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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Railway Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

On Tuesday evening, at 7.30, W. Wilson, a furniture dealer of Bathurst, who had been a visitor to that day's Gosford Races, met with a serious…

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Drowned at Sea

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

While the steamer Wyandra was passing Norah Head on her way to Sydney early 0n Monday morning, Mrs. Margaret Mills (47), a resident…

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Record Damages. Compensation for Injured Miner

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

A case just disposed of by the High Court of Australia has resulted in an order being made for payment to an injured miner of damages on a scale…

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Show Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 11

During the Show three accidents occurred, the results of which in each case might easily have been more serious. Mr. Arthur Lewis's buggy…

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Shocking Accident. Guard Quinn Cut to Pieces

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 10

A shocking accident happened at the Hawesbury River Railway Station about half-past four on Friday afternoon, when George Quinn, a…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

Referring to the sad drowning accident at Wauchope, where Miss Vera Hopper, aged 18, lost her life, the Taree "Champion" asys:--The…

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Accidentally Shot

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

Victor Southwood, 15, only son of Mr. T. H. South wood, postmaster at Tyalgum, near Murwillumbah, was accidentally shot dead on Friday with…

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Dooralong. a Serious Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 12

Archie Bridge, a boy of fifteen, and son of Mr. George Bridge, met with a very serious accident on Tuesday afternoon last week. It appears that be…

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Drowning Fatality at Wamberal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

On Thursday afternoon last a- boy named Phillip Henry Vogt, aged 16, son of Mr. Phillip Vogt, was drowned at "Bob's Bay," Wamberal, under…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Ganger and Two Boys Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Ourimbah on Saturday last, about 6 p.m., when James Christopher O'Hara, aged 41, railway ganger, was…

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Serious Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 12

Mr W. Wright met with a serious accident on Wednesday. He fell a tree which lodged against another, and while chopping the latter down,…

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Shooting Accident at Wollombi

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

The danger of carelessness in handling such weapons as pea-rifles was brought home once more in an accident that occurred at Wollombi on…

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Railway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 22

The mutilated body of Miss May Smith, 19 years of age, of Leichhardt, was found on Saturday morning, about 6 o'clock, by a railway…

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Shocking Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2

Two children met with a shocking accident at Bulimba (Q.). William Macneil, aged 13, was blown to pieces by a shell, and his sister, aged 8,…

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Extraordinary Burning Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 23

An extraordinary incident has occurred to a man named Thomas Quinn, who is employed as a groom by the Mt. Elliott Copper Company,…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 13

Mr. Langford's little daughter, Edie, met with a painful accident the other day. With a number of children she was playing at maypole and fell on a…

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Drowning Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 3

On Monday night, 3rd May, an old resident of Blackwall named John Murray, aged 71 year and 11 months, was reported missing. His boat was…

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Railway Fatality. a Young Woman Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 9

A young woman named Gladys Mayne, aged 23 years, while returning to Toronto from Newcastle on Sunday night, got off the train at…

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Fatal Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 3

A couple of weeks ago Mr Samuel Twiss, aged 60, an employee of Mr G. L. Fagan's, fell off a load of furniture and sustained injuries from…

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Sad Fatality. Son Shoots His Mother

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 7

Elizabeth Mabel Allison, aged 52, who was accidentally shot by her son Jack at their home at Kiama on May 18, died in the Sydney Hospital on…

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