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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

38 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Injured Lifesaver Is Carried Ashore Unconscious

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 1

Members of Ocean Beach Surf Club had to knock off work to carry bricks at the Avoca Beach [?] carnival on Sunday when [?]…

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Two Injured In Motor Cycle Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

Two were injured when a motor cycle they were riding skidded on loose gravel on the Pacific Highway about 11 miles south of…

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Man's Arm Stitched After Road Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

Robert John Moore, 23, of Middle Harbour Road, Lindfield, had five stitches inserted in a lacerated wound in his arm…

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Woman Injured When Cars Collide

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

Mrs Voilet May Best, of Mangrove Mountain, suffered injuries a the face when a car driven by her husband (Ambrose Walter…

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Two Injured In Highway Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 1

Two of four persons in a panel van were injured when the van collided with a semi-trailer on the Pacific Highway, Mount Penang,…

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Truck Crashes 300ft; Driver Not Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 1

When a truck he was driving plunged 300ft over a cliff on the Pacific Highway, near Mt Kuringgai yesterday, Sydney Eggins, of…

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Two Injured In Freak Highway Motor Accident On Saturday One Thrown 40ft Into The Bush Extraordinary Sequence Of Events

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 1

A man was flung 40ft and another was run over by a semi-trailer while trying to get out of its path on the Pacific Highway on Saturday morning in an accident brought about by an extraordinary…

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Traffic Charge Follows Car Collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

A sequel to an accident on the Gosford Road, Wamberal, on January 3, in which three persons were injured, was heard at…

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Police Constable Hurt; Lisarow Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

When, a passing 'bus struck the handle-bar of his motor cycle Constable D. Englund. of the Police 21 Division, suffered a…

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Fatal Highway Smash At Wyong Accidental Death; Coroner's Verdict

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr C. J. Staples) at an inquest at…

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Accident Costs Driver Big Penalty

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 4

All accident on the Kincumber Road, Green Point, on December 16, will cost Eugene C. Borders, of Hunter Street, Sydney, a £10 fine,…

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Headlights Are Blamed For Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 1

Glaring headlights were blamed by the District Coroner Mr. C.J Staples for an accident on the Pacific Highway in which…

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Three Injured When Cars Collide

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Two men and a women were injured when two cars collided near a narrow bridge on the Pacific Highway, Ourimbah. on…

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Negligent Rider Was Injured; Now Fined

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 6

John Francis Hamill, of 84 Margaret Street, Mayfield East, was injured when he fell off his motor cycle on the Pacific Highway,…

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Man Is Injured When Shotgun Explodes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

Richard Charles McAllister, 21, of Ourimbah Creek, had a narrow escape from serious injury early this morning when an Old…

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Footballers To Help Injured Player

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 7

Each of the six clubs registered with the Central Coast Rugby League Football Association will make a donation…

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Husband & Wife Injured In Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

A man and his wife were injured but their four children were not hurt when a truck crashed into the rear of their stationary…

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Woman Thrown Through Truck Windscreen; Two Injured In Highway Smash At Ourimbah

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 1

A woman had 22 stitches inserted in a wound in her face at the District Hospital on Saturday night after a truck, in which she was a passenger, struck a tree in Blackwall Road, Woy Woy. It is stated the vehicle was travelling south near the Roman…

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Gosford Firsts Defeat Ourimbah Team 18-8 In Match Last Sunday Injured Wyong Player Is In Hospital The Entrance And Erina Also Win Matches

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 7

Gosford, Erina and The Entrance had wins in first grade football matches in the Central Coast Rugby League competition on Sunday. Ourimbah had been leading 8-nil in the match…

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Gosford Timbergetter Injured In 30ft Cliff Fall Is Carried 5-Miles Through Bush

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

Twenty-year-old George Hansen, of Mount Penang, was carried five miles through dense bush and over rugged country to an ambulance after he was injured in the Wattagan State Forest, Congewai, near Cessnock, yesterday. Hansen fell 30ft from the top of…

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