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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

16 stories in Central Coast's papers

Driving Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 10

WHILE driving out near Springfield yesterday Nurse Harley met with a a painful accident. The sulky collided with a stump, and she was thrown…

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Shooting Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 10

A SERIOUS shooting accident happened yesterday, the victim being a lad named Alex Mather. He and his brother were out shooting, when the…

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Shocking Fatality. At Ourimbah

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 11

A SHOCKING fatality occurred near Oarimbah railway station on Monday night last, when Mr. James Davidson, of "Craigie Lea," was struck by a…

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Local and General. Gun Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 5

Mr. Victor Pescud met with a serious accident recently at Tuggerah. While handling a breech-loading gun, not knowing it was loaded, the weapon…

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Driving Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 10

A MAN named Barnes, 56 years of age, met his death on Wednesday between Morisset and Cooranbong. Deceased left Morisset for Cooranbong…

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Wagstaff Point. Shocking Burning Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 19

ON Saturday morning last the City Coroner held an inquiry concerning the death of a yoong woman named Una Green, aged 20, which occurred…

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Woy. Suicide By Drowning

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 12

ON Friday night last, about 7.30, an elderly man named Hans Christenson went to Mr. McDougall's boarding house and secured lodgings. An hour…

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Accident at Narara

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 2

ON Saturday an unfortunate accident befel Constable Ritchie, who was on a visit to his brother, Mr. Tom Ritchie, at Narfira. The limb of a tree fell on…

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Derailed at Gosford. Accident to a Goods Train

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 10

EXCITEMENT ran high in Gosford on Tuesday afternoon when it became known that a railway accident had occurred at the local railway station…

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Saved From Drowning

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 20

HONOR PONDER, aged 6 years, whilst on a visit to Wagstaffe's with her mother, accidentally fell off the jetty into the water on Saturday afternoon…

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Escape From Drowning To The Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 10

SIR,—An accident that perhaps would have proved fatal, only for the timely arrival on the scene of Mr. J. Murphy and Constable Russell, occurred at the…

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Narara. Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 3

Mr. A. Edwards, of the Penang Sawmills, had the misfortune to meet with a serious accident on Wednesday last. He was removing a piece of…

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Three Men Drowned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 2

Three men lost their lives through a boating accident at Lake Illawarra, Wollongong, about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, and two others…

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Dora Creek Bathing Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 10

ON Monday afternoon several young ladies were bathing in Dora Greek, when Miss Vidler, aged 16, got beyond her depth. Miss May Case…

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Railway Fatality. Two Little Girls Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 21

A SAD double fatality occurred on the railway line near Teralba on Saturday afternoon, when two little girls, Ada Augusta Duncan, aged…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 16

ONE of the railway employees, Henry Hannon, was engaged repairing the railway fence near the station, when the adze he was using slipped and cut…

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