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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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

Drunken Motorists and Canberra Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 4

Startling statements concerning motor accidents at Canberra were made by Mr. H. L. Dawson in an address on the Federal Capital, at the…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 4

While working a circular saw at Boolgatta, near Milton, on Friday, Lachlan Macauley, aged 54, an engineer, was struck in the stomach by a…

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Shooting Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

The other day John Taylor, aged 18 years, son of Mr. W. Taylor, of Tudor Valley, Reidsdale, met with an accident while out shooting with a…

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Sensational Car Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

When a girl driver fainted in Hay-street, Perth, on Saturday, her car ran amok, knocking twenty people down…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 2

Word was received in Braidwood yesterday by telegram of the death of Mr. E. Flack, of Ballalaba, in a motor smash at Coolamon. Mr. Flack,…

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Sensational Railway Smash Eleven Killed, Many Injured. London

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 25 August 1927 · page 1

Eleven persons were killed outright and scores injured when the Southern Express travelling at 60 miles an hour jumped the rails near Seven Oaks at…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 2

Edward Flack was killed and a man named Wilson was seriously injured when a car turned a double somersault on the Ganmain road,…

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Latest Cable News Terrible Railway Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 2

A fast business train, travelling from London to Deal, was derailed and overturned at Sevenoaks (Kent). Twelve passengers were killed and…

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Motor Car Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 August 1927 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon last a motor car owned by Thomas H. Ford and driven by John W. Walker which [?]as travelling from Molonglo, F.C.T.,…

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The Missing Man Body Accidentally Discovered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 1

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of William James (Ted.) Smith, who suddenly disappeared from his home on 21st August and…

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Car Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 1

At a quarter past six on Saturday, July 23rd, between Riverbourne and Molonglo, two cars “bumped.” The sequel was heard in the District Court…

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Car Collision at Goulburn

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 3

At the Goulburn District Court on Friday, before Judge Coyle, the Argyle Dairy Company, of Goulburn, claimed £31 damages from Michael…

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Goulburn Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 3

In the District Court case at Goulburn, in which Michael J. Coffey, of Braidwood, was sued by the Argyle Dairy Co. for the recovery of £31…

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Collision Near Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 1

Before Mr Justice Fergison and Jury in Sydney, Frank Margules, a gardener, of Canberra sued to recover £1000 damages from Robert W. White,…

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Local & General News Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 2

At last week-end Mr. J. Sebbens met with an accident which might have had more serious consequences. He was returning home from his…

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Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 8

Last night about 11 p.m. while going home from Queanbeyan Mr. Jack Mayo of Majura was driving a Fiat car when he came into collision…

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Shocking Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 2

On Sunday last a terrible accident occurred at Bateman's Bay, as a re-sult of which a little girl named Phyllis Evans, aged 2½ years, daughter of…

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Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 4

The intercity coach on its way from Goulburn to Canberra on Sunday met with an accident when the vehicle was descending Bungendore hill, 17…

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Burning Accident at Canberra

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 1

Two workmen were seriously burned in fires which occurred in the Commission employees camps at Canberra during the week-end…

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Death Following Burning Accident Inquest at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Coroner, Mr. John Gale, held an inquest at Canberra Hospital this morning concerning the death of William Joseph Ogilvie, who…

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