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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

72 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4

Local & General News Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. Thos. Hartneady, of Six-mile Flat met with an accident last week. It appears he was mounting his horse (usually a pretty quiet animal),…

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Remarkable Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 6

A remarkable accident led to the admission of John Harrison, a Russell Hill resident, to Canberra Hospital, suffering from nasty fractures…

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Hospital Patient Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 3

A patient escaped from the Ken more mental hospital on Friday, tod shortly afterwards his body was found in the Wollondilly River. A hospital…

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Latest Cable News Another Air Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 2

The wreckage of the aeroplane City of San Francisco has been found. The eight occupants were dead. NAVAL DISARMAMENT…

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Sequel to Motor Collision Plaintiff Awarded £60

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 1

In the District Court this morning, before His Honor Judge White, Elias W. Venables proceeded against Kenneth McCarthy for the sum of £80 in…

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Tragic Shooting Accident Man Bleeds to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 1

Believed to have accidentally shot himself and to have bled to death, the body of Max Martin Urban, 59, was found in rough country at Wee…

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Ffatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 2

On Saturday morning last Mr. W. R. Sharpe, of "Mountain Ash," Mongarlowe, was killed ab the result of a sulky accident. Accompanied by…

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Roadway Collision Woman’s Leg Amputated

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 2

Dreadful injuries were sustained by Edith Webb, aged 24, of Braidwood, when the motor-cycle on which she was pillion riding came into collision…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 3

Shocking injuries were sustained, by Miss Edith Webb, aged 24 years, of Mongarlowe, when the motor cycle on which she was pillion-riding…

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Late Fatal Accident Coroner's Inquest

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P., held an inquiry at the Courthouse on Tuesday last into the accident on Saturday morning by which…

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‘Plane Passenger Killed Pilot Badly Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 1

H. Kendall was killed and Captain Basil Learmouth, pilot, employed by the Commercial Aviation Company, sustained a fractured hip and ankle…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message). Fire Destroys Music Shop Two Firemen Injured Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 1

A fire occurred this morning at four o’clock which Practically destroyed Chalmer’s Music Shop. Two firemen named Stevenson and…

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Accident Sequel

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 3

The collision between a motor cycle and a lorry on the Goulburn road on the night of October, when Edith Webb, who was pillion riding, was so…

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Local & General News Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

A simple accident befell Mr. Ernie Hill, son of Mr. A. R. Hill, of Braidwood, on Sunday night, while riding one horse and leading another from…

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Collision in Wallace-street

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

A collision between two motor cars in Wallace-street on Tuesday awakened residents from their lethargy. One car, driven by Mr. John…

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Shocking Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 7

Joseph Murray, employed at the Hoskins steelworks at Port Kembla, met with a shocking accident last week…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1929 · page 7

A man who bad given up his seat to a woman tell from a train near Homebush yesterday, and was killed by a passing train…

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Air Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 2

An aeroplane, carrying six of eight persons, on the Journey from Croydon to Amsterdam, crashed into a tree, and all were killed…

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Accident at Bridge Approach

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 1

This morning, while coming down the incline from the McQuoid Street end of the bridge and while trying to negotiate the nasty turn at this spot…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Accident on Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 4

This afternoon, about 2 p.m., Mr. Cecil Rankin left Queanbeyan on a motor car with side-car attached when on the Sutton Road, 5 miles from town,…

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