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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

84 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Tree Felling Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

Mr. Norman Warden, member of a prominent family at Milton, was killed last Friday through a tree which he and another man were cutting…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

During the holidays a serious accfdent occurred in the deviation at Currowan Creek. Clyde Road. Mr. Bradley, of Goulburn, riding a motor…

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Fatality at Big Badja Mr. John Bale Killed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

While engaged in shoeing a pony at his borne, "Genowra," Big Badja, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Bale, an old and highly respected resident of that…

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Sensational Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

On Tuesday morning Mrs. Lane, who lives on the Llewellyn Estate, was driving in a sulky along Park Lane in company with her daughter…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

Mr. J. J. Muir Shire Engineer at Cudgegong, formerly of Braidwood, was the victim of a moth accident near Windeyer on Friday…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. M. McCarthy, of Reidsdale, met wit han accident on Saturday while coming to Braid wood in a sulky. The driver of a motor…

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Tourists' Experience Man Seriously Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

A motoring party, comprising Mr. Askew, a storekeeper, of Liverpool his wife, and four children, narrowly escaped death on Big Jack Mountain…

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Accident to Picnic Party. Claim for Compensation

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court at Queanbeyan yesterday, Claude Ingleson sued Thomas R. O'Neill for 10 as compensation for injuries received…

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Shocking Fatality at Weetangara Premature Explosion of Gelignite. Returned Soldier the Victim "Died from injuries accidentally received on the 31st of January, 1926, through the premature explosion of gelignite which he was preparing to use for an unlawful purpose, to wit, the destruction of fish in the Molonglo River, in the territory of the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth of Australia."

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Such was the verdict recorded by Mr. Coroner Gale at the conclusion of an inquest held by him yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse,…

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Fatal Accident Grazier Thrown From Horse Terrible Injuries

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 6

On Thursday afternoon last Mr. D. J. Hart, of "Gilston," Oranmier, met with a fatal accident at Parker's Gap, on the Cooma road, particulars of…

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Aeroplane Crashes at Ainslie Flying-officer Pitt Killed. Observer Seriously Injured

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 3

This morning, Ainslie was the scene of the first aeroplane accident in the Federal Territory when the Haviland aeroplane No. 9, which was…

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The Aeroplane Fatality at Canberra. Death of Second Victim

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Coroner John Gale for the promptitude with which we are able to supply the dreadful details of the aeroplane disaster at Ainslie on Thursday last, and…

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Echo of Motor Collision

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. Adams, P M., Arnold O'Neill (for whom Mr. Tucker appeared) was proceeded against for…

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Local & General News Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 2

On Friday night last Mr. L. Moore of Braidwood, met with an accident while droving a car down the Dought-boy Hill. His escape from a very…

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Death at Kenmore. Insanity Follows Accident

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 2

William Dinnen, a storekeeper of Anembo, near Captain's Flat, died at the Kenmore Mental Hospital, Goulburn, on Monday night. At the…

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Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 3

A motor car overturned on Sunday afternoon near Sally Flat, about 20 miles from Bathurst, and the occupants were pinned beneath it…

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Drowning Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

The death occurred by drowning on Wednesday afternoon last in the Murrumbidgee River, near Cooma, of Robert Oswald Richard Colquhoun…

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Fatal Accident at Eastlake

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

Yesterday the District Coroner, Mr. John Gale, J.P., conducted an inquest at the Canberra Hospital on view of the body, then lying in the…

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Accident at Cooma Show

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 3

An accident which might have proved serious occurred at the Cooma Showground on Wednesday afternoon (reports the "Mercury"). Mr. Eric…

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Telegraph News Sydney Monday. 4 p.m. Motor Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 7

A tragedy overtook a family at Homebush yesterday morning. A motor car in which they had set out for a day's pleasure trip capsized. Jack…

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