River Tragedy Two Children Drowned
Two children were drowned in tragic circumstances in the River Darling at Guthero Station, about 40 miles from the junction with the Murray at…
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Accidents, 1937
106 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6
Sydney Fire Fire Officer Injured
On Saturday night a crowd of nearly 20,000 persons assembled in Liverpool, Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney, to watch firemen fight a spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deadly Air Raid 100 Persons Killed in Madrid And 300 Injured LONDON
One hundred persons were killed and 300 injured in an air raid over Madrid to-day. The raid was the most deadly yet carried out by the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indemnity for All Motor Accidents
Advice has been received from Mr. A. G. Bill. manager of the Road Service Department, Royal Automobile Club of Australia, that the vexed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Fatality Man Killed by Fall of Earth
Death came with awful suddenness to John Percy Rogers, a miner, while he was working in his claim at Grassy Gully, near Mongarlowe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident Attended with Fatal Results Dr. Tillyard’s End
Dr. R. J. Tillyard of Canberra, who is well known as an entomologist, died in Goulburn District Hospital on Wednesday morning, from a fracture and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Major's Creek Mountain Fatality
Insistent rumors which are rife at Major's Creek regarding the recent fatality on the mountain there have it that Mr. Robert Staines had a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Car Accident
Three men, Roy Bishop (34), Gerald Flyn (51), and Charles Farrell (46) were burned to death in New Zealand when the motor car in which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drowning Feared Woman’s Clothes Found Lying on Bronte Beach SYDNEY
A quantity of woman’s clothing was found at Bronte Beach early this morning, lying beneath a palm tree. The clothes had evidently been there all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Train Smash. Carriage Snapped in Twain No Passengers Injured SYDNEY
When porton of an empty electric train leaped the rails between Campsie and Canterbury this morning, one carriage broke completely in two and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little Boy Injured
Bobbie, the five-years-old son of Mr. A. R. Gregory, of Queanbeyan, suffered an injury to his leg at the week-end when he collided with a lorry in Monaro…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Late Fatal Accident on Major's Creek Mountain Inquest at Goulburn
An inquiry was held in Goulburn on Friday last into the death of Mr. Robert Staines, of Sydney, who received fatal injuries when his car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 3 p.m. Double Drowning Fatality
A double drowning tragedy occurred at Dee Why over the weekend. Mrs. Frona Simmonds, aged 28, left her home at Rose Bay with her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cricket a Bat and Ball Collision !
Major's Creek and Tallaganda met on the latter's wicket on 24th inst. in a friendly game. The visitors could only muster seven men. but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fine of £25 Early Morning Accident
A little after five o’clock on Saturday morning last, Lewis William Thomas, aged 34 years, painting contractor, of Queanbeyan, was driving a utility truck…
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Whilst riding a bicycle along the Lake Road on Sunday afternoon last, Miss Eileen Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Smith, met with a bad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jenolan Caves Fatality
Mrs. A. M. Shaw, a visitor from England, was killed at Jenolan Caves yesterday when she fell 125 feet from the top of the Grand Arch to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accidents Age of Drivers Involved Interesting Statistics
Some light was focussed last week on the subject of the age of motor drivers involved in motor accidents. The Royal Automobile Club of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golden Promise Injured
A message from Melbourne stater that Golden Promise, favourite for the Australian Cup, has developed leg trouble, and could not be worked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Accident to 'Plank
Pilot Squadron-leader D. Stodart was instructing a Japanese pupil this morning at Mascot aerodrome when an unusual accident happened…
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