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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

60 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Two Brothers Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 2

A said drowning fatuity in which two toys, Herbert James McGrath and Raymond Kevin McGrath, aged 4 and 2 years, were drowned, occurred…

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Two Drowned in the Murrumbidgee

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 2

At the inquest held at Yass Courthouse concerning the deaths by drowning of Henry James Mclnerney and Rupert William Hunter, rabbit…

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Tragic Car Smash Man Killed in Road Accident Occupants Catapulted Through Roof As Car Turns Over

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 2

The Braidwood-Caplain's Flat road on Wednesday was the scene if one of the worst accidents this district has known, in which one well-known Ballalaba resident, Mr. Arthur Gumm, was killed and his brother Bay critically injured…

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Motorists' Statements After Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists to refrain from giving signed statements to the police regarding accidents in which they are involved until after…

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Forty Drowned in [?] Floods TEHERAN, Wednesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 3

The Euphrates and Tigris Rivers have overflowed their banks and flooded more than 1,000 acres of agricultural land and the port of Basra…

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Railway Yard Fatality Coroner’s Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

An inquest into the death of Raymond George Foley, 18, of Captain’s Flat, who was found dead at the South Goulburn shunting yards…

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Railway Yard Fatality Young Man's Death

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

An inquest into the death of Raymond George Foley, aged 18, of Captain's Flat, who was found dead at the South Goulburn shunting yards…

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Racial Riots Twenty-three Killed Sixty Injured CALCUTTA, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 1

Twenty-three persons were killed and 60 injured during day long rioting between Moslems and Hindus at Ahmedabad…

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Goulburn Cyclists Killed in Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Involved in a collision with a car on the Braidwood Road at 6.20 on Tuesday night, Alan Pooley, 23, of Goulburn, received fatal injuries…

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Here and There Car Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

The sharp corner near "Mona" home-stead, on the Mongarlowe road, which was the scene of a fatal accident some years ago, saw another accident on…

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Two Men Injured in Truck Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 4

Late oh Tuesday night, on the Canberra-Goulburn Road, about six miles from Canberra a truck, driven by Mr. E. O. Gumley, came into collision with…

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Football Fierce Game at Queanbeyan Jack Bunn Injured

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

The recent match, in which Braidwood recovered the Advokaat Cup from Queanbeyan by two points to nil, was one of the hardest games I…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

Mr. P. Hardy met with a very unfortunate accident a short time ago. Going out to get some wood she trod on a piece which rolled, causing her…

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Road Accident Toll

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

That the road toll in 1945-46 was the highest since 1941 was indicated by figures released yesterday by the Commissioner for Road Transport,…

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Local and General Tarago Road Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on the Tarago road at a spot near a gutter on the Braidwood side of Mr. Chartton's, Boro, on Friday, resulting in the…

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Queanbeyan Cyclist Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 2

As a result of being struck by a motor car near Mill Creek bridge on the Queanbeyan-Canberra Road yesterday evening. E. J. Johnson,…

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Lorry Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 2

Travellers on the Braidwood Tarago road report an accident to a lorry belonging to Mr. C. Day, of Braidwood. It appears that he was taking…

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U. S. Train Derailed Four Deaths; Many Injured Victorville, California Friday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 1

Four persons were reported killed and between 50 and 75 injured, when a locomotive and the first five cars of the Union Pacific passenger train,…

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Shot, Then Nearly Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 3

When Thomas Stewart, a farmer of Winchelsea, Victoria, suffered from a gunshot wound, his wife hurriedly set off by car at night to…

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Radio Explodes Youth Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

At North Ipswich, near Brisbane, yesterday, Robert John Mayhew, aged 19, had his left hand mutilated and shattered glass cut his body when an…

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