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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

85 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5

Permanent Injury Result of Car Accident Canberra Man’s Claim

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 3

Evidence that the the defendant had sustained injuries which would affect him permanently was given in the case heard in the Canberra Police Court on…

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Children and Road Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 3

The irreparable loss to New South Wales of 72 children under 14 years of age, who were killed during the year ended December, 1937, in road…

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Young Man Shot Bullet in Chest Rifle Cleaning Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

Returning from the town at about half-past nine on Tuesday night, George Thomas Brogan, aged 22. was found in his room a few minutes later,…

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Three Men Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 2

Three married men, Charles Coleman, aged 27, Mervyn Coleman, aged 34, his brother, and Harry Blackridge, aged 30, all of Marriott Street,…

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Children and Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 3

The irreparable loss to New South Wales of 72 children under 14 years of age, who were killed during the 1 year ended December,…

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Serious Smash Four Men Hurt Accident at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1

At about half past seven yesterday morning two motor vehicles met in a head-on collision at the intersection of Corranderrk and Currong Streets,…

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Road Accidents Several People Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

Clifford Ashley, aged about 25, of Lakemba, was killed instantly shortly after midnight on Saturday, when his motor car overturned at Macquarie…

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Dangerous Driving Charge Aftermath of Recent Collision in Wallace Street

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 2

At the Braidwood Police Court last week Thomas J. Bopping was charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public on 18th June last…

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Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

There were 2.059 street accidents in the country parts of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1,818 for the previous…

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Chapter of Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 2

Racing on the local track is usually happily free from accidents but on Saturday afternoon three runners met with more or less…

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Road Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 1

There were 2,059 street accidents in the country parts of N.S.W. during the year ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1,818 for the previous…

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Fatal Collision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 7

BRISBANE.—Neil Hogden (28). architect, and Mrs. Grace Smith (26) were killed and three others injured when a sedan car and a motor truck…

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Infant Drowned at Yass

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 3

Noel Patrick Webb, the two-years-old infant of Mrs. and Mrs. C. N. Webb, of Shaw Street. Yass was drowned in a creek on Sunday. Two…

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Shocking Accident Captain’s Flat Mine Explosion One Dead—Another Badly Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 1

At about a quarter to seven on Tuesday evening an unexpected explosion of a charge at the mines at Captain‘s Flat…

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Fatal Mine Accident at Captain's Plat

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 3

An unexpected explosion of a charge at the nines at Captain's Flat last Tuesday evening resulted in the instant death of one man and serious…

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Explosion in Mine Recent Fatality at Captain's Flat

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 6

That the death of William Claude Freeman, 37, a miner, who was killed in an explosion at the Captain's Flat mine on September 20, was the…

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Mr. J. A. Perkins Injured Our Federal Member in Motor Accident on Way to Funeral

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 6

The Assistant Minister for Trade and Customs, Mr. J. A. Perkins, was admitted to a private hospital on Thursday afternoon, suffering…

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Local and General Old Coaching Accident Recalled

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 2

In a note to the editor Miss line Cohen, of Manly, refers to au article by "Nomad" in a recent issue of the "Review" dealing with a fatal…

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£40 Damages Awarded Sequel to Collision at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 3

About 7.20 a.m. on August 4 last, a collision occurred between two cars at the intersection of Currong and Corranderrk Streets, Reid, and arising out…

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Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 7

Two boys, Robert Alan Webb and Richard James Tangye, aged 8, were drowned when they fell into a water hole at North Rocks, near…

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