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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Bus In Accident Side Torn Clean Off

Man on the Land · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Six occupants of a heavy bus, proceeding from Woy Woy to Ettalong, experienced miraculous escapes from being seriously hurt when the side…

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"Just Go On—" Drowning Boy's Story

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 13

What is it like to he battered by huge waves struggling for dear life with a jagged rockland in front, and tempestuous seas…

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Drowned In Lake Body Near Jetty

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

Going in for a swim last night, Leonard Orr, of Long Jetty, who had been staying with his relatives at Killarney, failed to return to his…

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Verdict of Accidental Death Aftermath of Christmas Eve Tragedy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

Trenchant criticism was levelled at the Main Roads Board by a solicitor at the Coronial inquiry yesterday afternoon, into the death of Lena Lilian Ward. 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stanley Ward, Dwyer Street, Gosford who was killed in a…

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Accident Toll

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 8

According to statistics supplied to-day by Mr. W. G. Muller. Superintendent of the District Ambulance, 11 people were killed, excluding…

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Inquiry Into Drowning

Man on the Land · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

That Leonard Glover Cooley Orr, 29, of The Entrance, had suffered from a superficial injury to his right temple before he was drowned, and…

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Accidental Death Motor Car Overturns

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 6

Following the overturning of a motor car on The Entrance-Wyong Road on January 1, the District Coroner (Mr. C. J. Staples) at the…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 9

H. Andrews, 42 Silver St., Marrickville, fell to the roadway on Sunday afternoon from his motor cycle, which skidded when he endeavored to…

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Orchardist's Accident Loses Sight of Eye

Man on the Land · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 6

As the result of an accident while working in his orchard on Friday, Sydney Dyer, 29, of Mann's Road, Gosford, has lost the sight of his…

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Hurled Over Cliff Inquest Into Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 6

Mr. C. J. Staples, district coroner, on Saturday morning in Woy Woy Council Chambers, heard the sad details concerning the death of Arthur…

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Fatality in Double Somersault

Man on the Land · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 4

Ronald Guilley, 25, Methodist Home Missioner, of Catherine Hill Bay, was fatally injured and died in Newcastle 'Hospital on Thursday…

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Avoiding Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 10

In an effort to avoid further accidents on the Kincumber road at Dunlop's Hill, Erina Shire Council on Monday decided to have a…

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Fatality On Line Matcham Woman Dies

Man on the Land · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1

Shocking injuries were suffered by Mrs. Lilian Owens. 40, Oak Road, Matcham, who fell from a Gosford bound train which reached Point…

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Killed by Fall Woy Woy Fatality

Man on the Land · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 2

Running to catch a launch which was leaving a Woy Woy wharf on Saturday night, with the intention of returning to his home at…

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Injured at Quarry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 10

Late yesterday afternoon Michael Heeney, about 50, of Springfield, was badly hurt at the Gosford quarry. A huge rock crashed down…

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Collision on Highway

Man on the Land · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 7

On the Pacific Highway on Friday morning a car being driven by John Kennedy Jamieson, Maitland Road, Sandgate, and one driven by…

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Lessening Accidents at Dangerous Corner Plan Goes To Road Board

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 7

Gosford Municipal Council on Tuesday decided to forward to the Department of Main Roads, details of a report submitted by the…

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Quarry Fatality Accidental Victim Was Given Two Warnings

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 6

That Malcolm Blair McKenzie Hainey, 44, a married relief worker, who leaves a wife and five children, was given two warnings of the danger of approaching the pit at the Freestone Quarry, without the signal being heeded, was portion of…

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Second Cliff Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 5

Only a few yards away from where a fourteen year old lad met his death in similar circumstances on February 6, Arthur Blom, about…

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Accident at Football

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 7

While playing for Western Suburbs Rugby League team on Waterside Park on Sunday afternoon Gosford, L. Speechley, 27 Bertram…

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