Shooting Accident
While out shooting on Wednesday morning on Jellamatong young Pat Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Woods, of Braidwood, was…
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Accidents, 1942
39 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2
Another Brown-out Fatality
At the inquest into the death of a soldier, Oliver Ivers, who was in camp near Bathurst, it was revealed that the primary cause of the accident was…
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The wire pulling the “tin hare” almost severed a foot of an attendant, Charles Quinlan, 42, at the Lithgow greyhound racing meeting…
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Beverley Rumbel, 12 monthsâ old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rumbel, of Vacy, near West Maitland, was drowned in an old copper…
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When a check had been made of the submarine shelling of Sydney and Newcastle it was revealed that one man had been injured, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Accident to V.d.c. Right Hand Shattered
Residents of Nowra and the Shoalhaven district received an almost unbelievable shock about mid-day on Sunday, when word went round that…
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Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquiry into the death of William Kerr Woods, aged 13, of Russell Vale, at Bulli, the Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra Brown-out Increase in Accidents
Discontent with the brown-out conditions in Canberra was expressed at the monthly meeting of the A.C.T. Advisory Council when notification…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airman Brother of Rev. Fr. Moore Drowned
A few days ago Rev. T. Moore, Diocesan Director of the Propagation of the Faith, Goulburn, and formerly of Braidwood, received word that his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Drowned in Slit Trench
Falling into an air-raid shelter of he slit-trench type in the back yard of a Kilighorne Street residence on Friday morning, John Raymond…
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"You remember the saying 'Democracy is the first casualty in any war. A lot of us over here, and at home, Used to say that, before this thing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotelkeeper's Painful Accident
A severe injury to the left eye was suffered on Tuesday by Mr. Reginald Lewis, of Major's Creek, when he was using a stockwhip. Mr. Lewis, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Man's Hand Blown Off in Mine Accident
Our: Captain's Flat correspondent writes:—On Friday afternoon, 24th inst, an accident occurred at Lake George mine, Captain's Flat, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worker Injured in Mine Explosion
During biasing operations early yesterday morning at Lake George Mine, Captain's Flat, Kevin Bollen, 22. sustained extensive injuries…
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A shocking accident occurred last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Veness, Rye Park, when an evacuee girl, Coral Morgan, aged four years,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roadside Fatality Coroner’s Finding
The Canberra Coroner (Colonel Goodwin) oh Tuesday at the Canberra Courthouse held an inquiry into the cause of the death of John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aged Couple Injured
A bolting horse and cart, which crashed through the fence of their backyard yesterday, critically injured Mr. Sidney Burrows, 92 and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Here and There Accident
Mr. Fred Wright, of Braidwood, met with a serious accident on Saturday morning, as a result dt which he is now in Braidwood Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Baby Drowned in Bath
A finding of death by drowning in a bath, was returned by the Canberra Coroner (Colonel J. T. Goodwin) at an inquest held on…
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