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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

72 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4

Unusual Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 5

While erecting a tent in a paddock on a farm at Wagga, George Rutherford, handing over to seeure a guy-rope, failed to notice a…

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Accidents on Canberra Roads Not Due to Road Defects

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Perkins, Member for Eden-Monaro, has received from the Minister for: Home[?]and Territories, the following letter:—…

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Fatal Motor Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

Miss Vera Wray, (25), a well-known Goulburn girl died in the Goulburn Hospital about 5 o’clock on Sunday afternoon from terrible…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

A pair of sculls he was carrying were responsible for the death of Mr. William Moase, aged 72, on the railWay line at Gosford on Monday. Mr…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. George Rodgers, of Cooraldooral Station, in the Glen innes district, was drafting cattle when a bull rushed past him at a furious rate…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 1

During last week the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O’Rourke had a nasty fall from a doorstep causing injuries to his head. He was taken to…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 2

The heavy rain last Monday week was responsible for a flood in the Shoalhaven River at Larbert. It appears that a a young man named Clarke,…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 4

Swerving suddenly after after striking a deep depression in the roadway a motor car dived headlong into a creek at the foot of Governor's Hill, on the…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 2

On Tuesday last a lad named John Simpson, accompanied by a man named Hyles, was engaged droving a mob of sheep to Braidwood. When…

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Floods in Queensland Seven Persons Drowned People Flee for Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

A family of six, named Williams, and the owner of the farm Lawrence Muldoon, are still missing at Fletcher’s Creek, Queensland. It is…

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A Real Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 3

Brown: My wife ran the car into the fence the other day and knocked some paint off. Smith: Off your car or the fence?…

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Boy’s Death Shooting Accident at Bungendore The Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 1

At Queanbeyan Courthouse to-day, Mr. Coroner Gale held an inquest concerning the death of the boy Norman John Stanton who died in Queanbeyan…

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Bungendore Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 1

Disaster overtook a Sunday afternoon shooting party when Norman Stanton (15) was fatally wounded by a pea-rifle bullet, fired by his mate,…

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Racecourse Sensation Grandstand Collapses 200 People Injured

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 6

The horses were at the post for the start of the Trial Stakes at Roseberry on Saturday afternoon, when, without warning, a large portion of…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 1

Mr. J. K. Kilby met with a painful accident on Tuesday. Whilst engaged in sawing wood a log slipped and knocked his right thumb back, causing…

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Car Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

George Walton Smith, for nearly 40 years a member of the composingroom staff of the "Sydney Morning Herald," was killed by a motor car…

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Journalist Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 2

Clothing found last night on the ferry steamer Kurraba was identified this morning as belonging to Harvey Roulston, a…

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Telegraphic News Bomb Outrages Ten People Killed Twenty Injured Buenos Ayres

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 1

A powerful bomb exploded with terrific forces at the Italian Consulate, killing ten people, twenty others being seriously injured. A second…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday last a severe accident betel Master Fred Grant, aged about 18, son of Mrs. J. Grant, of Monkittee. It appears he was…

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Railway Collision Three People Slightly Injured SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 1

A collision between two goods trains occurred at Oakleigh Station, Victoria, at midnight. The guard’s van was…

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