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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

91 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5

Another Driving Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, just at dusk, there was another accident close by the intersection of Ryrie and Mackellar-streets. It appears a…

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FATHER ANn Son Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 7

While fishing at Whale Beach yesterday Thomas William Gerald [?] aged 56, was caught by a wave and carried out to sea.His son,…

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Geniuses Developed by Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 4

“I[?] wa[?] at Rome,” says Gibbons, “on October 15, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capital, while the bare[?]ooted friar[?] were singing vespers in…

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Honeymoon Couple Crash Bride Killed in Aeroplane Accident CAPETOWN

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 1

Flying from Nairobi to Durbar. (Kenya Colony) a honeymoon couple crashed into the mountains thirty miles from…

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Railway Accident Albury Mail Derailed Engine and Eight Carriages Off the Line SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 1

A sensational mishap occurred red at Bowning, near Yass, at two o’clock this morning to the Albury Mail when the tender…

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Fell From Wall Man Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

William Stevenson (52) was working on a wall of a building at Marrickville this morning when he over-balanced and…

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Schoolboys Drowned Misha[?] on River PARIS

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 1

When one of a party of 16 boys fell into the river from a flat-bottomed boat near Argent, the others crowded to the side, causing the craft to…

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Cattle Killed Collision on Crookwell Line

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 2

Ten bullocks were, killed in a sensational collision with, a mixed train on the Crookwell line early on Saturday night, but fortunately only the…

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Telegraphic Hews Sydney, 2 p.m. Shooting Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 7

George Philip Cooper, aged nine, wan out shooting with a number of communions at Baradine yesterday, when he was accidentally shot dead…

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Eye Injured Linesman’s Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 1

Working on the telegraph line from Braidwood to Rossi a linesman named Harold (“Snowy”) Yates, of Goulburn…

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Cattle Killed Collision on Crookwell Link

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 2

Ten bullocks were killed in a sensational collision with a mixed train on the Crookwell line early on Sunday night, but fortunately only the…

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Died in Hospital Youth Injured When Alleged Stolen Car Overturns SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 1

James Chamberlain (22), one of the two men captured early this morning hen an allegedly stolen car in which they were driving, overturned, died…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Albury Mail Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 7

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) has decided to reduce drastically the status of the four employees held to be…

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Grit and Fortitude Shown by Mr. W. E. Oldfield in Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 1

Commendable grit and extraordinary fortitude was shown by Mr. W. E. Oldfield, of Queanbeyan, when he met with a serious and painful accident on…

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Car Over Mountain Woman Killed and Husband Injured SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 1

A car being driven last night from Taree to Kempsey by H. G. Elrington, a prominent station agent, ran over…

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Many Persons Killed and Injured Every Year Danger of Falls (From Department of Health)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 4

Falls constitute the second most prolific cause of fatal accidents. Some of these fatal ties are due to faulty construction of dwellings or bad…

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Motor Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 3

The number of motor accidents in New South Wales has decreased steadily since 1930, according, to a statement -issued by the Chief…

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Fatal, Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 7

Richard Skewes, aged 45, a wool glasser and skin buyer, was killed and four others injured when a motor van overturned on the…

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Simple Accident Causes Child to Lose Sight of One Eye

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

A simple accident with shocking consequences occurred at Yass on Tuesday afternoon, when a twelvemonths-old child lost the sight of…

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Terrible Accident Two Men Have Miraculous Escape From Death When 22 Plugs of Gelignite Explode in a Hot

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

Mr. J. Heinrich and his son, Rudolph, aged about 20, had a miraculous escape from death on Thursday afternoon, when 22 plugs of…

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