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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

104 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6

Local and General Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 2

A serious accident befell Mr. Andrew McCarron, who is employed as a leading hand by the Shire Council, in a very simple manner on Sunday…

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Serious Accident to Braidwo0d Boy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 2

Widespread regret was expressed on Saturday when it was learned that young Jim ("Tuppy") Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Clarke, of…

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Magpies Cause Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 5

Last week-end. Mr. Bert. Sargent met with a painful accident while engaged in ploughing on Mr. T. J. Browne’s property at Binalong. Mr…

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Identical Accidents Brothers Injured in Same Way

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 2

Thrown from his pony in the main street at Braidwood on Saturday, Jack Clarke, aged 14, was admitted in a critical condition to Goulburn Hospital,…

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Spanish Revolt Fierce Fighting Many Hundreds Killed and Thousands Injured Madrid, Madrid

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 1

Martial law has been proclaimed in Spain to deal with a situation which, reports indicate, practically amounts to…

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Pedestrian Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

A collision between two motor cars frequently results in litigation, but a collision between two pedestrians recently resulted in a successful claim…

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Pea Rifle Accident Man Shot Dead at Breakfast Table Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred to-day when Eric Walter Stevens. 55, of Roseville, butcher, was killed by a bullet…

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Fatal Collision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1934 · page 7

One of the worst motor car accidents in Sydney for some time, involving the death of two men and injury to six other persons, occurred on the…

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Motor Collision Claim for Alleged Negligence Damages Awarded for £22

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 2

On Tuesday last at the District Court, W. E. Oldfield and K. R. Oldfield, trading as W. E. Oldfield and Son, claimed the sum of £30 from…

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Unexpected Causes of Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 1

Many serious car accidents have been traced to the most unlikely causes, which no driver might ordinarily have foreseen. Among such rarer…

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Drowned in Flood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 3

MELBOURNE—Two men and a lad are believed to have been drown-ed when a motor car in which they were travelling stalled in the flood…

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Drowned in Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 2

Two bodies have been recovered from a creek at Newstead, near Bendigo, where on Sunday flood waters overwhelmed a motor car. A third person,…

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Accidents Increase in U.s.a

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 2

Although the official view is that drinking has not increased much in the U.S.A. since the repeal of Prohibition, figures published recently…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Boys Drowned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 7

Frederick Stevens, aged 13, and Bentley Mitchell, aged 14, were drowoed in the Hawkesbury River, near Ebenezer, while attempting to…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 2

A painful accident occurred to Billy Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Smith, on Sunday morning as he to ring the ball at St. Phillip’s…

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Drowned While Escaping From Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 2

When Thomas Steele, aged 60, was attempting to escape from a burning but on Puck's wharf, at Mascot, late last night, he fell into the water and…

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Girl Drowned While Being Taught to Swin Warning Disregarded SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 1

Elsie Furner, 16, was drowned in the Forbes weir yesterday. She had previously been warned , not to go into the water She slipped from the arms of…

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Driving Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1934 · page 2

Mr. A. Keys was nearly not facing the barrier iu the Shire election nest Saturday. He met with an accident on Saturday which could easily have…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Fatal Car Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1934 · page 7

A girl, Tera-Lane Duffy, aged 19, and John S torn berg (20) were Wiled and four others Injured when a car, In attempting to take a sharp turn…

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Unexpected Causes of Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1934 · page 4

Many serious car accidents have been traced to the most unlikely causes which no driver might ordinarily have foreseen. Among such…

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