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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 6

When riding a motor cycle along the Pacific Highway shortly after 6.30 a.m. yesterday, Mr. L. G. Cornwell, aged 43, married, residing at Esther St…

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Mr. W. S. Brooker Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 10

Mr. W. S. Brooker, of George Street, Woy Woy, was injured when he fell from a motor lorry at Woy Woy last Friday. The lorry, which was…

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Grandfather's Brave Action Inquest on Child Drowned in Cockle Creek

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 9

The District Coroner (Mr. W. E. Kirkness) conducted an inquest into the death of the 6-year-old boy, Ronald Cyril Allen, who was drowned in…

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Fatal Shooting Accident Retired Graziers' Death

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 6

The death of Mr. Thomas Jennings, a retired grazier living with his wife and family at 64 Melody Street, Coogee, occurred in tragic circumstances on…

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[?]Shworker Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 11

[?] Thursday last, while cutting [?]od on Mr. J. Preston's proper[?]urimbah Creek, Mr. Cyril Lang,[?] Mr. and Mrs. Max Lang, of…

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Motor Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 11

[?]arty of Ourimbah folk, journey[?] a dance at Tuggerah on Saturday [?]last, featured in a motor accident [?]occurred on the main road at the…

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