Sisters Drowned
Two sisters, Marjorie and Jean Osborne, aged 9 and 11 years, respectively, were drowned in a clay pit containing 10 to 12 feet of water at the old…
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Accidents, 1936
123 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7
Motor Accidents
The Xmas holidays of 1935 will not hold any pleasant recollections for at least two people, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, or Grenfell. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident Man’s Shocking Injuries Caught in Machinery
A shocking accident occurred at the Mangoplah silos on Tuesday afternoon about three o’clock, when James Sloan, aged 39 years, slipped into the…
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Eighteen persons were injured in a collision between two trams at Balmain early to-day. The accident occurred at the…
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On Saturday night, shortly after 8 o’clock, a motor-car, driven by Robert Merriman, of “‘Kambah,” near Queanbeyan, and a motor lorry, owned by…
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At the last meeting of the Cooma Municipal Council the clerk reported that he had written to the secretary of the Local Government Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brothers Drowned In Flooded Creek near Wallendbeen
Near Wallendbeen on Saturday evening a cloudburst overwhelmed two brothers, Messrs. William Philp, 62, of Canterbury and John Philp, an elder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned Fatality at Duntroon
Whilst climbing along the branch of a willow tree overhanging the River Molonglo, near Duntroon, on Saturday morning last, Richard Dennis (12),…
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Two brothers, named McCrae, aged eight and 12, were blown out to sea at Napier (N.Z.) on a surfing raft, which capsized. The younger boy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricketers Injured
Two Victorian members of the fourth test team, Rigg and Fleetwood Smith, are suffering from hand injuries. Rigg is unlikely to play in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sewer Works Accident Man Injured
Shortly after eight o'clock yesterday morning, whilst working with other men in a sewer trench in Mr. A. Beazley’s garden on the Cooma Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drowned Found Clinging to Oar
Clinging to an oar. Thomas [?] aged about 70 years, formerly a prominent sculler who lived in a houseboat off Whitehorse Point, Balmain, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Tragedy Motor Cyclist Killed Collision With Motor Car
A fatal accident occurred about three miles from Wagga on the Junee road shortly before one o’clock on Sunday morning. The victim was Mr. Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Drowned in Baths
Donald Byrnes, aged 38, was drowned while bathing in the Sans Souc[?] baths yesterday afternoon. His absence was not noticed for nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents in Parks
Many Councils are trying to rentier parks more effective by supplying apparatus such as swings, parallel bare, see-saws, and the like…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Light Horsemen Seriously Injured
Seven members of the Sixth Light Horse Regiment were seriously injured last night when they were thrown from the table of an army…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident in Park Child Struck by Swing
As Barry Weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. r. E. Weeks, was playing in the Park with his brother on Sunday, he was accidentally struck over the left eye by…
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MELBOURNE.—Henry Pye, aged SO, was killed and his wife, Alice Pye (30) critically injured in a collision between two cars 12 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Street Fatality Driver of Car Exonerated Verdict of Accidental Death
An inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Daniel Francis Harriett, who was knocked down by a motor car in Crawford Street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unrest in Spain One Killed, Four Injured In Clash With Police MADRID
The Government has declared “a state of alarm” throughout Spain as a prelude to martial law. The police clashed with crowds, who…
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