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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Railway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

A body identified as that of William John Brown, late manager of a tailoring business at Newtown, was found early on Friday morning close to the…

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Accidentally Drowned. Washed From a Launch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 6

On 10th December last a young mair named Beginald Duke, aged 24 years, was accidentally drowned off a launch at the entrance to Broken Bay under…

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A Boy Drowned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

A boy named Thomas William Spencer, aged two years and eleven months, who lived with his parents in Hopetoun Street, Newtown, and was…

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Railway Fatality. Accidentally Killed at Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 6

Last week-end a man named William John Brown, of Stanmore Road, Stanmore, was accidentally. killed through being struck by a passing train, a…

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Woy. Two Men Drowned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

[?]her shocking drowning fatality has occurred down Wagstaffe's Point way, the victims being Alwyn Koletzke, a local fisherman, and A. W. Hesketh,…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Boy Drowned at Saratoga

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 9

Last Sunday, 1st January, about 2 o'clock, Thomas William Spencer, aged 2 years and 11 months, son of Mr. Sidney Spencer, of 66 Hopetoun Street,…

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Drowning Fatality. Coronee's Inquest

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 7

On Thursday last Mr W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest touching the death of Alwyn Otto Herman Koletzke, who was drowned…

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Accident at Ourimbah

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 10

Leslie Smith, aged 30, an engine-driver, living at Ourimbah, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night with half his right arm torn away. He…

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A Simple Accident. Injured by Smelling Salts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

A peculiar accident happened on Sunday when the well-known boxing promoter, James Sharman, of Temora, sustained serious injuries to his eyes…

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Brooklyn. Drowning Fatality at Berowra

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 15

A correspondent writes:—It is with deep regret that I have to record the untin the death of a young lad named Sacha Thyss. Mrs. Thyss, with her…

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Drowned Gold. Sunken Treasure Ship. Gambling on Recovery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 17

It is reported from Johannesburg that another attempt is to be made to recover the vast treasure that was carried in the East Company's ship…

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Recent Drowning Fatalities. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 15

Sir,—Kindly permit me space in your journal to thank the subscribers of the Burial Fund of "Paul" Alwyu Koletzke and Charles Hesketh, who…

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Accident at Wallarah Colliery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 17

A miner named Alfred Ham, aged 42, living at Swansea, was injured by a fall of coal at the Wallarah Colliery, on Tuesday morning. The coal came…

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Motor Bus Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 10

Last Tuesday the motor bus, owned by the Gosford Motor Service, and running between Gosford and Terrigal, toppled over the roadside near the…

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The Luck of It. Accident—the Mother of Invention

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 14

Accident rather than necessity seems often to be the mother of invention. The X-ray is one of the most remarkable of modern discoveries; yet mere…

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A Sad Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 6

At the Killara Sportsground, on Saturday last, a sad accident occurred during the hunting contest. Three competitors had performed well, and the…

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Mooney Creek Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 12

Mr. Peter Lowe, President of the Mooney Progress Association, writing with reference to the accident which occurred on Good Friday to a picnic…

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Wyee Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 10

Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, yesterday held a magisterial inquiry regarding the death of Emanuel Ford, a benchman, who was killed…

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Wyee. Shocking Mill Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 20

Emanuel T. Ford, employed as a henchman at a sawmill at Wyee, was adjusting the belt on to the driving wheel on Monday morning, when by…

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Shocking Motor Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 9

Eric Britton, aged 21, was killed in shocking circumstances last Saturday night in a collision on the Pennant Hills Eoad. His head was impaled on…

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