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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

54 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 3

Man Injured In Car Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

A man was treated for a cut over his right eye after his car skidded in loose gravel and struck a road bridge on…

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Boy Injured In Fall From Cycle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 5

A boy, aged 9 holidaying at Ettalong, was admitted to the Gosford District Hospital last night with head injuries…

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'Unable to Recall Collision'

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 3

A man whose motor-cycle outfit and a utility track had collided on the Pacific Highway on April 19 had been…

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Seaman Injured In Accident On Highway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

A marey bane Water District Ambulance last night is believed to have suffered his injuries…

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Motor-Cyclist Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 1

Ronald Teesdale, 21, of Grand Parade. Ramsgate, suffered a large lacerated wound to his scalp and lacerations to his…

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Cream Blamed For Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 1

A man who was uninjured when his car overturned at the southern corner of Mann Street, Gosford, blamed a jar of cream…

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Car Goes Over Embankment; Man Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

A man suffered severe lacerations over the left eye last night when the car in which be was a passenger plunged…

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Car Hits Tree; Two Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

A man and his wife suffered minor injuries on Saturday when the car in which they were passengers ran off the…

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Uni. Student Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 4

Charles Long, 19, University student, of Merewether, suffered a fractured left collarbone on Saturday when his…

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Kincumber Man Killed In Rail Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 1

Archibald Christopher Pirie, 43, of Avoca Road, Kincumber, was killed on Wednesday night when he fell from a moving…

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Motor-Cyclist Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

Eric Anderson, 19, of the Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest, suffered severe lacerations to his head and a fractured skull…

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Policeman Says Road Accident Views Conflict

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 4

Two men had given conflicting: opinions about a road accident, from which a charge of negligent driving…

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Motor-Cyclist Injured In Heavy Rain

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

Heavy rain this morning temporaryily blinded a young motor-cyclist and caused him to crash into a stationary car…

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Ourimban Boy Victim Of Gun Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 4

John Robert Scadden, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Scadden, of Ourimbah, was accidentally shot last…

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Driver Fined Following Collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 5

A man whose car collided with a motor-cycle on the Matcham Road, Erina, on December 28, 1951, was fined…

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Motor Traffic In Gosford Invites Accidents

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 5

Now that the weather is warming up and the normal traffic in Gosford is being increased by the tourist traffic coming to or passing through the town something should be done in an…

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Charge Follows Collision; Man Fined £10

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 5

Mr. M,. J. McCauley, SM, the the Gosford Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, fined John Rae, of Maitland Road,…

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Pt. Clare Smash: 1 Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

A 62-year-old man was severely injured when a diesel railway pay van struck a railway tricycle…

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Boy Saved From Drowning At Woy Woy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 1

A five-year-old boy, William Tooney, who lives with his parents at Waratah Flats. The Boulevarde, Woy…

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Many Accidents At Weekend

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

Gosford ambulance and police officers were kept busy with accident cases during the holiday weekend…

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