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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

84 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 5

Another Plane Crash Aviator Injured

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

Several aeroplanes visited Duntroon for the recent Sports and Gymkhana, at which exhibition flights were given and passed off safely. On…

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Fatality at Eden Father and Two Children Drowned

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

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Eden on Sunday, Just before 6 p.m., Mr. Jack Davidson, eldest son of Mr. George Davidson, the well-known…

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Motor Cars Collide Several Persons Injured

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

An Albury messages states two motor cars, returning from a Masonic ceremony, collided on the Wodonga road early this morning…

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Shooting Accident Bullet Through Liver and Lung

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 7

The deadly pea-rifle and a wire fence again wore responsible for an accident of a serious nature on Saturday. Somewhere about 1 o'clock…

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No Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 2

For the past five years the aerial service between Perth and Derby has been maintained without injury to any passenger…

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Shooting Accident Bullet Through Liver and Lung

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1926 · page 3

The deadly pea-rife and a wire fence again were responsible for an accident of a serious nature on Saturday. In the afternoon Mr. A…

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Jockeys Injured in Car Accident Sydney

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

Five jockeys and a trainer were returning from the pony meeting at Richmond, when their car skidded, and turned over. E. Gould received…

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Death of Little Girl. Following Scalding Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

Yesterday morning the death took place in the Queanbeyan Hospital of a little girl named Veronica Convine, aged two years. About 5 p.m…

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Boating Party Drowned Burnie, Tasmania

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 3

The boat in which four men left Strahan last Saturday and who have not been heard of since, was found yesterday at Macquarie Harbor…

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Car Over 80 Foot Cliff Six Occupants Seriously Injured Brisbane

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 3

The blowout of a motor car tyre was responsible for a motor car accident near Yippoon, a popular seaside resort, last night. The car turned two…

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Peculiar Accident to Lorry

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

On Friday night last one of Messrs. Nomchong Bros.' lorries came to grief under rather extraordinary circumstances at Nelligen. A load of wool…

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Accident to Shearers Motor Car Falls in Creek

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 4

On Saturday evening a motor car containinig six shearers, who were journeying from Sydney to Mr. John Jardine's Curry Flat station,…

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Another Fatal Accident at Canberra

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 3

The terrific force of last Saturday's windstorm was directly responsible for the sudden death of a young man, named Cecil James Simpson, who was…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 5

Robert Kelly, a married man, 4S years of age, a well known farmer and property owner of the Burrowa district, died on Sunday in the…

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Peculiar Accident to Lorry

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 5

On Friday night last one of Messrs. Nomchong Bros'. lorries came to grief under rather extraordinary circumstances at Nelligen, (reports the…

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Fatal Motor Accident

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

About eight o'clock on Sunday evening a motor accident on the Uriarra Road, in the Federal Territory, some two miles from Queanbeyan, resulted…

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Bus Overturns Fatal Accident at Canberra

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 1

A motor accident occurred on the Uriarra-road, between Canberra and eanboyan, on Sunday, resulting in the death of a young woman and…

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Local & General News Late Lorry Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 November 1926 · page 2

We understand that Mr. Sherack, the driver of the lorry which recently toppled over into the Clyde River after leaving the punt at Nelllgen, is…

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Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1926 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last two hoys were engaged in a wrestling match on the Recreation Ground. One of them—Reggie Byrne, nephew of Mrs…

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Fatal Motor Accident the Inquest

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1926 · page 3

At the resumed inquest on 30th November, Mr. Tucker appeared for Robert. Baines, who had been placed under arrest by the police on a…

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