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Central Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Heavy damage award after road collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 7

Judgment for plaintiff, with £293/13/4 damages, was given in the District Court at Gosford on Tuesday, in a case which followed damage to a big track as the result of a collision…

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Two cyclists injured in skid mishap

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

Two motor cyclists were injured in skids near Mt. White. Pacific Highway, shortly after noon on…

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Train fatality at Lisarow was accidental

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 5

"There is no doubt that this unfortunate man fell while crossing the railway line and was struck by the…

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Injured man walks 2 miles after crash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 2

An injured man walked two miles for assistance after his utility truck had crashed through the…

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Main Accident Causes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 7

Excessive speeding and inattentive driving were the greatest causes of road accidents in NSW, the Superintendent of Motor Transport (Mr. W. A. Walsh) said in Sydney…

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Motor cyclist bady injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 5

On Thursday evening Neville J. Warldon, of Chittaway Road, Ourimbah, rode his motor cycle in towards…

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Woman driver hurt in collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 1

Lisarow rail crossing, with its gates open at the time, was the stage for a collision on Wednesday afternoon…

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Truck driver badly injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 4

A truck driver was seriously injured in an accident at Peat's Ridge last Tuesday…

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Ex-councillor injured; on theft charge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 1

In a Special Court in Gosford District Hospital yesterday Gordon Tennant, 56, poultry dealer, of Gosford Road, Davistown, was…

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Aged woman is injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 7

An 81-year-old woman sufferred a deep cut to the head when she fell down the steps of her home at Hardy's…

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Family injured in road crash

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 4

Police are still searching for a tabletop lorry which, it is alleged, failed to stop after, an accident, at Cooranbong…

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Coogee Driver Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 6

A Sydney man was injured and his car damaged in a collision on the Pacific Highway on Tuesday…

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Passengers Injured in Collision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

About 7.20 on Sunday morning, two cars collided head-on near Wyoming on the Pacific Highway…

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Arm Injured in Mishap on Bridge

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 5

Some Sunday papers were an hour late in reaching their destinations this week. A utility had a blow-out on…

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Schoolboy injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 7

Brian Douglass, an 11-year-old schoolboy of Kulnura, was playing in the school-grounds at 9 am on…

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Trainees Injured at Ourimbah

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 3

At midnight on Sunday two National Service Air Force trainees, posted to Rathmines air station, were…

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Collision at Mt. Penang

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 5

Coming up for Gosford trots last Thursday, Mr C. Cranny, of Five Dock. Sydney, met trouble on Pacific…

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Collision Injures 3

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 8

The Bingham family, of North Bondi, created a diversion at Long Jetty at 1.30 pm on Monday, when…

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Girl Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 4

Nancy Angwin, 3, of Surf Street, Long Jetty, suffered severe head injuries when struck by a car in Surf Street,…

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Mrs. Mortimer meets with accident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 2

Mrs. Lucy Mortimer, one of the patrons of Gosford Red Cross branch, met with an accident at the weekend…

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