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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Street Collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 8

There was a vehicular mix-up at the corner of Mann and Donnison Streets, Gosford. on Monday evening. Some holiday-makers in a waggonette, a…

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Cartage Accident at Wot Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 15

In No. 3 Jury Court, Sydney, recently, before Mr. Acting Justice Ralston and a jury, the case Brown v. Cooke was heard. The plaintiff, Frederick…

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Silky Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 8

An uNfortunate accident occurred near the Railway Bridge, West Gosford, on Monday night. Mr. Oliver Burke, of Pymble, was visiting his…

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Pensioner Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 8

Edward Tayne, aged 77, an old-age pensioner, who lives in a hut at Martinsvilli, near Morisset, had his hands, arms, and back badly burned on…

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Hand Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 8

Mr. J. K. Lovenfosse, of Erina, was cutting fi log in the bush the other day when, by reason of a short branch in the way, he made a miss-hit and drove…

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Serious Cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 8

A youth named Noel Westlake, son of Mr. Bert Westlake, of East Gosford, was seriously injured on Wednesday afternoon by a fall from a bicycle…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 14

While taking a walk on Sunday morning, Mr. W. F. Wilkinson was crossing Frog follow, near Gosford. He jumped one of the creeks in good style,…

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Ourimbah News. Shooting Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 11

Teddy Preston, Ourimbah, son of Mr W. Preston, was out shooting rabbits on Tuesday morning, and while resting on a log the gun slipped down and went…

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Two Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 13

Two accidents occurred this week, and curiously enough both the injured suffered broken fingers. Mr. Walker, Mr. Tooby's dairyman, had the…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 16

Master H. Green, Ocean Beach, met with a painful accident on Friday last. He jumped from a tree stump, and, slipping, broke his ankle. It was found…

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Drowned in Hawkesrury

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 3

In an attempt to swim across the Hawkesbury River at Macquaire Beach, near Winsor, Alfred Charles Gill, aged 17 years, of Valda-avenue,…

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Accident to Car

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 8

Soon after midday on Sunday, Mr. E. Millikin had a (serious accident with his car, while en route from Sydney. With Mr. M. Maddy, he was bringing…

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Serious Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 13

On Saturday afternoon Miss Irene Bruce was cantering along the road on her steed when the animal's foot went through a hole in a bridge causing it…

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