Four Injured Collision In Street
Four persons were injured, one seriously, when a motor lorry and sedan car came into collision at the corner of Crawford and Eric Streets…
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Accidents, 1950
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Gun Shot Accident
At the Easter week-end, while holidaying with Mr. W. J. Dinnington of “Yarralday” on the Burra Road, 16 miles from Queanbeyan,…
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Lauries Clarence Eldridge, 27, of Narrandera was drowned in the main irrigation channel about half a mile from the town on Sunday…
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The Canberra Coroner, Mr. F. C. Keane, concluded the inquest last Friday on the drowning of Leslie; George Savage of West Avenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Mining Disaster Many Killed and Injured BRUSSELS, Friday (A.A.P.)
Belgium’s worst mining disaster since 1932, which occurred yesterday, killed 14 miners, injured four seriously and trapped 18 others in a mine near…
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Worker’s compensation statistics, tabled by the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Finnan) in the Legislative Assembly this week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Accident On Bridge Approach Ran Over Embankbent
On Sunday night, about 8.10 p.m. while proceeding from Queanbeyan to Captain’s Flat, a Morris tourer car, driven by Neville Edward Daniel, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accident Toll
Describing the behaviour of a small percentage of motor vehicle drivers as "a blot on civilisation's page," Mr. H. E. Richards, N.R.M.A. general…
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On Wednesday night a motor car, driven by Roger Francis Lee, 22, of Goulburn, while gravelling on the Federal Highway about five miles north…
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While attempting to cross the flooded Wybong Creek, near Muswellbrook, yesterday, Claude Googe, 37, single, a dairy farmer, was drowned…
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About 7.30 o’clock last night an International motor lorry driven by Warwick Gerald Montgomery Cripps 35, of Eden Park, Robertson, went…
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Last nigh, about 7.30 o’clock, the Queanbeyan Ambulance received a call to the turn-off on the Sutton-Federal Highway. Two cars were involved…
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Mr. James Cargill, of Mongarlow[?] had a miraculous escape from death last Thursday whilst engaged at his eucalyptus tank in the bush some[?]…
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Mrs. E. Wilkes, of Laurieton, has had an unenviable experience, which should be a lesson to everyone. Whilst knitting, she poked at an Itchy ear…
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Following an accident at the intersection of Crawford and Erin Streets on April 13, Barry Leslie Kelly appeared before Mr. Paton,…
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Stronger action by the Government is urgently needed if the road accident position is to improve, in the opinion of the N.R.M.A. Mr. H. E. Richards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pedestrian’s Leg Injured Struck by Motor Cycle
About 5.30 p.m. last Sunday, Percy Reginald Russell, a council employee of Thuralilly Street, Pound Hill, Queanbeyan, had crossed the…
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The N.R.M.A. has appealed to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) to act vigorously and at once in a new plan for toad safety, involving the…
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While assisting to repair a floodgate on the bank of the Bell River at Mumbil, Cecil Martin, 49, complained to his companion, Stan…
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