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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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

Sensational Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon during the hurricane the parapet on the premises occupied by Mr. E. G. Morris and Mr. O. Hunt in Wallace-street, which…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 6

On the railway line between Cooma and Chakola a railway ganger, John Charles King, was killed by an engine on Saturday, and lay by the…

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The Recent Railway Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 2

An inquest was held at Cooma on Monday last touching the death of John Charles King, whose death was reported under tragic…

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Local and General News Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 2

Last week Mr. J. Collins's car, carrying the mail between Moruya and Araluen, met with an accident about eight miles from Moruya. While…

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Another Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 7

Through the steering gear jamming a motor car plunged 40ft. over a cliff on Bradley's Head road last evening. The occupants, Mr. and…

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Motor Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 7

A motor cycle capsized yesterday during the reliability test to Mudgee. Mr. Frank Harris, aged 21, of Marrickville, who was travelling in the…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. Austin Sweeney, of "Dundee," Windellima, sustained an accident on Thursday. He had cut down a tree, and in falling it struck another tree,…

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Frightful Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 2

This morning Joyce, the three year old daughter of Mr. F. Bickle, secretary to Messrs. Hayes & Russell, Ltd., was terribly injured by a…

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Sad Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

The terrible accident which occurred on Friday morning last, as briefly reported in our last issue, resulting in the death of Sheila Joyce, the youngest daughter of…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 7

Two men were killed and three injured seriously when a charabanc, containing 18 men. from Collingwood (Vic.) met with an accident on the…

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Remarkable Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 4

Elizabeth Maud Synnott was cleaning a paint brush in a petrol tin in the dark at Clermont, Queensland, and struck a match to see how the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

Two girls were drowned in George's River, Bankstown, yesterday afternoon in tragic circumstances. The father of one of the girls made a…

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Terrible Fatality at Bateman's Bay

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2

On Saturday night last a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Albert Ryan, who lives near the spoke factory at Bateman's Bay, which…

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Nothing Serious. Not an Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 8

"Ever had any accidents?" asked the insurance man. "Accident? Nope," replied his prospective customer…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1923 · page 7

Two men were run down and killed by an engine on the Molong-Dubbo railway on Friday. One man was killed and two injured…

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Mountain Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1923 · page 7

Frederick Arthur Crowther, of Chatswood, fell 100ft over a cliff at Leura yesterday and was killed. He was visiting the mountains with his…

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The Bateman's Bay Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1923 · page 2

At the inquest upon the remains of Evelyn Adelaide Ryan, who was burned to death in a fire which destroyed her parents' residence at…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1923 · page 7

As the result of a motor smash at Walla Walla one man was killed. Many were injured in accidents in the city and suburbs during the…

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