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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

64 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4

Drowned by Forms

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 2

Throughout his life Sam Brunt, a : 60—year—old farmer, tilled his 500—acre Cheshire farm, which was known as one of the most modern and best—run…

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Cooma Fatality Railway Man Kilted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

Mr. Cyril Crowder met his death by accident in Cooma railway goods yard last Wednesday. He had resided in Cooma for about two years…

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Terrible Tragedy Mother and Children Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

The bodies of Mrs. Amelia Laura Winnell, 29, and her five children were recovered from Gulpa. Creek, at Mathcura, 23 miles from Deniliquin…

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Gulpa Creek Tragedy Drowned. Children, Took Own Life

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

At the inquest held at Deniliquin yesterday on, Mrs.. Amelia Winnell and her five Children, whose bodies were recovered from Guipa…

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Expensive Accident £500 For Finger Joint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

As ,a result , of losing the top of her index finger, which, was cut. off through coming , in contact with a circular, saw, Mrs. [?]…

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Injured Man’s Fortitude

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 1

When both his legs were severed by a goods train at Bathurst railway yerds on Saturday morning, George Roberts , 38, a well-known greyhound…

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Scooter Causes Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 1

An unfortunate accident, in which Mrs. William Sibley, of Gundaroa, had her arm broken above the elbow happened at Canberra during the…

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Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 1

On the Queanbeyan-Canberra Road, near Mill Creek Bridge, a truck, driven by Ronald Hourigan, postal employee, collided with a…

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Varying Speeds Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 2

Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been injured are revealing a new hazard. More and more victims are stating “I was…

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Varying Speeds Cause Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 1

Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been injured fire revealing a new hazard.' More and more victims are stating "I was confused…

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Cyclists’ Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 2

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track, on the edge of a 300-ft. cliff in Sydney and fell to his death,…

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Cyclists' Pranks Cause Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1

When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300ft. cliff in Sydney and fell to his death,…

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Little Things Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2

“Oh, I'm too busy—I can’t, be bothered with little things like that.” Like what? Little tilings which cause accident’s. When making a survey of public…

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Timber Train Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 1
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Claude Charles Marendaz (32), mill hand, was killed instantly and three other men injured when a timber mill train crashed through a bridge…

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Pilot Killed in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

When two training aircraft collided in mid-air 14 miles from Mildura aerodrome Sergeant P. I. Anwyl, of Victor Harbour, S.A., was killed…

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Tragic Accident Ex—gunner Reg. G. Laurie

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 1

Widespread regret has been evinced in the Alpha (Q.) district by the news received on 27th May by Mrs. J. C. Hosle of the death by accident in…

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Little Things Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 1

"Oh, I'm too busy—I can't be bothered with little things like that." Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…

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Brawl Fatality In Italian P.O.W. Camp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

One Italian prisoner of war was killed and two others seriously wounded in a fight among Italian prisoners of war at the Hay camp early…

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Gar Crashes Into Creek Two Young Men Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

When returning from a dance early on Sunday morning, two men were drowned after their car crashed through a bridge into Porter’s Creek…

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