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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Clot Follows Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1934 · page 10

Turning to answer a call last Friday evening Alan Smith slipped on the footpath. At the time be took little notice of the…

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Isolated Calga 32 KILLED; 418 Injured Action by Gosford C.W.A.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 10

At the monthly meeting of members in the B.W.D. Club last Thursday, the Gosford branch of the C.W.A. heard with horror the long roll of killed and…

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An Unusual Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 14

A dog, escaping from another dog which was chasing it, collided with a cycle ridden by Mr. Dick Keegan, in Maitland Road, on Thursday. The…

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Fatality at Coff's Harbour

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 1

District residents will deplore the accident which resulted in the death of Dorothy Davenport, the 11 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davenport,…

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Footballer Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 8

Whilst playing football at Erina last Saturday, Max Tuxford, of Woy Woy, sustained a dislocated shoulder. He was treated by the Ambulance, and…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Strikes Back of Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 2

A Lisarow resident, Mr. William Stott, 50 years, sustained extensive injuries when his motor cycle collided with a car driven by Mr. James…

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Accident at Lisarow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 2

Miss Vera Wilson, of Lisarow, was fortunate to escape serious injury when she was knocked down by a car after alighting from the Gosford-Ourimbah…

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Accident at School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 1

Ronald Mayo, aged 7, was playing at the Yarramalong Public School on Friday when he was struck on the head by the seat of a moving swing, and…

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Motor Cycle Accident Rider and Girl Hurt

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 3

While riding on a motor cycle to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Ronald Steele, 24, of 19 Kennedy Rd., Belmore, crashed into a car. The rider…

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Death by Drowning Finding of Coroner

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 1

Hon. W. E. Kirkness, District Coroner, conducted an inquest on Monday, at Wyong, into the death of Vivian Terence Gould, aged 18 months, on…

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Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 13

Whilst riding along Blackwall Road on Friday night on his bicycle, Arthur Tolley was struck by a car. Owing to the terrific rain he could not hear the…

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Toll of Accidents Twelve Calls in Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 8

If proof were needed of the fine work of Gosford District Ambulance, it was surely forthcoming last Saturday, when twelve calls were promptly…

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Accident at Erina

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1934 · page 5

Striking the bridge at Erina, four miles from Gosford, on Saturday afternoon, a sports car with two people in it turned over, both being injured…

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Ourimbah Scalding Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 13

Mrs. Whetham, of Lisarow, severely scalded both legs when she accidentally tipped over a pot of boiling water on Friday. She fainted while lifting a…

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Personal Headmaster Hurt Mr. Stoyles in Collision Injury to Mr. Wainwright

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 8

When his car collided with another at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, at the death-trap formed by the junction of Etna and Mann Streets, Mr. H…

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Poppy Day Ball Ken Ross Injured Out of Centenary Race

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 October 1934 · page 9

Intending patrons of the Poppy Day Ball at Mangrove Mountain on Nov. 27, are assured of good music, as Mrs. Higgs' popular orchestra has been Unfortunately Ken Boss, of Kincumber, one of our district cyclists, who, was selected with Tom Brown, of Ourimbah, to represent N.S.W. in the…

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Accident Near Wyee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 October 1934 · page 1

Gosford Ambulance assisted nine persons, residents of the Newcastle district, who were injured when their car overturned six times, as a result…

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Motoring Section News and Notes for Drivers Causes Op Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 October 1934 · page 15

Many serious car accidents have been traced to the most unlikely causes. Among such rarer sources of disaster which are actually on record, are the…

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Week-End Accidents Car in Two Collisions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 16

A car, driven by a resident of the Newcastle district, featured in two accidents at and near Gosford on Friday night…

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Bushworker Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 14

While rutting sleepers in the bush near Ourimbah recently, Mr. Dick Keegan sustained a painful injury when his axe gashed the side of one of his…

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