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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Entrance Man on Trial Motor Fatality at Newcastle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 6

At the Newcastle Court Thomas A. De Gruchy, 39, of The Entrance, was charged with having feloniously slain James Samuel Pollock, 46, a married…

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Accident at Lisarow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 6

On Friday, while waiting in his sulky for the railway gates at Lisarow to open, Mr. F. Sarratt, of Lisarow, was injured by a motor car which…

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Dived on to Log. Les Morris Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 5

Les Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Morris, of Ourimbah, received a severe shaking when he struck his head and shoulder on a log while diving off…

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Nasty Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 8

Keith Scott, aged 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott, of Woy Woy, on 'Iris way to school on Friday last, and near the Council Chambers, trod on a piece…

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Mr. J. Pink Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

Whilst engaged with his brother, Mr. S. Pink on his lorry, Mr. J. Pink last Friday had a very narrow escape from serious injury. Whilst turning the…

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Painful Accident MR. C. K. Adrian Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

Mr. C. K. Adrian met with a painful accident on Wednes. morning when he had his left hand badly torn by a cow's horn…

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Relief Worker Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 8

Mr. Harry Cross, one of the Emergency Relief workers engage by the Woy Woy Shire Council on work on the Woy Woy Bay Road on Tuesday…

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Good Friday's Accidents Busy Day for Ambulance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 12

Good Friday was a busy day for Gosford Ambulance officers, who, besides attending to injured people involved in five accidents, had more than…

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Well-Meant Action Has Grave Results. Motorist Moves Injured Woman. Her Injuries Intensified

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 5

The danger of unskilled persons handling accident cases again was demonstrated last Saturday in connection With ia car mishap on Mangrove Mtn…

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Injured Foot

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 4

Lloyd Mellen, the 13-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mellen, of Ourimbah, was forced to visit Dr. McEncroe's surgery on Monday to…

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Quiet Holiday No Excursions—routine Sport Point Clare Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 1

"Judging by our returns, nobody knew it was a holiday," said the Gosford railway staff when asked how the traffic figures showed over the long…

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Mr. Ray Fagan Death in Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 1

Widespread regret is felt at the death of Mr. Bay Fagan, the well-known Lisarow orchardist, who was accidentally shot while leaving a…

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Collision in Fog Truce Strikes Sulky Four Persons Hurt

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 1

The dense fog along the road from Wyee to Elizabeth Bay on Sunday night was responsible for a serious accident when a Morris truck driven by…

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Butcher Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1934 · page 9

On Tuesday of last week Mr. Beg. Bobsfon, manager at Mr. Harry Lees butchery, gashed his rigM leg at the knee-cap when a chopper he was using…

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Footballer Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1934 · page 4

In Sunday's first grade football match, Woy Woy v. Bexley, one of the Woy Woy wingers, W. Summers, tore the ligaments of an ankle and burst a…

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Quarryman Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 1

An employee at the Gosford Quarry, Bernard Wright, sustained a fractured bone of the right 'foot and contusions as the result of a quantity of…

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Racing Notes Accidents Please Bookies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 14

When Miss Nottava dropped out of, the Winter Plate like a non-stayer at Rand wick on Saturday her backers were surprised. None more so than…

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Accident at School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 15

Jack Martin, aged 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Matin, of Ourimbah, severed the tendon of the index finger of his right hand with a hon while…

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Asphyxia by Drowning

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 10

An enquiry into the death of death of Eric Lawrence Lye, 13 months, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lye, Narara, on June 11, was held by Mr…

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Girl's Head Injured Struck by Carriage Door

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 5

Jessie Campbell, a Gosford High School student, 13 years 'of age, living with her parents at Blackwall Road, Woy Woy, was the victim of a serious…

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