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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

14 stories in Central Coast's papers

Highway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 10

That the face of Ernest Albert Harry Gledhill, 29, single, 25 Carshalton St., Croydon, was covered in petrol and his body partly…

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Injured in Head

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 2

In the serious rioting which occurred near Sydney he received a severe head injury and was declared unfit for active service by four…

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Death After Accident

Man on the Land · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 1

Following an accident last week at Dr. Paul's corner, Harold Watson Swadling, 56. of Tumbi Road, Wamberal, died in the Prince Alfred…

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Saw Mill Accident

Man on the Land · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 7

David Martin, 19. of Gosford, suffered abrasions to both legs when a log rolled off a lorry at the Erina sawmill on Saturday morning. He…

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Accident at Railway

Man on the Land · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 4

Harold Bellamy, 18. of Ourinibah, while unloading logs in the railway yards, Gosford, yesterday morning met with a painful accident. A chock…

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Accidental Death Paul's Corner Capsize

Man on the Land · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 4

Arising out of the capsizing of a lorry at Dr. Paul's corner on July 31, and the subsequent death in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,…

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Dog Causes Accident Boy Shot in Arm

Man on the Land · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

When a dog trod on the trigger of a double-barrelled shotgun at Ourimbah Creek yesterday. John Thomas Sterndell, of the Fire…

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Child Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 6

On holidays with her mother at the home of Mr. S. Parsons, in Gosford, Joan Chiarelli, 8, of 7 Cowper Street, Georgetown, Newcastle,…

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An Amazing Accident Woman's Ankle Broken

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 7

A most remarkable accident occurred yesterday afternoon on the beach about two miles north of The Entrance, when a huge log…

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Cyclist and Car Collide Robert Klumpp Injured

Man on the Land · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 3

While Robert Klumpp, 18, of Erina. was cycling down a hill, near Erina at 5 p.m. on Sunday, he collided at the cross-roads with Mr…

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Dangerous Driving York Street Collision

Man on the Land · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 1

Arising out of a collision between two cars in York street, Gosford on May 24, John Moore, caretaker, of The Entrance was charged at the…

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Saved From Drowning

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 10

While Mr. and Mrs. W. Beard, of Bayswater Avenue. The Entrance, vere gathering prawns yesterday, they left their 15 months old…

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Woy Drowning Floating in Bay

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 9

Leaving behind a note intimating that be could not go on without sleep, and saying good-bye to his family, James Johns, 65, left his…

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Christmas Eve Fatality Young Woman Struck by Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 5

After shopping in Mann Street on Christmas Eve, Lena lily Ward, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Ward, Dwyer Street, was walking home with her brother Harold, when she was struck by a motor car and died later in a private hospital…

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