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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Fatal Accident. Motor Cyclist Killed. Another Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 6

The Stroud road, three miles from Raymond Terrace, at a point where there is a slight bend in the road approaching the crest of a hill, was the…

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Woy. Shocking Railway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 20

Another shocking railway fatality has occurred at Woy Woy Tunnel, a young man named Cecil Theodore Pike being killed instantly by a passing…

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Paterson Drowning Case. F. W. Cann. Late of Gosfobd. Open Verdict Returned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 14

An inquiry was [?] at the Paterson Courthouse on Wednesday, of last week, by Mr. W. C. Tucker, Coroner, into the death of Frederick William…

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Blasting Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 6

A serious blasting accident befel Mr R. C. Braithwaite at his metal quarry on Friday afternoon last. At the time of the occurrence he was preparing a…

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Railway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 6

On Monday morning last, at the Gosford Courthouse, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest regarding the recent railway fatality…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 3

Mrs. Dermody, of the Boys' Home, act with a painful accident on Friday night. While driving up the deviation road, in a sulky, the horse was scared…

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Fatal Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 10

On Monday last Mr. Noel Sohier, who up till recently resided in Gosford district, met with an accident at Eungai, near Kempsey. He was…

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Death of Mr. N. C. Sohier. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 2

The remains of the late Mr. Noel Charles Sohier, who was killed last week near Kempsey, were brought to Gosford on Thursday and interred in…

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Burning Fatality at Mulbring

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 15

The dead body of James Millidge Foster, aged 42, a well-known resident of Brunkerville, was found in a fire in a paddock some distance from his…

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Fatality at Cessnock. Mr. George Archibald Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 16

A shocking fatality occurred on the [?] Road at [?] on Saturday morning. the vietim being Mr. George [?]son of Mr. William…

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Shooting Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 9

While hare shooting at Erina on Saturday, Joseph Miles, aged 15, met with serious injuries. His gun went off accidentally, and the charge lodged in…

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Fatal Accident. Late George Archibald, of Erina

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1921 · page 8

At the inquest held at Cessnock last week touching the death of George Archibald, late of Erina, the following evidence was adduced:—…

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Accidentally Hanged

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1921 · page 9

The Singleton Coroner held an inquest at the residence of Albert Earl, at Bulga, concerning the death of the 15-year-old State boy, Lawrence…

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Ourimbah Creek. Unique Accident. Pinned by 40ft Log

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 8

Ourimbah Creek was the scene on Saturday morning of an accident of unique circumstances. George McBride, a bullock-driver,…

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Run Over by a Train. Fifth Fatality in a Week

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 5

The body of a man, who was later identified as Hugh Alfred Clisdell, was found beneath a goods train near Kuring-gai Station, on the northern line,…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. a Gallant Wyong Boy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1921 · page 8

A young man named Leslie Ponton, aged 24, recently lost his life at Kempsey while endeavoring to save his sister from drowning. He had only been…

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Accident at Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1921 · page 6

While cutting the bough of a tree overhanging the telephone line at Woy Woy Bay last week, Albert Pallen, a linesman in the employ of the Postal…

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