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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

123 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

Three Men Drowned in Shaft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

Three men lost their lives in Tuesday on the Golden West mine, at Kunanalling, 25 miles norths of Coolgardie. It is believed that they were…

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Ghastly Accident on Hume Highway Man's Leg Cut Off

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 7

Terrible injuries were sustained by John Hatton, a single man employed in Canberra and resident in Yass, and his companion, William Burden,…

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Grazier Charged With Manslaughter Two Men Die After Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Following an accident on Friday night on the Hume Highway, about two miles from Yass, Bernard Edward Ross Ryan, 26, grazier, was charged…

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Quarry Accident Man Killed SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Albert Guthrie, aged 36. while working at the Kandos Cement Company’s quarry was struck in the back with a heavy piece of stone. He sustained…

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Railway Accident Sixteen Killed VANCOUVER

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Sixteen Canadian Pacific Railway workers were killed to-day when the tender of a locomotive was derailed in the night time at Revelstoke, British…

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£955 AWARDED Sequel to Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

In a reserved judgment given in the Supreme Court, Sydney, Mr. Justice Lukin gave a verdict for £955/10/- in favour of Edward Murray, engineer, of…

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Liability for Accidents Reply to Council’s Inquiry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

Replying to an inquiry as to who would be responsible in the event of any person being injured, through negligence on the part of the Public…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Fatal Motor Collision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 7

Junes Lawrence was killed and five other persons injured in a terrible collision between a motor car and motor cycle and side-car at…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 3

Sylvie Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Smith, of “Brooklyn,” had a marvellous escape from death on Tuesday afternoon last. At “Carlton,” the home…

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Car Accident Child Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 1

Whilst playing with other children in front of his home in River Street, Oaks Estate, F.C.T., at nocn on Saturday last, Allen Finley (.3) was struck…

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Sequel to Motor Collision £20 Damages Awarded

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 1

In the District Court yesterday, before His Honor (Judge Thompson), George Nairn Morton claimed damages amounting to £50 for alleged negligence…

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Free from Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 1

Perth was the only town in Great Britain which was completely free from accidents during 1935, despite the fact that the east, west, north…

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To Reduce Traffic Accidents Suspension of Driving Licence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 3

Many are the methods being adopted various parts of the world to reduce traffic accidents. one of the latest moves in this direction is that recently…

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Shocking Tragedy Child Frightfully Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 1

A sad tragedy occurred at Manly on Sunday afternoon, resulting in the death of a ten-year-old girl, Margaret Rose Belcher, whose mother was…

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Six Drowned When Two Cars Plunge Over Jetty

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

Six persons were drowned early on Sunday morning when two sedan motor cars, conveying a fishing party, plunged over a jetty at Davistown, near Woy…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Tragic Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

Six members of a party of eight were drowned when two motor cars left the road and ran off the end of a jetty and plunged into the water…

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Railway Mystery Two Men Battered to Death Another Critically Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

Two passengers were found murdered, and the conductor in a critical condition, when the Rockhampton train reached Brisbane yesterday…

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Strange Drowning Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 3

The Muiwarree River, at Thorne's, bridge, on the Goulburn road, was the scene of a strange drowning fatality on Monday night, when a young man…

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Accidents and Education

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 3

In practically all countries in the world to-day where automobiles are extensively used, efforts are constantly being made to reduce the number of…

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Accidents and Education

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 4

In practically all countries in the world to-day where automobiles are extensively used efforts are constantly being made to reduce the number…

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