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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Hawkesbury Bathing Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 3

The body of Andrew Munro, a postal mechanic, who disappeared in Moonee Moonee Creek, in the Hawkesbury., on Wednesday, of last week, was…

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Woy. Another Railway Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 17

While making an inspection of the track between Woy Woy and Wondabyne, at 8 o'clock on Monday morning, William Shearu, a railway fetter,…

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Fatality Near Toronto. Railway Guard's Death

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 8

George Winning, one of the best-known railway guards in the Newcastle district, met his death on Saturday evening at Stony Creek, near Toronto,…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 17

Mr. H. O. Marshall, of the Dudley Cafe Gosford, met with a motor cycle accident near Cockle Creek station on Thursday last, sustaining a severe cut…

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Woy Fatality. an Open Verdict

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 4

An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, at the Newcastle Courthouse on Monday into the death of Thomas Joseph Mathews,…

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Accident to Mr. J. Burns

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

A painful experience has recently befallen Mr. J. Burns, who has been managing the Avoca Estate for Mr. Halloran. Engaged in felling timber,…

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In Case of Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 2

Occasional accidents in which people are injured and have to be removed to Sydney for hospital attention are inevitable, and the stretcher at the…

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Fatal Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1922 · page 10

Mr. William Earl, a teamster, living at Stroud, received injuries which have since proved fatal while engaged in unloading logs from a lorry at the…

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Fatality!

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 2

'Driving along the Mathaguy Creek, N.S W , recently, with an old district identity, we came across a little graveyard Pulling the horse…

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Another Punt Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 8

An accident occurred at Wiseman's ferry punt on Sunday evening 13th instant. A car was ferried over the over from St. Albans side, and in…

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Two Footballers Killed by Lightning at Weston. Five Others Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 2

Residents of the South Maitland Coalfield, particularly of the Weston centre, were shocked to hear of a tragedy occurred at the Homestead…

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Fatal Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 9

On Tuesday last Mr. W. E. Kirkhess, J.P., District Coroner, held a Magisterial Inquiry at Morisset in connection with the death of an infant girl, Edith…

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Found Drowned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 17

An inquiry was held by Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, at the Morisset Mental Hospital on Monday last into the death of a patient of…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 18

Mrs. Thompson, wife of Alderman Thompson, of the Adamstown Council, was injured while standing on the platform of the Adamstown railway…

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Wyong. Fatal Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 6

On Tuesday last Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest at Wyong Police Station touching the death of Edward Arthur Randall, aged…

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Wyong. Fatal Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 3

On Sunday last, while playing with other boys at a dismantled sawmill at Wyong, Edward Randall, aged 14 years, son of Mr. Richard Randall, received…

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Shooting Accident at Ellalong

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 16

A shooting accident recently occurred at Dry Creek, near Ellalong, the victim being Septimus Bridge, 19 years of age, and a son of Mr. Harry Bridge…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 10

Mr. A. M. Henderson, of "Bona Vista," Erina, met with a painful accident the other night. While in the vegetable garden he stooped down to…

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Fatal Accident

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

James Payton, a dairy farmer, residing at Mount Phoebus, Lamb's Valley, Maitland district, received fatal injuries, the result of a kick in the…

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Racecourse Fatality. Jockey Killed—Horse Destroyed

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

The well-known jockey, "Freddie" Hood, was injured during the running of the Novice Handicap at Gosford Races last Tuesday, and subsequently…

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