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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

12 stories in Central Coast's papers

Terrigal Tragedy Miss Woods Drowned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 8

Miss Florence Woods, a popular resident of Terrigal, was drowned there yesterday morning, and after all the big holiday crowds had surfed without…

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Two Young Girls Drowned at Avoca

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 8

The close of the holiday period was saddened for many people by a most pathetic fatality at Avoca Beach on Sunday afternoon--the drowning of…

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Bike Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 14

Mr. and Mrs. W. Robson's son Norman is home again, after a spell in the Children's Hospital in Sydney. He was riding a bike down the steep incline…

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Many Accidents Ambulance Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 5

Mr. Sanders reports a very busy holiday fortnight, the calls including the following cases:-- On Thursday, 20th December, Miss…

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Car Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 8

Mr. Ken Hawkins, of Ourimbah, was driving Mr. E. Morris into Gosford to interview a doctor, last night, when the car struck two horses on the main…

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Avoca Drowning Evidence at Inquiry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 14

Evidence as follows was given at an inquiry held by the District Coroner, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., at Gosford on January 9th, into the tragic Avoca…

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Accident at Kulnura

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 8

A man named Mervyn Bentley, 21 years of age, whose home address is 74 Burwood Boad, Burwood, but who has been working as an orchard hand for…

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Drowned While Fishing Slipped From Rock

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 8

An inquiry into the death of a laborer on the Wiseman's Ferry to Spencer Road, who during his leisure hours went fishing from a rock fringing the…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 8

At his home at Erina, about 6.30 this morning, Neville Howard, aged 13, met with a painful accident. While chopping wood with a sharp but…

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Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 13

Mr. Edgar Robson, driving one of Mr. F. D. Brans' motor lorries, and a sulky driven by Mr. Jack Hawkins, came into collision near Tooby's Mill…

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Jockey Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 10

After passing the post in the Maiden Nursery Handicap at Gosford on Tuesday, Restart fell and broke her off hind leg just above the fetlock. Her rider…

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Cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 13

Adverse luck dogged the path of Mr. Clem Lang, as he rode his cycle down Maitland Road on Sunday evening [?] When opposite the Ourimbah…

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