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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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

Fatal Motor Collision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 2

When two cars collided head on on the Cootamundra road, near Temora, Margaret Isbister, aged 17 months, who was asleep in her mother's arms,…

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Injured Man Dies Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 1

George White, who was struck by a taxi near his home at Woollahra last night, and suffered shock and fractured legs, died in St. Vincent’s…

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Accident to Rev. A. R. McVITTIE Badly Injured in Fall from Ferry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 2

Rev. A. Robson McVittie, of Newcastle, who, as convener of the unemployment committee, was a prominent figure at the General Assembly of the…

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Ganger's Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 2

While working on the railway lines between Sydenham and St. Peters stations this morning Nelson Swinbourne, aged 50, a ganger, slipped…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 6

A man and his wife had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Friday, when their car skidded end completely overturned on the…

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Less Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 3

Although the new speed regulation has not been long in operation in England the latest statistics show that a definite improvement in the number…

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Two Simple Rules To Avoid Accidents With Electric Appliances

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 4

The Safety League of New South Wales, in its anxiety to reduce the vast amount of sickness and the great number of deaths due to preventable…

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Workmen Injured Sydney, Firday

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 1

Richard Madden, aged 45, a mechanic, while operating a blowing machine at the premises of W. Hughes at Botany, had his hand caught in the…

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Woman’s Terrible When Lorries Crash Others Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 1

Mrs. Herbert Stevens, aged 30, suffered a terrible death when two lorries collided near Camden last night when a clothes-prop crashed through the…

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Stopping After an Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 1

The R.A.C.A. appeals to all motorists to stop after an accident in whick their cars are even remotely concerned, even though they may consider…

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Explosion and Fire In German Munition Factory Many Killed and Injured BERLIN

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

One of the worst disasters in Central. Germany occurred when a munition factory at Reinadorf blew up while working at full pressure…

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Driver Acquited Sequel to Queanbeyan Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

At Cooma on Wednesday, Judge Nield directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty in the case of Arthur William Canning, a motorist, who was…

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Motor Notes Stopping After an Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

The R.A.C.A. appeals to all motorists to stop after an accident in which their cars are even remotely concerned, even though they may consider that the…

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To Avoid Accidents Drive Carefully and Watch the Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 2

The published statistics of traffic accidents in this country should be more than sufficient to induce every motorist and every road-user to strive…

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Cars in Collision Monaro Street Incident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 1

The collision of two cars in Monaro Street late on Wednesday afternoon was responsible for considerable damage to one of the cars, owned by Mr…

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Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 3

Late on Sunday evening, 30th June, a motor accident occurred at the intersection of Malbon and Ellendon Streets Bungendore, when a new…

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Serious Shooting Accident at Mayfield Two Bullets in Thigh

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 5

Two 22 calibre bullets lodged in Norman George Done's right thigh, following the explosion of an automatic rifle which he was carrying at…

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Timber Train Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 7

A goods train carrying timber lett the track near Mackeville, on the North Coast, last night, causing extensive damage to the permanent…

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Latest Cable News Tragic Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 7

VIENNA.—Chancellor Von Schuschnigg was injured, his wife killed, and their son seriously hurt in a motor accident. The chauffeur also…

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Mayfield Shooting Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 2

The accident to the young man. Norman George Done (24), which occurred at Mayfield on Mr. C. J. Roberts' property on Wednesday last,…

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