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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

67 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 2

On Sunday, 27th inst., Mr. Jas. Miller, of Lascelles-street, and Mr. W. Bradley, of Bvaidwood, and their wives were out Granmier way trout…

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Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 6

Two sisters, aged seven and nine, named Maugtin, and Miss McKenna, 19, were drowned in the Owens River at Yarrawonga (Vic.) yesterday…

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Railway Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 6

Ten people were killed and 30 injured in a railway accident at Saint Just, between Paris and Compregne, owing to a coupling breaking. The…

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Bathing Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 2

While bathing on the river beach at Narrandera yesterday, three people lost their lives, namely:-Lilian Jauet Plowman (28); her husband,…

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Boating Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 7

When a boat capsized in the Wasuka Channel, near Auckland, Peter McIntosh, radio engineer (31) and bis wife, Lucy (29) were drowned…

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Tragic Mining Fatality Two Men Crushed to Death High Bank Caves in

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Residents of the town and district were stunned on Friday, when the Bad news of the awful tragedy Jembaicumbene became known, in…

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Reducing Accidents to a Minimum

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Traffic experts and analysts of sta[?]tics have long sought to define which are the chief underlying causes of road accidents, and as a result…

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Tragic Mining Fatality Coroner'c Inquest

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. J. J. Donnelly,. J.P., on Monday afternoon held an Inquest on the bodies of Messrs. C. M. Royds and E. Keyte, victims of…

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Callous Murder at Nyngan Baby Drowned in Oil Drum

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

Vera Daphne Williams, aged 23, charged at the Nyngau Police Court on Tuesday with murdering Vera May Williams at Hartwood Station,…

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Shocking Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 7

Frederick Easton (65), of Darlinghurst, met a shocking death in a lift-well in a Phillip-street building this morning. When the cage…

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Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

Quite a chapter of accidents, all being connected with horses, happened in the vicinity during the week. The first was when Mr. E. J. Denley…

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Drowning Tragedy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

After saving a small boy and girl from drowning near Borambola, Wagga, yesterday, Keith Tuchin (35), a railway signalman, was himself…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

The body of a man found on the railway line at Bankstown last night decapitated and armless was identified to-day as that of Douglas Varney…

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Boxer Injured Condition Critical Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 1

During a boxing bout at Bronte Picture Palace last night, Ted Ireland, aged 20, was felled to the floor. He was so seriously injured that he was…

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Burning; Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 2

Mrs. Esther Nash, aged 77, an old and well known. resident of Bungendore died in Goulburn Hospital last Wednesday day from burn? and shock. The…

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Run Down by Car Man Seriously Injured Youth Arrested SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 1

Police last night arrested a youth in connection with injuries received by Douglas Wells outside Sydney Showground on Saturday night when he was…

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Prison Camp Riot Two Warders Injured Bathurst

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

Two warders were injured, one seriously. when attempting to quell a riot among fifty prisoners in Oberon Prison Camp. The prisoners commenced to…

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Original New Serial Story. Girl of the Storm Chapter Xxii. an Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

Tim disliked letter writing and it was with a sigh of relief he completed his task and went back to the drawing-room…

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Shocking Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 7

When he was run down by an electric train between Punchbowl and Bankstown last night, Daniel Cole (36) had both legs severed. He died…

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Frightful Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

A frightful accident occurred at the Tanja sawmill, ten miles from Bega, on Friday morning last, when Lloyd Innes, eon of Mr. I. lnnes, the…

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