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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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

Motor Accident Victim Left on the Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 2

On Wednesday night on the Uriarra Road near the Service Station at Eastlake, Clifford Hood, riding a motor cycle, was knocked down by a motor…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. Walter Davis, son-in-law of Mr. G. R. Hush, of Marlowe, was crossing the street in Sydney the other day to get to his car, when he was run over…

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Death Follows Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

The death took place in Canberra Hospital early on Saturday morning of Clifford Hood who sustained serious injuries as the result of a motor…

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Last Week’s Car Fatality Deceased’ Graphic Story of Occurrence BiCKETT Committed for Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 1

The inquest concerning the death of Clifford Gustave Hood, was held in the Social Service Hall at Canberra yesterday by the Queanbeyan Coroner, Mr…

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Electric Train Sensation Fuse Blows Out Girl Injured Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 1

The fuse on top of the electric motor of the leading carriage of a [?]rain at Milson’s Point blew out this morning with a terrific noise. The carriage…

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Duke Meets with Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

While playing polo at Vancouver the Duke of Gloucester had an accident and sustained a fractured collar-bone. His condition later was…

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Burning Accident at Boro

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Falling into a fire in the bush near bis home at Lower Boro, George Cooke, aged 84, was badly burnt, aud is in the "Lister" private hospital in…

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Local & General News Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Young George Kain, son of Mr. G. Kain, of this town, met with a nasty accident the other day, which might easily have resulted In far more…

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Accident to Post Boy Knocked Down by Motor Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

A motor car collided with a post-boy (Norman Birrell) who was clearing the letter-boxes on the Uriarra Road last night shortly before 7 o’clock. The…

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Accident Risk Reduceable

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 6

Twenty years ago no one could have imagined that motor cars would be placed on the road in great numbers with any degree of safety. Yet critics…

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Constable Killed Roadside Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 1

While on patrol duty yesterday Constable Dona[?] Gordon Duncan, aged 28, was killed when a motor cycle which he was riding at the time came…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message). Jockey Injured Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 2

H. G. Russell, an apprentice jockey, was injured at Randwick this morning when his mount Benaroon fell on the…

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Shooting Affrays One Killed; Two Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 1

Three men Were shot in affrays at East Sydney and Maroubra last night. One of them, George Gaffney, aged 28, died in hospital this morning, while…

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Alleged Driving Under the Influence Result of Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 1

Matteo De Pioli was charged with driving a motor vehicle on Wentworth Avenue on Saturday while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Some Causes of Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

Road accidents are almost invariably caused by lack of skill on the part of. someone in charge of one or more of the vehicles concerned. It does not…

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Motor Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

A dreadful motoring fatality happened on the Braidwood road, five miles from that town on Saturday night, when two out of three occupants of a…

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Toll of Hie Motor Tragic Accident Two Persons Killed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 7

The town was thrown into a state of excitement on Saturday night when the news came through by telephone from Mr. T. Grigg, of Belle…

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Late Fatal Car Accident Coroner's Inquest

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 2

The inquest upon the recent fatal car accident at Braidwood, as a result of which Iris Adelaide McNeill and Roy Jarvis lost their lives, was…

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Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 1

As the result of a collision in Auburu-street on the afternoon of June 8, John Bede Mullen, a Goulburn solicitor, appeared at the Goulburn…

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Railway Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 7

At Monomeith (Vic.) 12 trucks were derailed through a horse trying to pass between a-moving train and the platform…

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