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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Tragic Railway Fatality Wondabyne Worker Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 10

J. R. Mathewson, of Woy Woy, employed at the Hawkesbury River Sandstone Quarry, was cut to pieces last night on the railway line at…

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The Entrance Shooting Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 5

Frank, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Denniss, of Tuggerah House, who was the victim of an unfortunate gun accident recently, while…

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Fatal Accident on Mountain

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 10

On Monday last, an accident in which the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Boy Mackenzie, Kulnura, lost his life, shocked the residents of the…

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The Lisarow Fatality Coronial Inquiry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 15

On Thursday, July 12, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquiry into the death on July 3 of Albert Lancaster, 8 years of age…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 13

Mr. Les. Humpbries, riding his Douglas motor cycle on Friday night, July 20, had a nasty accident on the Ourimbah Creek Road. Directly opposite…

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Accident at Narara

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 13

A bridge which spans Narara Creek, and on the main road from Gosford to Ourimbah was on Tuesday night of last week, the scene of an unfortunate…

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Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 13

On Friday last, while a Reo motor lorry was being driven by Mr. Joe Toohey along Young's Road, Ourimbah, Linda, the young daughter of Mr. and…

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Inquiry Into Mountain Fatality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 14

The circumstances surrounding the accident on the Mountain Road on July 9th, in which Colin Ralph Mackenzie, aged 6 1/2, lost his life, were inquired…

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Woy Fatality Sad Evidence at Inquest

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 13

On Friday, August 31, an inquiry was held at the Woy Woy Hotel, Woy Woy, concerning the death the previous evening of John Arthur Mitch, on the…

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Accident at Lisarow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 13

There are few locals who do not know Mr. A. C. Clifton, of Lisarow, better known to his friends, outside as well as in cricketing circles, as…

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Drowned at the Entrance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 8

On Monday last, Nov. 5th, Ewan Murray Prentice, of Cambridge Street, Stanmore, was accidentally drowned near the public jetty at Tuggerah…

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Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1928 · page 13

Mr. Frank Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cooke, Ourimbah Creek, on Wednesday of last week met with an unfortunate mishap at Brownlee's mill…

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Ourimbah News. Injured His Thumb

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1928 · page 13

Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hextall, of Ourimbah Creek, last week broke the thumb of the right [?] when he tripped and fell at his…

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Painful Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1928 · page 13

Mr. George Hockey last week met with a painful accident, in which his land suffered as a result of being crushed by a cart wheel. Mr. Hockey…

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Accident in Bush

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 15

Mr. S. Henderson, working at log hauling with Mr. W. Sohier, met with an unfortunate mishap in the bush at the head of Palmdale on Thursday…

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