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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

108 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6

Hall News Tragic Car Accident Mrs. and Mrs. Patrick Hollingsworth Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

The tragic end which befel Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth on December 20th came as a great shock to the relatives and friends in this locality. Mr…

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Painful Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

On New Year’s Eve, Mrs. Ernest Kershaw met with a very painful accident at her home at - “Kirkdale”. She was standing on a case picking…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Berlin Tackles Accident Problem

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

In an endeavor to reduce the great number of road accidents in Germany, the Berlin police have introduced an accident investigation flying…

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Train Fatality at Towrang Woman Cut to Pieces

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 6

Crossing in front of the oncoming engine of a train she intended to board near Towrang railway station at about 7.45 a.m. on Friday, Mrs…

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Peculiar Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 1

A traveller, Mr. Lovelock, was driving into Cooma, says the "Express," when another car passed him coming up the hill from Rock Flat. One of…

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A Peculiar Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. G. J. Lovelock met with a peculiar accident on Wednesday afternoon last says the Cooma Express. He was driving into Cooma and coming up…

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Gambling with Life Why Motor Accidents Occur

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 2

Every observant motorist who drives extensively on city streets or country highways, cannot but help seeing many incidents that only by sheer luck have…

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Kangaroo Causes Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 1

A kangaroo was responsible for a serious motor accident, in which one person was killed and another badly injured, near Perth yesterday…

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Mysterious Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

MELUOURNE.—Ernest Dawson, aged 45, a fish hawker, and Maud Dillon, aged 40, a married woman, were dragged ,unconscious from the…

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Autogyro Fatality London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

The first autogyro fatality in Britain occurred to-day. While Flying Officer L. W. Oliver was making his first solo flight he crashed at Salisbury from…

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Cricketer Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

LONDON.—Mr. Walter Keeton, the well-known cricketer, was seriously injured in a road accident. Seven of his ribs were broken and a lung…

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Local and General Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. George Lawless met with a nasty accident on Wednesday while cutting a load of wood at Bombay. A big tree limb fell on him, part of it…

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Drowning Fatalities Tweed Heads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 4

Stanley James Gilbert, 26, dairy farmer, of Dulguigan, was swept to sea near Kirra Beach, Coolangatta, yesterday afternoon and was drowned. His…

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Boy Drowned in Surf

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 4

At North Curl Curl beach on Sunday morning, Harold O’Neill, 16, was swept out to sea by a strong undertow and drowned…

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Local and General Motor Cycle Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

A stranger met with a very nasty accident on the Tarago road on Sunday. He was riding a motor cycle aud sidecar when the crash occurred…

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Accident to Light Horseman

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Mr. Jim Hickey, a member of the Braidwood Light Horse troop, and one of the best riders in the State, was the victim of an unfortunate…

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Motor Accident Man Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

Arthur W. Canning, of Canberra, was charged at the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday with having driven a motor-car in a manner dangerous to…

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Relief Workers Injured

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

Two relief workers in the municipality were injured in accidents last week. On Monday Ray Lupton was struck on the eye by a piece of…

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Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 2

A nasty mishap on Monday resulted in the wrecking of a practically new car belonging to M. Nomchong, and the occupants can consider…

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