Crushed by Wall Man Fatally Injured
While engaged in the work of re-erecting a weatherboard school at Lower Mummell on Wednesday, John Thomas Woodland, 48, was fatally…
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Accidents, 1938
85 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
Notes and News Serious Accident
Willie engaged in his cordial factory one day last week, Mr. Harold Young met with a very serious accident. It appears he was working in…
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C. Woodward, a winch driver employed by Lake George Mines Ltd., met with an accident on the Bungendore-Captain’s Flat road. He was…
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MELBOURNE.—Mrs. Chas. Price was drowned in the Murray River at Browning's Bend. It appears her daughter walked into deep water and…
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Mr. Fred Anderson, son of Mr. Joseph Anderson, of Curradux, Monger lowe, was "brought to Braidwood Hospital at the week-end suffering from…
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While travelling from Queanbeyan to Captain’s Flat Mr. J. Duncan had the misfortune to turn his car over at the foot of Whiskers’ Hill. The car…
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A party of local residents returning from Cooma on Wednesday evening suffered injuries and shock when the car in which they were travelling…
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Two accidents occurred during the Turalla v. Bungendore cricket match on Sunday last. Almost at the opening of the match T. Hourlgan…
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A shocking tragedy was revealed at Bapaume Street, Cootamundra West on Wednesday morning when Mrs. Lily Beatrice Wilson and her four-years-old…
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One of the worst surfing tragedies in the history of this State occurred at Bondi Beach on Sunday afternoon when changing currents swept…
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Howard Beresford, aged 17, was drowned near Corrimal while surfing with other life-savers. He was training for the big surf carnival at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News Sydney 2 p.m. Fatal Collision
One man was killed and another critically Injured when the motor cycle they were riding collided with a taxi-cab at Coogee. The rider of…
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At the inquest held on the death of Allan. Keith Cameron, Postmaster at Weetangera, by the Canberra Coroner, Lieut. Col. J. T. H. Goodwin, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Escaped Death Car Overturns Three Times Jerangle Family Injured
A well-known Jerangle family had a remarkable escape from death or serious injury on Saturday afternoon when the car in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visions of Spiders and Spears Neurasthenia Alleged After Accident
Dreams and sensations of falling off cliffs and down mine shafts and visions of spiders and bears and things which be had to jump out of…
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Mr. Franklin, herbalist, and his little son had a miraculous escape from death on Saturday night when the horse he was driving in a sulky…
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That every driver should take at least half an hour's rest after a four-hour spell at the wheel is the subject of a decree planned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accidents Speed, Carelessness and Drink As Causes
The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale) said last week that an analysis he had prepared showed that excessive speed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss Gladys Moncrieff Injured in Car Smash Manager Also Seriously Hurt
When a car get out of control and crashed into a pole carrying high tension wires, the well-known singer, Miss Gladys Moncrieff, and her manager,…
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The frequency of serious motor accidents in Australia through automobiles skidding on loose gravel spread on hard surfaced highways points to the fact…
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