Quarry Fatality
Two men were to-day buried in a Quarry at Genary, in Blackforest (Victoria). Notwithstanding the efforts of a body of searchers, the bodies…
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Accidents, 1931
89 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
Boy Drowned Child’s Presence of Mind Saves Sister
On Sunday morning, at Yerong, in the Wagga district, Herbert Lavis, aged 8 years, and his sister Nancy, 10, were paddling in Yerong Creek when…
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Elijah John Day was charged with having, on 12th December, on the Tarago road, driven a motor lorry in a manner dangerous to the public…
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A youth and six girls, whose ages ranged from eleven to twenty-five, were drowned in. the rapids on the Exploits River, when their sledge broke…
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A young man named Neville FeaBom, who was working in the unemployed relief gang on the Tarago road, met with an accident on…
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Yesterday afternoon, Loftus Ruffles, aged 21 years, only son of Sergeant Ruffles, in charge of the Queanbeyan Police Station, lost his life while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sensational Car Accident
Trapped in a big limousine which somersaulted three times down a railway embankment on Wednesday near Mittagong, and was then…
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A message from Orange states that a lad of 16 was to-day returning from rabbit shooting carrying a gun on his shoulder with the muzzle…
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A week or two ago, we had the pleasure-of passing an evening with one of Australia’s motor pioneers,. a gentleman who, for more than twenty-five years…
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Through the overturning of a fishing launch off the coast at Terawhiti, near Wellington (N.Z.) three men lost their lives…
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Mr. J. S. Noble, who is well known in this district in connection with the Dowell estate, met with a serious accident on Monday last at the…
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Mr. Owen McGrath, of Meroo, had a remarkably narrow escape from a serious Accident in Braidwood on Wednesday afternoon. He was…
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A man named Arthur McKenzie was yesterday engaged placing a detonator in a rock. When it failed to explode he. pricked it with a pin,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Burning Fatality Mother and Daughter Dead Melbourne
Mrs. Wilhelmina McBridge, aged 37, and her daughter Doris (16), were both shockingly burnt yesterday when a quantity of methylated spirits ignited…
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Mr. W. Newton Carroll, one or the members of the Addison Rees Musical Co., while on his way to Moruya on Saturday morning last in his…
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A telegram was received by Mrs. Lynn Shepherd, of Braidwood, on Wednesday, announcing that her son, Mac Shepherd, had met with a…
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Mr. Thomas Falconer, son of Mr. A. Falconer, a well-known Cooma pastoralist, fell into the water from the wharf at South Bermagui…
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David Hearne, aged 45, of Sydney, was killed instantly and another passenger was injured when a lorry went over an embankment near Paddy’s…
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Robert Yates, formerly a picture show proprietor at Milton, was taken to Berry Hospital last week, suffering terrible injuries from burns…
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Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Sunday morning, when the news became known that Mr. John McGrath, farmer, of Meroo, near…
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