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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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

Carried Out to Sea and Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 7

When a fishing boat was enveloped by a big wave at Tamarama beach, near Bondi, to-day, John Clunie, aged 32, was carried out to sea and…

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Considered Drowned Lost Swiss Airman, in Africa CAPETOWN

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 1

It has been definitely established that the Swiss airman, Carl Nauer, was drowned in the Congo River…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Shooting Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 7

While a farmer, William Warn, aged 47, and his wife were walking through the bush at Berry the latter asked her husband to allow her to…

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Unusual Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 2

Arnold Taskis, aged 13, was hilled at Mullengandra, near Holbrook, under unusual circumstances. He was riding a bicycle to school when he…

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School-girl Killed Verdict of Accidental Death Departmental Inquiry to Be Made

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 1

After Rae Joyce Holden, aged 11, had been run over and killed by a Government-owned bus in the grounds of Telopea Park School at Canberra last…

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Level Crossing Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 7

When the engine of a motor car stalled on an open crossing near Long Plains, 45 miles from Adelaide, on Saturday, the driver, B…

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Drowned by Storm Water Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 1

A man whose name is believed to be Edward Young, aged 65, was found dead in a lane in Surry Hills this…

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Nowra Farmer Killed in Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 7

Clyde Boxell, aged 34, a farmer, of Nowra while driving home in his Bulky, was fatally injured when the vehicle collided with a car travelling…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 7

Sidney Hall, a well-known Sydney business man, was fatally injured in a motor accident when returning to Bowral from the Moss Vale golf links…

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Accident to Motorists Straying Stock the Cause

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

When Colonel and Mrs. Ryrie were approaching Michelago on Monday night, 4th instant, and nearing the R.C. Church, they came on some of the…

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Local and General Serious Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Mongarlowe late on Saturday afternoon, when a cart in which two men were driving overturned. The men,…

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Collision Between Cars Claims in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Small Debts Court yesterday Austin Nugent Shepherd, of Weetangerra sued William Wyatt, of Michelage for £10 damages allegedly…

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Thrown From Horse Walter Douglas Killed Fatality at “London Bridge”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 1

Walter (Jack) Douglas, aged 23 son of Mr. Robert Douglas, of “London Bridge,” Burra, was fatally injured when thrown…

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Earthquake in California One Dead and Four Injured All Schools Closed Down Los Angeles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 1

A Short, but sharp earthquake rocked Southern California—early to-day, resulting in one death and injuries to four persons…

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Injured Sheep in Truck Police Action Likely

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 4

Owing to the precarious condition in which a truck-load of about 100 sheep consigned to Riverstone were found to [?] on arrival at Goulburn one day this…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 7

The Coroner to-day returned a returned of accidental death at the inquest on Lady Alice Isabella Hayes, who was struck by a tramcar in…

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Local and General Painful Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 2

Young Allen Stuart, aged 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Stuart, of Major's Creek, met with an extremely painful accident on Saturday morning…

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Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE—Two schoolgirls, Eileen Jones, aged five, and her sister, Betty, aged 8, were drowned at Boronia, about 20 miles from…

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Fatal Accident Queanbeyan Residents Involved

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 1

Edwin Lang Kelley, 40, a census employee, who formerly resided in Sharpe Street, Belmore, was killed in a motor car accident in Canberra on…

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Serious Accident at Major's Creek

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 2

An accident which might easily have ended fatally occurred on Saturday afternoon, when a young man, Ron Coles, son of Mr. Jas. Coles,…

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