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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

123 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 7

Hit-run Motorist Man Injured at Yass

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Yeo, 72, a well-known resident, was struck by a hit-run motorist in the main street of Yass shortly after midnight on Sunday and was…

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Man’s Death Injured by Motor Car Student Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 1

Frederick John McKellar, 24, of Riley Street, Penrith, died in the Nepean District Hospital on Sunday as the result of injuries received in a motor car when…

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Fatal Accidents in Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 2

Straying from the home of her parents at Ringwood late on Sunday afternoon, Barbara Kane, aged 15 months, fell into a water hole and was drowned…

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Fatal Collision on Uriarra Road Inquiry Into Death of James Lowe

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 1

At the Queanbeyan Court House on Wednesday, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. E. R. Boardman) held an inquiry into, the death of James William Lowe, 21,…

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Launch Tragedy Twelve Drowned in the Hawkesbury

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 1

Twelve persons, six of them women and one an infant boy. are believed to have been drowned when their launch foundered during a fierce storm in…

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Road Accidents in New South Wales Need for Safety Emphasised

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 3

In connection with National Road Safety Week, being held from October 25th to 31st throughout New South Wales, it is hoped that the following…

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Local and General the Tarago Road Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 2

It now transpires that the man who was killed near Boro on Wednesday evening was Mr. George J. Hill, a well-known Sydney architect…

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High Speed Cause of 80% Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 November 1936 · page 2

The Acting Superintendent of fthe Police Traffic Branch Inspector Stanton stated yesterday the police maintained that at least 80 per cent of…

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Notes and News Road Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

Alfred Pickett, aged 45, a resident of Bateman's Bay, died in Bega Hospital at midnight on Friday as the result of shocking injuries caused by…

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Man Drowned In Molonglo River

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 2

Cyril James Febey, an unmarried man, about 25 years of age, was drowned while swimming with some Companions on Sunday afternoon in…

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Riding Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 2

A young lady, Miss Doris Hockey, employed at Glendaruel, met with a nasty accident on Sunday afternoon, resulting in her admission to…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Another Road Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 7

John Thomas Schuback (59) was killed instantly, and Mrs. Ruby Gladys Schuback (50) and Mrs. Muriel Catterall (38) fatally injured, and…

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Well Known Boatman Drowned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 2

Hauling up the kellick rope of his launch at Berowra Waters early this morning, Max Jones found the body of his father. Rex Jones, aged 40,…

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Local and General Accident to Bread Lorry

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 2

When the steering gear or Mr. Reeson's bread lorry failed on the Mongarlowe road on Monday afternoon, the driver, Mr. Bert South, had…

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Father and Two Sons Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1936 · page 2

Norman Howard Brown, a bricklayer, and his two sons, Harold Howard Brown (13) and Maxwell Howard Brown (11) were drowned in Meadow, Creek…

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Highway Tragedy Braidwood Man Killed Queanbeyan Man Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1936 · page 2

When two motor pars collided, almost head-on, near a bridge on the Hume Highway, Camden, on Saturday night, John Neil, 26, of Braid wood, an…

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Cars in Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 2

Another motor smash occurred on the Major's Creek road, about three miles from Braidwood, on Wednesday afternoon, when a car driven by…

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Local and General the Recent Fatality Near Camden

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 2

In connection with the recent accident near Cam den, in which Mr. J. Neil, aged 24, of Braidwood, lost his life, it transpires that the smash…

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Fell From Top of Stairs Accident That Brought on Neuritis

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 6

This old lady survived a fall downstairs from top to bottom only to became a victim of neuritis and rheumatism. But in Kruschen she…

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Accident to Melbourne Express

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 3

A carriage of the Melbourne, express was derailed to-day two miles , from Wagga. A passenger, noticing the carriage rocking, pulled the…

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