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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Floods in California Many Drowned, Thousands Homeless. Los Angeles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

A terrific rainstorm has swept Southern California during the past 24 hours resulting in 23 persons being killed and…

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Local and General Motor Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

The holidays in Braidwood were marred by several motor accidents, three to be exact, all of which occurred, singularly enough, on the Clyde…

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Boating Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 7

Mrs. Florence Germyne, aged 34. and Bernie Ellis, aged 7, were drowned when a boat overturned at Hexham. The accident occurred during a…

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Girl Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

Miss Nellie Jarick, 17, was found drowned in the weir swimming hole at Forbes. She sank in deep water without being seen by a large number…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 3

While Mr. and Mrs. Hopperlon and family, of ,Gidieigh, Bungendere. were motoring near Braid wood during the holidays their car skidded and struck…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

Mr. Sam Jonas, of Mongarlowe, met with an accident on Friday afternoon last while in the bush leaf-cutting. Late in the afternoon Mr. W. Kelly…

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Narrow Escapes From Drowning At Bondi Beach SYDNEY, Friday

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

Five men and four women had, narrow escapes from drowning this morning when they were caught in a deep…

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Woman and Baby Found Drowned in River

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

The bodies of Mrs. Florence Eliza Martin. 32, and of her 13-months-old baby, Frederick Martin, were found in the Tumut River near Tumut on…

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Tourist Coach Crashes Three Killed, Eight Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

One of the worst accidents of its kind in New South Wales occurred near Gundagai yesterday, when a big tourist coach capsized after the axle had…

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Gundagai Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

The inquiry was concluded yesterday into the accident at Gundagai on 11th January, when a tourist motor coach overturned, resulting in the death of…

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Motor Accident At Fatal Spot on Bungendore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

The foot of Sparrow’s Hill, where several serious accidents have occurred in the past, including one fatal, was the scene of another motor accident…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Fishing Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 7

Three men, Charles Council, Geo. Menzies, and Gordon Sproat, were drowned as the result of a boat capsizing while fishing near Nuggets…

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Fatal Motor Cycle Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

Frank Woodward, aged 20, was killed and David Butler, aged 17, critically injured to-day when their motor cycles collided at Greenwich…

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Motor Cyclist Killed In Collision With Another Machine SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Frank Woodward (20) was killed and David Butler (17) was critically injured when their motor-cycles collided…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the N.R.M.A. Accident Figures Alarm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. Safety Dept. expresses alarm at the number of road accidents which have occurred in this State since the beginning of the year…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Accident Figures Alarm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department expresses alarm at the number of road accident which have occurred in this State since the beginning of the yea[?]…

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Drowning Fatality Crookwell Boy the Victim

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

A cray-fishing expedition last week had a tragic ending, when an eight-year-old boy, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Osbirne, of North…

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Brothers Drowned Neither Could Swim SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

Two brothers, John Joseph Ernst (24) and Raymond Stephen Ernst (27) were drowned last night in the Hunter River…

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Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 7

Robert William James (10) and Henry Crawford James (7), brothers, got out of their depth while bathing in a creek at Townsville…

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Father and Little Daughter Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 7

Thomas Shersing, aged 33, of Tuncurry, and his daughter, Dawn, aged two, were drowned in the Wallamba River on Saturday night, when a…

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