Girl Rescued From Railway Line Ex-High Student
The girl who was rescued from the railway line at Wynyard station last Wednesday was Miss Valmai Plummer,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
100 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
Motor Cyclist's 2nd Smash In 51 Years
A 67-year-old motor cyclist, who had had only one previous minor accident in 51 years, suffered a complicated…
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Beryl Ritchie, 24, of Eton Road, Pennant Hills, suffered a fractured collarbone when she was thrown from the pillion seat of a motor…
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Gosford Motor Cycle Club will hold a club TT at the Jusfrute Park circuit, West Gosford, on Anniversary Sunday, January 28…
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Brisbane Water Motor Yacht Club will hold its first regatta on the Brisbane Water on Saturday and Sunday…
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Parts of the Pacific Highway between Lisarow and Ourimbah were under water this morning. Both roads to Matcham are also flooded. Ourimbah telephone exchange was cut off…
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The expenditure of £1500 on the Waterfront Road between Gosford and Woy Woy "would be only a drop in the bucket", the Gosford Shire Engineer (Mr Clift) told councillors yesterday during…
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In recommending that the Gosford Shire Council obtain additional plant for road construction and maintenance throughout the Shire, the Chief Engineer (Mr Clift) told yesterday's…
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The Chief Engineer (Mr Cliff) told Gosford Shire Council last Monday that the younger members of the road staff showed a…
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A motor cyclist, Ronald Wilson Paull, 27, of Mangrove Mountain, was fined £20 by Mr T. P. Halpin, SM, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Train Passengers Jump For Lives From Path Of Newcastle Flyer Walking On Line When Held Up By Gosford Train
A number of passengers from an electric train held up behind a Gosford-bound steam train near Beecroft on Friday evening had to jump for their lives from the path of the Newcastle Flyer. They had alighted to walk home along the railway tracks rather than wait…
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Brisbane Water Motor Yacht Club will hold its first regatta on the Brisbane Water next Saturday and Sunday…
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A proposal to secure for road purposes the railway viaduct and bridge between Gosford and Pt. Clare, when the railway deviation…
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Gosford District Hospital authorities are with-holding from an injured man information of the death of his friend who was killed when their motor cycle and a truck collided on the Pacific Highway,…
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Gosford Motor Cycle Club will hold a barbecue and night reliability trial tomorrow night. Club president, Mr Jack Ryan,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr T. Wilson To Build 'Coal Road'
The Wollondilly Shire Council has selected Mr T. M. Wilson, AMIE, of Gosford, as engineer to carry out the construction of the…
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Joe Peck, of Gosford, had one win and a second from three rides at the Sydney Speedway on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Work Completed For New Bridge Over Brisbane Water
First stage of the preliminary work on the new railway bridge over the Brisbane Water at Gosford has been completed. It comprises the earthwork for the embankments on the southern and northern sides of the bridge. Soundings for the piers of…
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William James Jarman, 46, of Breadmeadow, was killed when be fell from the train of which he was the guard a quarter of…
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Brisbane Water Motor Yacht Club decided last night to hold its Jubilee regatta on Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15…
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