Drowned in Fish-pond
At Earlwood, in a fish-pond 18 inches deep, Warren White 2½ years old, was drowned on Sunday. On a dinky given him for Christmas he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents
Accidents, 1947
49 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Three Killed in Plane Crash Twenty Persons Injured New York, Monday (A.A.P.)
Two passengers and the co-pilot were killed and 20 passengers were injured in a plane crash at Carmel (New Jersey) last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lesson From Holiday Accident Toll
Coincidence of a low road accident holiday toll and the presence on the main roads of the greatest number of police traffic patrols since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Hundred Drowning Fatalities Annually Have Your Children Taught to Swim Contributed by the Health Department
Every summer brings tragedy- to hundreds of -homes scattered throughout Australia. Many fatal accidents can happen in any season, but hot weather brings an extra peril—drowning. Each year, over four hundred Australians lose their lives in,, this mariner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lesson From Holiday Accident Toll
Coincidence of a low road accident holiday toll and the presence on the main roads of the greatest number of police traffic patrols since the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision at Ilea SHANGHAI, Monday (A.A.P.)
About 100 of the 1000 passengers and crew aboard the wooden ship Chikiang, which sank on Sunday after a collision with a tug, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident at Sawmill Evidence at Inquest
A finding that Robert Iverac[?], 46, of Coolamon, died at the District Hospital on January 7 from injuries accidentally received in a sawmill accident…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Drowned When Life Boats Capsize LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.)
Sixteen members of the crew and two passengers are reported to have been drowned, following a fire on the steamer “Samwater,” 7219 tons, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Accident Constable Critically Injured Near Jerangle
Constable C. K. Bloomfield, of Michelago, was admitted to the Queanbeyan Hospital in a critical condition on Thursday night, after being found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Back Dent Cr. Dinshea' It [?] Injured
At last Shire [?] the Works, [?] which it was [?] [?] of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost of R[?]ad Accidents
Actual cost in £.S.D. of road accidents, apart from physical suffering and pain, is a substantial reason why a much more energetic approach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident Police Constable Dies
While out on patrol duty on his motor cycle, with side-car empty, last Thursday, Constable Clement Kitchener Bloomfield, of Michelago,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cost of Road Accidents
Actual cost in £sd for road accidents, apart from physical suffering and pain, is a substantial reason why a much more energetic approach towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident Police Constable Dies
While out on patrol duty on his motor cycle, with side-car empty, last Thursday, Constable dement Kitchener Bloomfield, of Michelago, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greyhounds Killed in Head-on Collision
At Saturday night’s greyhund [?] whilst Fred Br[?]ant, of [?] was bringing his dogs, Earl Andy and Iron Range, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lorry Crash Collision with Electric Light Pole in Main Street
During the busiest part of Saturday a lorry caused some excitement in Braidwood when it failed to negotiate the turn from Wallace Street into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indian Rioting Many Dead and Injured LAHORE, Friday (A.A.P.)
Eleven persons were killed and 33 injured in communal disturbances yesterday. Twenty-seven have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News Serious Bus Accident
Seventy people were injured, 21 seriously, when a fully loaded double-decker bus, bound from Avalon to Wynyard, overturned in Sydney Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident Man'e Trying Ordeal
When Mr. Roy McDowall, of Durran Durra, did not arrive home for tea on Tuesday evening, his wife became alarmed and rank his brother, Rees,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Accident Mr. W. Hawes Killed
When William Charles Hawes was driving a utility truck in a northerly direction in Concord Road on Tuesday night his vehicle became…
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