Accidents to Children Should Be Prevented

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

Even among children between the ages of one and four years, accidents are the commonest cause of death, states the Acting Director of Child Health (Dr. F…

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Man Injured in Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 1

A man received an injured knee and severe abrasions to his face when a car in which he was…

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Two Men Injured, at A.i.& S.

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 2

Wollongong ambulance took two injured employees of the A.I. & S. to Bulli Hospital…

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Charge Follows Fatality

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

A Scotsman whose family was due to leave Glasgow to join him in Australia in two weeks…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 7

A man was injured when a car and a push bike collided on Five Islands Road, Port Kembla, last night…

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Aerodrome Caretaker Dies After Road Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 1

Angus McInnes, about 54, a caretaker at the Wollongong aerodrome, died in the Wollongong Hospital last night after he had been knocked down by a bus…

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Injured in Rock Fall

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 7

A man was injured in a fall of rock at Mt. Nebo Colliery yesterday morning. He was Rennie Purcell, 31,…

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Wheel Lock Before and After Accident, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 3

"I made a slight movement with the wheel, it locked. I jammed everything on and my lorry grazed a car." Kevin James Cummins,…

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Accident Victim Dies

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 2

Maxim Fedasz, 42, of Springhill Road, Coniston died on Tuesday, night in Wollongong District…

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Works' Accidents

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 15

A 54 years old railway worker suffered severe lacerations to the fingers of both hands on Tuesday when he caught them in the…

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Youth Injured at Foundry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 10

A 16 year old youth suffered injuries to the eye when he was hit by. an air rammer at David Bros.'…

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