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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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

Road Safety Risks That Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safely Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

I suppose there aren't many motorists who have not had the experience of bumping into the rear of another car or of being bumped on the…

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Risks That Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 3

I suppose there aren’t many motorists who have [?] had the experience of either bumping into the rear of another car or of being bumped on the…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Two Women Drowned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Mrs. Lucy Irene Catton (36) and Miss Myrtle Elma were drowned while swimming at Burnley. It is believed that Mrs…

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Tug Sunk in Sydney Harbour Engineer Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 1

While crossing the bow of an oversea freighter to pick up a line yesterday, the tug Hero was sunk and the engineer was dragged down in the tug,…

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Evacuee Ship Torpedoed Eight-three Children Drowned LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 2

Eighty-three child evacuee, aged between five and fifteen, were drowned when the ship on which they were being conveyed from Britain to Canada was…

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Road Safety Level Crossing Accidents (issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 1

There was 51 level-crossing accidents during the year ended June 30 1940. In the previous year there were many more, and in the present…

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Level Crossing Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 4

There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30th 1940. In the previous year there were many more and in the present…

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AWARDED £898 DAMAGES Motor Cyclist Injured: in Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 3

Delivering reserved judgment in the Supreme Court on Friday,, His Honour Judge Lukin awarded. Geoffrey Herbert Dean, of Queanbeyan, £800 damages…

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Awarded £898 Damages Motor Cyclist Injured in Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 6

Delivering reserved judgment in the Supreme Court on Friday, bis Honor Judge Lukin awarded Geoffrey Herbert Dean, of Queanbeyan, £800…

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Painful Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 2

Mr. A. Bagnall, a member of the Shire gang engaged in the reconstruction work on the Tarago road, met with an extremely painful accident…

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Strange Accident at Dog Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 2

[?]Mullaney, upholsterer, of 40 Prince’s Highway, Arnecliffe, was injured by his own dog, Wee. Wonder, at the Goulburn Sportsground during…

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Road Safety New Conditions—new Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 5

New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…

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Telegraphic News Girls Killed in Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 7

Two girls, Daphne Best (19) end Asta Kilp (11) were killed and three others injured when the car in which they were travelling overturned in…

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New Conditions New Accidents(Issued by the Road Safe Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 4

New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…

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Road Safety Looking Behind the Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 2

Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation. Some…

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Looking Behind the Accident (Issued by the Road Safety Council o New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 2

Behind, each of the 28 fatal accident already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story o anguish and desolation…

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Drover Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 December 1940 · page 1

Dennis Malloy, 50, drover, was drowned on Saturday while swimming his horse across a flooded lagoon at North wagga. Malloy could not swim,…

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Evacuee’s Story Of Collision in Mid-ocean

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 2

At a sewing circle at Hoskinstown recently, Mrs. Ross, member of a well-known district family, gave an interesting account of a collision between two…

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Captain's Flat Fatality Girl Drowned in Dam

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 2

Merle Lawson (18) was bathing in the Lake George Mining Company's dam at the week-end when she sank in deep water and was drowned. The…

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Cars in Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 2

When half a mile on the Captain's Flat side of Foxlow Station two cars met in a head-on collision. In one car were Mrs. M. A. Hobbins, who…

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