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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 10

Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Piper's little daughter, Beryl, was the victim of a painful accident recently. She was playing with a go-cart in the yard…

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Drowned at Wyong

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 19

An inquest was held at Wyong on Monday by Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, into the death of James Tait, 37 years of age, a native…

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Sawmill Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 12

A serious accident happened yesterday near Mr. Baker's mill at Somersby. During the afternoon, Mr. W. Cowell was felling trees, and failed to…

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Fatality at Avoca. City Business Man Drowned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 8

On Monday night an inquest was held at Avoca House, Avoca, on the death that day of Frank William Mattes, a city business man who was…

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Found Drowned. in Waters of Mangrove Creek

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 8

"I find that John Cox, of Mangrove Creek, off Hawkesbury River, Police District of Brisbane Water, was on the 11th day of…

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Local and General. Bike Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 1

While riding in a Woy Woy Bicycle Club race last Saturday, Les Costello came down over another rider, and sustained painful injuries. His left arm…

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Team Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 8

Mr. Michael John Finnigan was cut to pieces by a tram shunting into Neutral Bay depot last night. Mr. Finnigan, who was 36 years of age, was…

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[?] Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 9

[?] H. Cambourn, proprietor of the [?]eerless Bakery, Woy Woy, suffered a severe bereavement this week by the death of his father, in tragic…

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Drowned During Storm. Another Hawkesbury Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 8

On 25th September last Walter Herbert Bell, aged 25 years, was drowned in Mooney Mooney Creek, Hawkesbury River, through the…

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Motor Collision. Mangrove Mt. Resident Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 1

A telegram from Windsor on Monday stated: — At about 10 o'clock this morning a head-on collision occurred between a motor cycle and a motor car…

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Scalding Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 8

A terrible scaling accident which unfortunately to[?] fatally occurred at Matcham on Tuesday of last week. Mavis Jean, the little daughter…

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Shooting Fatality. Accident While Boating

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 3

Thomas Rossiter, aged 16 years of age, who lived at Catherine Hill Bay, died in the Newcastle Hospital on Sunday, as the result of a gunshot wound…

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Another Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 6

Mr. R. Noble, who had an accident last week may be set down as decidedly unlucky. On the same afternoon he was again on his round with young…

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The Entrance. Sad Bathing Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 6

On Friday last Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest at the residence of Mr. Carl Kay, Tuggerah Entrance, on the body of Ernest…

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Sickness and Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 8

Mr. T. Layton, Station Master at Gosford, and his family are experiencing more than their share of misfortune. Mr. Layton himself is at present…

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Accident to Mr. Burke

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 6

Mr. C. A. Burke, Manager of the Gosford Railway Refreshment Booms, is still suffering from the results of a nasty accident while returning from…

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