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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

6 stories in Central Coast's papers

Hawkesbury Drowning Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 6

The body of the man, Albert Moore, who was drowned in the Hawkesbury River on 1st July, was recovered by Constable Dole. At…

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Singular Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 10

Private Douglas (19), employed as a telephone attendant at the military camp at Liverpool, met his death in an extraordinary manner at…

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Stockton Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 7

A sensational accident occurred on the Stockton punt on Sunday night, resulting in the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, of Merewether, and their…

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Wyong. Shocking Burning Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 6

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Wyong about 10 o'clock on Thursday night, an old man named John McKenzie, 78 years of age,…

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Tumbi Umbi. Sad Burning Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 14

On Monday of last week two children of Mr. Henry Holton's were sleeping in a tent, which caught fire owing, it is supposed, to the explosion of a…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 6

A scalding accident recently occurred at Kurri Kurri, the circumstances of which are peculiarly pathetic. The child's mother, Mrs…

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