Boy Drowned
Late on Sunday afternon, a 10-year-old student of All Saints’ College, Richard Frank Slade, of Turramurra, was swept to his death after…
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Accidents, 1947
49 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3
"Speed Still Our Greatest Traffic Enemy" New Move to Cut Down Accident Rate
"I do not know of a greater human problem confronting Parliament than that of road accidents," said the Leader of the Country Party (Lt. Col…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pea Rifle Accident
John Thomas Carden, 14, of Gipps Street, Chatswood, accidentally shot himself in the stomach with a 22 rifle near Castlecrag golf…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Boys Drowned In Queanbeyan River
Queanbeyan River claimed two more victims on Sunday afternoon when Richard Swan, aged 6 years, and Roy Bradley, aged 8 years, lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Drowning Coroner’s Inquest
The circumstances concerning last Sunday’s drownings were investigated by District Coroner Ruffles at the local court house on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys Drowned
As a result of falling into Cook’s River canal during Saturday’s storm two boys lost their lives. The body of one boy was recovered that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Fatality
When John Dalton. a farm labourer of Richmond, won £1,000 in a recent State lottery he purchased a motor cycle a couple of weeks ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More "Screwy" Accidents in 1946
Stanley Szot, of East Chicago, Ind., entered the dentist's office with a toothache and left with a headache. As the dentist reached for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Collision
On Saturday morning about three miles from Queanbeyan on the Burra Read a jeep driven by Mr. Gruber came into collision with a…
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