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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Two Drowned in Army Exercises

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Mon.—Two soldiers were drowned when seven Army amphibious vehicles foundered off Port Stephens at about 3 a.m today. Another soldier is…

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Injured by Steel Beam

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 12

A 50-year-old miner received head injuries when a steel beam fell en him at the Wongawilli mine…

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Workman Injured at Port Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 8

A Cringila workman was injured on Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a morning locomotive at the…

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Christmas Rush Caused Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 8

Christmas morning, very early, and a rush of orders to be delivered—these were the reasons given to the…

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Man Drowned

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

A Sydney visitor, George Arthur Johnston, of 23 Campbell Street, Bexley, was drowned at Gurrarong, near Nowra…

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Did Not Hear Collision, Court Told; Fined

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 5

A man told the Wollongong Court on Friday that his car skidded so much in Mt. St. Thomas…

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Critically Injured at E.r.& S.

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

An unidentified man was badly crushed while working at the E.R. and S. last night and was rushed to the…

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17 Injured on Way to See Queen

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.—Seventeen people were injured when a tram, packed with people, on…

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Manslaughter Charge Follows Fatality

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

A passenger in a car was killed in a collision between a semi-trailer which was stationary on the roadside, and a car, on Mt. Keira Rd., West Wollongong, last…

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Three Miners Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 1

Two miners were injured while working at the Wongawilli Colliery yesterday…

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Strikers Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

KARACHI, Mon. — More than 50 people were injured when workers on strike from a match factory clashed…

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Three Women Slightly Hurt in Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

Three women were slightly injured when the car in which they were travelling was involved in…

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Death After Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 11

Santo Ballardin, 53,, of Five Islands Rd., Cringila, was injured at A.I. & S. on March. 3, while…

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Three Injured in Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 9

Three Moss Vale women were injured on Wednesday morning when a small touring car, in which they were travelling…

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Two Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

A man end a young boy suffered probable fractures of the left forearms in entirely different fashion on Friday…

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Car and Utility Collide, But No One Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 2

After a motor car and a utility had collided on Bulli Hill on Saturday night, the car, out of control, ran off the road and…

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Colliery Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

A mine worker was admitted to the Wollongong Hospital on Friday afternoon with a fractured pelvis and abrasions to…

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Fine After Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 8

The driver of a car involved in a collision with, another vehicle was yesterday fined £6/8/0 in the…

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Mass Drowning Probe

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 9

NEW DELHI, Tues.—A. courto f inquiry has been set up to investigate the drowning of 43 Indian…

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Fatality on Ship Accidental

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

A fatal accident on the S.S. San Dimitri, ber hed at No. 3 Jetty, Port Kembla, on March 24, would…

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