Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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

Gosford First Grade Footballers Defeated Again Last Sunday Erina Captain Is Ordered Off For Fighting Many Players Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 7

Gosford first grade footballers suffered their second defeat in the second round of the Central Coast competition on Sunday when they were beaten 7-2 by Woy Woy at Grahame Park…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Man And Wife Injured In Collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 4

A man and his wife were injured when a utility truck in which they were travelling collided with a bus on The Entrance Road,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Women Receive Face Injuries In Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

Two Woy Woy women were injured when their car struck a telegraph post on the side of the Pacific Highway six miles north of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Three Deaths Accidental Child Only Witness To See Man's Fall From Bicycle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 6

Ian Lake, a six-year-old boy living with his parents in Holden Street, Gosford, was a witness at the magisterial inquiry at the District Coroner's Court at Gosford last Wednesday into the death…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Late News Motor Cyclist Injured In Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

Geoffrey Allan O'Neill, of The Entrance Road, Wamberal, escaped injury when his motor cycle collided with a cow on The…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Search For Man Believed Drowned In Boat Capsize At McMaster's Beach Son Supports Father In Surf Fishing Trip Ends In Tragedy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

Gosford Police have been searching the coast between Broken Bay and Terrigal since Saturday for the body of Frederick Cecil Jay, 59, of Wells Street, East Gosford, who was reported missing at…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Victorian Youth Injured In Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 1

Herbert McGowan, 19, of Portland, Victoria, was taken to the District Hospital yesterday by the District Ambulance suffering from…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Man Is Injured When Bicycles Collide

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 4

A man was seriously injured when two bicycles collided on the Kincumber Road. Green Point at 9.30 pm on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Thousands Here For Long Holiday Weekend Seaside Resorts Packed Out No Accidents, Reports Ambulance Service

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

Holiday crowds for the Six-Hour weekend were among the heaviest on record, said a Gosford railway official yesterday. Forty-five additional trains were put on to…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

County Council Employee Is Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

Jack Rerson. a Brisbane Water County Council employee, of Gosford. was taken by the District Ambulance to the District Hospital…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motor Cyclist Injured In Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 4

After Edward Michael Riley, 24, of Paddington Road, Paddington, had been thrown from his motor cycle on the Pacific Highway,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Driver Injured In Highway Smash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1

Ernest Russell Cooper, of Mount White, was taken to the District Hospital on Saturday. He was suffering from a bruised right hip…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Long Night Drive To Aid Injured Timber Worker

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 1

Stanley Jurd, 38, a timber worker, was seriously injured on Sunday when he fell 40ft from a "flying fox" in rough country near Ravensdale, outside Wyong. Brisbane Water District Ambulance rushed him to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for an urgent operation. The ambulance car had…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Man, Two Women Injured At Ourimbah

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

A man and two women were injured when two cars collided on the Ourimbah. Creek bridge on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Two District Men Killed In Road Accidents

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

Two men from the Gosford district died at the Gosford District Hospital on Saturday as a result of injuries received in separate accidents. They died at the hospital within 30 minutes…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Two Road Deaths Accidental, Coroner Finds

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 1

Findings of accidental death were returned by the District Coroner, Mr C. J. Staples, at the conclusion of two inquiries held at the Gosford Court House yesterday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Carrier Injured: Leap From Moving Truck

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 4

A 26-year-old Kulnura carrier had to leap from his moving truck when it swerved off the Pacific Highway near Mount White after…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Woman Killed in Calga Smash Six Accidents During Christmas Week

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 1

A woman was killed and her husband critically injured when a sedan car crashed into a tree af the side of the Pacific Highway at Calga early yesterday morning…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →