Shocking Motor Fatality
A shocking fatality occurred at Raymond Terrace last week end, Mr. Arthur Hampton, a hotelkeeper at Cessnock, his son, four years of age,…
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Bathing Fatality at Woy Woy
A sad accident happened in the, Woy Woy Public Baths on Monday afternoon, December 27, when a boy named, Robert Leslie Hamilton Pascoe, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →fearful Railway fatality. Four Persons Killed. Cut Down by Train on Woy Woy Bridge
Gosford was horror-stricken on Monday night last when the news was telephoned through that Mrs. McKenzie, wife of Mr. Victor J. McKenzie, one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woy Bridge Disaster. Coroner's Inquest — Accidental Deaths — Railway Officials Exonerated
On Monday morning last, at Gosford Courthouse, the District Coroner, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., held an inquest regarding the recent Woy Woy Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bathing Fatality at Restwell
Victor Mullens, aged 13 years, was drowned while bathing on the Restwell Beach, Woy Woy, on Saturday morning last. Shortly after 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Woy. Another Drowning Fatality
On Sunday morning last, about 10.30, a man named Sydney Spencer Davies was fishing from the rocks at Big Box Head, when he was seen to fall about…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Woy Fatality. Body Recovered
A few weeks ago a returned soldier named Sydney Davies, aged 24, fell from Box Head cliff into the sea, and although every effort was made the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drowned at Terrigal. Washed Off the Rocks
Mr. Alfred H. Lawson, aged 51, a member of the firm of Messrs Lawson Bros., Ltd., furniture auctioneers, of William Street, Sydney, went to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Singular Accident
A singular accident happened in the woodchop at the recent Coff's Harbor Sports. One of the contestants named Connelly was just finishing his block…
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Mr. Thomas Alexander Watt, late of Springfield, Gosford, was accidentally killed at Turramurra, near Hornsby, at 9 o 'clock on Thursday morning, 31st…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drowning Fatality. Brave Efforts to Recover Body
On Sunday, 10th instant, a man named Percy Albert Rice was drowned at Patonga Heads, Broken Bay. The body was subsequently recovered, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Burning Accident
Miss Mary Jopson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jopson, of Gosford, was the victim of a severe burning accident on Tuesday evening. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Painful Accident
While competing in the local Woodchop on Saturday last, 8. Kelly, of Sydney, a returned soldier, had the misfortune to meet with a very painful…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Comet. No Collision Likely. Intense Meteor Shower
The Journal of the British Astronomical Association of January last refers to the "Extravagant statements about the approaching return of Pons…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fortunes by Accident
It was the burning of a starch factory that first revealed the adhesive qualities of scorched starch and introduced cheap gum…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →21 Horses Drowned
A draft of 81 horses consigned from Queensland to the Maitland saleyards were on their way to paddocks at Melville, when a number rushed into the…
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Mr. W. Beveridge, of Erina, met with a painful accident on Friday, being thrown from a vehicle. He had a close call, indeed, the wheel just…
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Mr. Charles Kay, of Terrigal, a Council employee working in Pateman's Gang, while engaged felling trees on the side of Matcham road, met with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality. Young Man Commits Suicide
The body of John Adams, aged 19, was found on the up passenger line near High-street station, Maitland, on Friday morning at about seven o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Axe in Accidents
The rapid increase in the number of motor cars will soon necessitate educative measures for public safety. In America wonderful results have been…
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