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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

84 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

Local & General News Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

Mrs. T. Doolan, of Bombay, bad a miraculous escape the other day. Accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Cornelius, she was driving a sulky on the…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

On Wednesday last Mr. Harry Waters, of Moruya, who formerly carried on a carrying business in Braidwood met with an accident which proved…

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Car Over Bridge Five Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 1

Travelling at a high speed, a car driven by Mr. Arthur Thorne. who had with him as passengers Mr. Stanley Corby, Mr. Arthur McPhee, Mrs…

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Shocking Accident Big Death Roll

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at a railway level crossing at Boronia near Ferntree Gully (Vic.) on Monday evening. Nine persons were…

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Accident to Picnic Party. Action for Damages

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 2

At the District Court this morning before His Honor Judge White, an action for damages by a passenger against the owner of a car was…

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Accident on Brooks' Hill

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 3

His Honor Judge White presided at the District Court on Tuesday last. One of the cases set down for hearing was a claim by Phillip…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

A very painful accident happened to Mrs. F. Warren on Friday evening She was engaged in making frames for floral work and was cutting a…

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Motor Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

While walking along General Holmes' drive at Brighton-le-Sands yesterday afternoon a girl and two men were run down by a passing motor…

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Two Footballers Killed Several Seriously Injured

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 3

A tragic motor accident occurred near Tumbarumba on Sunday last as a result of which two men were killed and eight others are in…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 6

Failing to take a corner while travelling at over 70 miles an hour, A. V. Turner, one of the foremost speed motorists of the State, crashed into…

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Car Accident on Goulburn Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 4

When a Maxwell car crashed into the side of a culvert on the Goulburn road late on Saturday afternoon the driver, Mr. Les Armstrong, received…

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Local & General News Drowning Fatality at Queanbeyan

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 2

A young man named Goiser, while out fishing on Sunday, hauled in on his fishing line the body of a man from the Queanbeyan River about…

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Drowned in the Weir

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 2

Still another man has met his death by drowning in the weir. On Sunday at mid-day a fisherman discovered the body of a man floating…

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Three Home Accidents. In Every Case There Was Urgent Need of ZAM-BUK

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 4

No matter how careful you are in the home, "accidents" are unavoidable. Maybe it's just a simple cut, got whilst opening a tin, a scald…

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Drowning at Araluen Coroner's Inquest

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 2

Araluen was deeply shocked on Thursday afternoon when the news was bruited abroad that Mr. Ralph Hush, a visitor to the township, had…

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Big Railway Smash Brisbane Express Wrecked Four Killed; 50 Injured

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 3

Four passengers were killed, 24 seriously injured, and fully 30 more suffered minor injuries, when four coaches of the Brisbane Limited…

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Frightful Burning Fatality at Bredbo

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 4

The death occurred on Sunday, at Bredbo, under tragic circumstances, of Miss Catherine Bowerman (34), a helpless invalid, who resided with…

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Drowned Man's Body Recovered

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 2

The body of Arthur Horsley, market gardener, who was drowned in the Yass River over a week ago, when the sulky in which he was…

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650 Persons Killed in Railway Accidents

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 2

A bulletin just issued by the Commonwealth Statistician shows that the loss on the railways of all States in 1924-25 was £833,000. Six…

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Carnival Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

Five persons were killed and 50 seriously injured at Charleston (West Virginia) when a bridge, on which there were 300 spectators at a…

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