R.N. Officer Drowned in Nowra Baths
A Royal Navy officer, Sub-Lieutenant A. C. Dooley, was drowned in the public swimming baths at Nowra on Sunday last…
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Accidents, 1946
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Fatal Accident Cyclist Dies From Injuries
While returning home from his work at Canberra yesterday afternoon, Roy Norris, painter, of Oaks Estate, sustained fatal injuries…
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Friday night's rain was responsible for a strange series of mishaps on the Tarago road. First of all a car from Braidwood on its way to Goulburn for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Costly Collision Motor Cyclist to Pay £38/18/-
A sequel to an accident in which a motor cyclist and a pedal cyclist were involved in December last on Uriarra Road, Queanbeyan, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Lorry Hits Tree Man Killed—Another Injured
An unidentified man was killed on Saturday evening when a military lorry in which he was riding crashed into a tree about 18 miles from Yass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Type of Accident
An unusual type of night road accident, which is becoming more frequent in view of the tyre famine, is being reported to the N.R.M.A. and…
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When returning from the Adaminaby races, at 6.15 p.m. on Saturday last, a car driven by Mr. O. Waldren, of Canberra, skidded in loose gravel…
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On Tuesday last at the intersection of the Yass Road and the Federal Highway, L.A.C. Albert Allan Hadfield, R.A.A.F., stationed at Canberra,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Mill Arm and Shoulder Broken
E. George, employed at the mill at Lake George Mines, had his arm and shoulder broken on Monday when he was drawn in a conveyor belt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents Increase SYDNEY
There were 9,166 road accidents in New South Wales last year, as compared with 7,251 in 1944—an increase of 26 per cent. The Commissioner of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Unusual Accident on Ferry
A rather unusual mishap occurred on the Bateman's Bay ferry on Friday afternoon. It appears a big transport lorry with a loaded trailer had driven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of Interest Cyclist Fatally Injured
L.A.C. Allan Alfred Hadfield, 23, T member of the R.A.A.F., stationed at Canberra, was fatally injured when he was struck by a car at the…
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Last week when Mr. Frank Lawler jumped from under Mr. Lawler, who amined it was found he was badly fell heavily to the ground. When…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Drowned In Molonglo River
The body of a young man was found floating yesterday in the Molonglo River, at Kingston, Canberra He was Douglas Louden Smith, 19…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood People in Car Accident
Two people were injured when a car in which they were travelling along the Hume Highway, near Bowral, on Saturday morning, skidded on the…
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Last week Mr. Don Brooks had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident about a mile from Narooma He was returning after spending the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Negligent Driving Failed to Report Accident Truck Driver Fined
At Tuesday’s Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., Joseph Roufiel, of Bungendore, was charged with having driven in a negligent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Fatality
On Saturday while three youths from Sydney were out shooting rabbits in the bush two miles from Campbelitown, one was accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Drowned in Bath
At Boggabri on Monday Henry John Lonsdale, aged 20 months, was drowned in a bath at his home. He was playing in the bathroom with his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Rabbit Trappers Drowned
The bodies of two men, who apparently had been drowned some days, previously, were recovered from the Murrumbidgee River between Yass…
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