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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

104 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 6

Walked Into Live Wire Man Killed and Family Injured BALLINA

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 1

Carl Phillips, aged 26, was killed instantly and his wife and two small children suffered burns and shock when they…

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Aeroplane Accidents Four Persons Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 1

Four persons were killed in two aeroplane accidents during the holidays. At Evans Head (North Coast) on…

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Molten Metal Man Killed, Five Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 2

When tons of molten metal burst from a mould held aloft by a crane at the Australian Iron and Steel Company’s works at Port Kembla, on…

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Operation on Sheep Dog Eye Removed After Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 1

A valuable sheep-dog, belonging to Mr. L. Southwell, of Hall, F.C.T., had an eye removed in Yass on Tuesday by…

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One-armed Youth Rescues Woman from Drowning MELBOURNE

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 1

At St. Kilda last night a one-armed youth, named Stuart Austin, employed in the Railway Department, showed great heroism when he plunged into…

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Holiday Road Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

According to an . accident check kept by the Safety Dept. 'of the N.R.M.A. three persons were killed and 30 injured in road accidents…

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Football Coach Injured Jaw May Affect His Play

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 1

An injury to the jaw may prevent Arthur Griffith, the Queanbeyan football coach, from stripping on Sunday to play against Canberra…

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Items of Interest Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 2

The drivers and occupants of a couple of cars received a thrill on Wednesday on the road between the 10-mile gate on the Tarago road and…

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Collision in Mid-air Two R.A.F. Pilots Killed LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 1

Crashing into one another and becoming interlocked, two R.A.F. ’ planes burst into flames and hurtled to the ground…

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Shooting Accident Pat Morrison in Critical Condition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 1

The victim of a shooting accident this morning, Patrick Morrison, aged 19 years, son of Mr. J. Morrison, of "Tralee,”…

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Mining Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

Two miners employed at the Zinc Corporation's mine at Broken Hill Richard Gere and Harold Orchard, both married men, were fatally…

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Patrick Morrison Death Follows Shooting Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 1

Following the shooting accident at “Tralee” on Tuesday last, Patrick Morrison, aged 19 years, son of Mr. John Morrison, and a descendant of one of…

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Burning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 7

When a fire broke out at Bloomfield (New Zealand) last night, Mrs. Ellen Franklin, aged 76, and her companion, Miss Smaile, aged about 40,…

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ACCIDENTAL Death of Pat Morrison

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

At the Magisterial Inquiry held at Queanbeyan yesterday into the death Patrick Clowes Morrison, a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Little Girl Drowned Fell Into Well in Backyard Pathetic Story at Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 1

A pathetic story was told at the Coroner’s Inquest held at the Queanbeyan Court House yesterday afternoon into the…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Terrible Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 2

When a car hurtled over a cliff near Scarborough three people were killed, namely, David Todd . (53), miner, Mrs. Margaret Louden (36),…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 2

Mr. Jim Armitt met with a serious accident fast week. He was driving a mob of cattle at Larbert and endeavored to head them off from a…

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Whole Community Destroyed 500 Drowned in Flood BOSTON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 1

The entire community of Ogotepheque (British Honduras) was destroyed and 500 persons drowned by flood, according to…

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Avoiding an Accident Passenger's Right to Jump From Car

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 6

Judge Coyle, in the Goulburn District Court last week, decided that a passenger who had jumped out of a service car because he feared an…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Swept Off the Rocks and Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 7

Two men, believed to be Herbert Henry Foote, aged 52, and Charles William Shultz, aged 25, while preparing to fish off the rocks at the…

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