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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Guard Against Accidents In The Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 10

R[?]ccuring accidents in the home should make it plain to even the least observant that many of these…

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Bank Clerk Treated for Accidental Stabbing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 1

Raymond Lord, Progress Parade, Gosford, accidentally stabbed himself on Saturday. Lord is a clerk employed by the Commonwealth Bank, Gosford…

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Two Injured After Taxi Crashes Over 40Ft Bank

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 1

A Sydney taxi-cab driver and his passenger were taken to Gosford District Hospital with extensive injuries last night after their car had plunged 40ft over an embankment…

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Three Injured As Motor Cycle and Car Collide on Pacific Highway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 1

A motor cyclist, a girl pillion passenger, and a car driver, were injured when their vehicles came into collision on the Pacific Highway, near Gosford, on Sunday. Stanley Cleary. 19. Parra-…

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Boy's Leg Nearly "Torn to Pieces" in Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Prompt action by two employees of Gosford Packing House prevented a boy's leg being "torn to pieces", said ambulance officers yesterday. The boy, John Moyle, 12, of…

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Funeral of Accident Victim

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 5

Leo Bernard Ellis, fitter and turner, Goldsbury Avenue, Mosman, died in Gosford District Hospital, on Saturday,…

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Two Hurt in Erina Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1

A Terrigal man travelling by motor-cycle on Tuesday night to visit his wife in Gosford District Hospital, was…

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Man Hurt in Motor-cycle Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 3

A 25-year-old South African received bead injuries when be was involved in an accident on his motor-cycle on…

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Escape From Drowning at Terrigal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 1

A four-year-old boy, William Drury, who lives at the RAAF Station, Richmond, had a lucky escape from…

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Swansea miner gets damages for accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 10

Best witness for the plaintiff in an action for damages resulting from a car accident, had been the defendant, said Judge Amsberg at Gosford District Court on Wednesday…

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Three Cars In Collision On Highway

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

Two men and a woman escaped injury when three vehicles were in collision on the Pacific Highway, near…

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Rev. Dumbrell In Car Accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

Occupants of two cars which came into collision at the intersection of Bondilla Road and Warrigal Street,…

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Accidental Death Recorded

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 8

A verdict of accidental death was passed on a 82-year-old widow by Mr. S. D. Lewis, Coroner, at a Gosford…

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Man Fatally Injured in Midnight Smash

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

A 27-year-old holidaymaker was struck down by a motor-cycle in Schnapper Street, Ettalong, shortly after midnight on Friday, and died in Gosford District Hospital four hours later. The man, Garnett George…

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