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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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

Local and General Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon last an accident happened at the Mongarlowe bridge site at Monga to Mr. E. Hill, son of Mr. A. R. Hill, of Braidwood,…

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Motor Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 2

Motor care caused 5799 deaths in England and Wales last year compared with 4492 in 1929. BRITISH TRADE…

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Shooting Fatality Inquest on Stanley Bell the Verdict

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 1

At the Courthouse yesterday afternoon, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. P. Woodward) held an inquiry regarding the death of Stanley Carlisle Bell, who…

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Series of Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 2

In addition to the motor car accident to Mr. Hush, reported elsewhere, there were two others on the Bateman's Bay road on Wednesday…

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Sensational Accident Interrupted Honeymoon

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 3

Married in the morning and the chief actor in a sensational motor accident the same afternoon was the unpleasant experience of Mr…

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Newspaper Publicity Queanbeyan Accident Widely Circulated Various Versions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 3

On July 28th last Mr. Chas. Rayner, of Uriarra Road, Queanbeyan, while shaping a cricket bat at his timber yards, became impaled on the piece of…

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Gun Accident Victim Loses Arm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 2

Great fortitude was displayed by Merrick Loader, aged 32, during a mile and a half walk through the bush last Wednesday afternoon, after his left…

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Motor Car Accident Man Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 1

Roy Bartlett, aged 24, was killed in motor car accident yesterday morning on the Newcastle-Maitland road, near Thornton. Frank Kennedy was…

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Railway Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

A message from Cairns (Q.) states that a serious railway accident occurred at Tully on Saturday night. Swinging round a corner, a cattle…

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Horrible Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 2

Mervvn Jones, a small boy, was playing on a refuse coal heap at Redhead, near Newcastle, when he crushed through, the thin surface crust on…

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Nowra Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 4

While attempting to climb to the roof of a shop in Nowra to adjust a flue, George Habberley crashed to the footpath and had the right side…

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Workman Falls 180 Feet North Shore Bridge Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 1

While working on the decking of the North Shore Bridge this morning, a workman whose name has not yet been ascertained, overbalanced, and…

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The Nowra Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr. Reuben King, J.P., conducted at the Court House, Nowra, on Tuesday, 14th inst., an inquiry into the cause of the…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Tram Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 2

Two persons were seriously injured as the result of a terrific collision to-day between two trams at Bronte. The trams were badly damaged. The…

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Drowning Fatalities Entangled by Weeds in Molonglo River

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 1

Apparently unaware of the danger he was running into, a young man named Alan Wade (21), was swimming in the Molonglo River, between Corkhill’s…

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Local and General Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 2

A man named George Arnett met with a serious accident at the letter end of the week. It appears he was riding a horse across the creek at…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 7

A young man who was swimming in Kyle Bay yesterday lost his life in an extraordinary manner. After a swim he went into the dressing…

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Tarago Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 1

Walter Reuben Apps, aged 12, died in the Goulburn District Hospital early on Sunday morning, after being shot in the stomach by a bullet from…

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After Motor Accident Man Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon Vincent Dunn drove his motor lorry from Yanco to Leeton after attending the opening of the first hotel at Yanco, where free beer…

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Child Drugged Accidental Overdose Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 1

The police having investigated the discovery of a child, apparently drugged in Paddington Hotel are satisfied that the occurrence was…

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