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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Jockey Injured. Fall at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 8

When Moabite King fell inside the last furlong in the Highweight Handicap at Gosford on Tuesday, his rider, J. Brown, was thrown with great…

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Road Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 7

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aid. E. S. Marks) believes that it is possible to reduce the road accidents. "The amazing number of casualties…

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Man Killed on Highway Accident at Wyee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 11

On Tuesday morning last, at 9 o'clock, a car accident occurred near Wyee crossroad, on the Highway. A car driven by Mrs. Maud Young, aged…

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Accident Near Swansea

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 14

When a motor car skidded and hit a tree on the Catherine Hill Bay road, near Swansea on Sunday afternoon, Alan Dyson, 30, who was driving, was…

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Accident to Sulky

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 6

While Mrs. Gale, of Holgate, was driving with her three children in a sulky into Gosford on Monday, just behind Ensign Oberg and Captain…

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Accident on Highway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 8

While Mr. George Lephard was driving a car towards Gosford on the Highway last Monday, he met about 18 miles out another car doing a bad skid…

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Injured Head

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1930 · page 13

Mr. Tom Craft, while blacksmithing at his shop in Maitland Road, Ourimbah, on Wednesday, Nov. 12th, met with a painful mishap, which has…

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Drowning at Ocean Beach Body Recovered To-day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1930 · page 8

At about 8 on Sunday morning last, James Naulls, aged 27, single, of Harrington Street, Dawes Point, was drowned at Ocean Beach, Woy Woy,…

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Gordon Hockey Injured.?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1930 · page 13

On Saturday afternoon last, Gordon Hockey, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hockey, of Maitland Road Ourimbah, met with an unfortunate motor cycle…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1930 · page 4

On Nov. 15th David Crawford, 26 years of age, was riding a motor cycle from Sydney, with a male friend in the sidecar, when his machine skidded in…

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