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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

50 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Book Canvasser Drowned

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 2

A book canvasser named Ernest Taylor was drowned while crossing a creek in the Bellingen district in a sulky yesterday. He leaves a wife and child…

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Motor Accident the Blow-fly Pest

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 2

A motor car driven by Mr. E N. Bull turned complete somersault while going down Carter's Hill, Moruya, pinning Mr. Bull Writing from 'a Queensland station recently a shearer speaks of the havoc wrought among sheep by the fly. He says:—"Whon I…

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Accident to General Cox

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 2

General Cox is still confined to his bed at Wagga as the result of an accident to his right leg, which he injured through falling off a…

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Tram Smash in Sydney 50 People Injured

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1920 · page 5

A sensational tram collision, involving about 50 casualties, occurred ion Anzac Parade, near the old Zoo site, about 8.15 on Saturday…

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[Published by Arrangement.] Accidental Majorities. Should Not Control Liquor. Decision Should Be Based on Substantial Vote

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 4

In the course of a leading article, anything but friendly to the liquor trade, the Perth "West Australian" puts forward a logical case against a bare majority of the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 7

Yesterday two brothers named Edward George and William Thomas Florence, aged 8 and 6 years respectively, were drowned in…

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Singular Bush Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1920 · page 1

Mr. H. P, Adams, of the Ardlethan Tin Mines, met with a severe accident, which was brought about in a peculiar way. He was…

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Local and General News ACCIDENT

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1920 · page 2

Mr. W. Dogan, of Araluen, met with a serious accident at Bettowynd on Saturday afternoon. It appears he was riding a horse in…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 2

Mr. C Green, son of Mrs. O. Green, of Llewellyn estate, Braidwood, had a narrow escape from death at Emmaville last week. He…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 2

Yesterday William Hall, employed at the Federal works, met with a painful accident. He was working a plough drawn by a traction engine, when the plough,…

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