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The horse-drawn ambulance on show at the Bega Pioneers’ Museum in Bega was built in 1906 by noted local coach builders, Whyman & Brooks of Carp Street. The cost of building the ambulance was 67 pounds (about $150) which came from public subscription.
As a result, those who needed the ambulance had to supply their own horse, or else hire one, as stipulated in the Bega Budget of January 29, 1906.
“Last Saturday’s frightful coaching accident clearly illustrates the necessity for establishing an ambulance corps in Bega. The wounded had to be lifted. up bodily and carried away, and the torture Miss Allen endured while she was being carried was something frightful.
If ambulance stretchers had been provided, the unfortunate young lady would have avoided the pain of being carried by her broken legs.
It is to be hoped that provision will be made for future emergencies.”
The Southern Star, March 1902.
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