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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Remarkable Accident Man Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Edward Maloney, aged 50, sustained shocking injuries when a crate of bricks with which he was being hoisted at…

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Motor Lorry Smash Four Men Injured. Death of One Follows

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Returning from work on Friday evening last, four linesmen were involved in a motor lorry accident by which Alfred William Keatch and Louis…

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Peculiar Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

While drafting horses which had arrived from Sydney at the police paddock, next to the Goulburn Reformatory, over a week ago, Sergeant…

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Two Schoolboys Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

In a derelict, flat-bottomed boat, which they found on the beach, three schoolboys sailed out to sea at Yowie Bay, near Miranda, yesterday…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Dawson, of Two-mile Creek, met with a painful accident on Wednesday. It appears he was searching for lambs which had got out of…

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Bombay Riots Eighteen Killed, Many Injured BOMBAY

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 2

Eighteen persons were killed and 114 injured in rioting in Bombay, due to a scare caused by a report of the kidnapping…

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Air Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 7

H. Appleyard, a pupil pilot of the N.S.W. Aero Club, was fatally injured at the Mascot aerodrome late yesterday afternoon. The machine he…

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Chapter of Cricket Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 2

Certain members of the Yass United cricket team wil remember Sunday’s match against Burrowa fo many a long day. It was a chapter…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon a party of children from the residence of Mr. James Brodie, who lives near Tollbar Creek, about 6 miles from Cooma,…

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Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 1

Another motor accident occurred about eight o’clock last night near Brodie’s service station on the Uriarra Road, Canberra, as the result…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message). ’Platte Crashes New Zealander Injured LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

H. F. Mase, the New Zealander, who intended to fly from London to New Zealand, was flying near Bury St…

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Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 2

While a family named Sims, of Young, was motoring between Wingello and Goulburn, the car in which they were travelling swerved from the road, and, after striking a tree…

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Dreadful Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 3

Terrible injuries, which proved fatal, were received by Verner Thomas Collins, 25, when he had his foot completely severed from the leg when…

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Shooting Accident at Tuggranong

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon last, while out shooting with a shot-gun, Francis Morrison, aged 18, son of Mr. John Morrison, of “Tralee” Station, was the…

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Accident at Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 1

When taking the fourth jump in the pair of hunters event at the Qneanbeyan Show on Friday the horse that Mr. Leo Sherd was riding fell…

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Net Stopping After Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 3

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Forrest, P.M., Arthur J. Moore pleaded not guilty to the above, and was defended by Mr. Woodward…

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Heavy Toll of Life Result of Motor Car Accidents New York

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

At.least 38 persons were killed and scores injured in motor accidents during the past week end…

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Little Girl’s Leg Broken Collision Between Cycle and Motor Lorry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 1

Yesterday morning, while going to school, Gwen Samuel, aged 11 years, was riding on the footpath coming down the Station Hill, came into…

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Street Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. Albert Bradley, aged 22, of Captain’s Flat, was knocked down near Queanbeyan P.O. about 6 p.m. last Saturday by a motor car. He was…

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Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 1

Last night a man was knocked down Brodie’s Service Station on the Uriarra Road, Canberra. He was taken to Hospital where it was…

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