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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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

Nine Injured, One Fatally

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 2

A head-on collision between a car and a utility on the Moss Vale-Bowral Highway, near Bong Bong Creek, last Saturday night, caused nine people to…

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Another Road Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

When the car she was driving skidded on a bend in the Hume Highway, near Paddy’s River, about 17 miles south of Moss Vale, on…

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Car Accidents—8 Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

In the early hours of yesterday a small sedan car plunged down over a 300 feet cliff near Byron Bay Lighthouse. Three adults and three…

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Riding Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. Keith Walsh, grazier of Hoskinstown, had his left thing fractured when the horse he was riding [?] fell with him…

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Motor Cycle Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

A motor cycle ridden by Louis Vacler, of 26 Early Street, Queanbeyan, crashed into a car near Capital Hill Hostel, Canberra, on…

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Girl Rider Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

Miss Annette West, 16, of Tharwa, fractured her left thigh when she was thrown from the horse she was riding in a hunting event at the Junior…

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Survey of Childhood Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 4

Some 50.000 mothers of N.S.W. city and country children aged five or less are being asked to fill in forms saying whether their children have…

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Petrol Tank Explodes Peculiar Accident at Young

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 1

Had the seam of a petrol tank been facing upward instead of being on the ground when the tank exploded in a Young garage, the three men…

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Motor Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 2

On Saturday a motor-van and motor-cycle came into collision at the intersection of Uriarra Road and Young Street, Queanbeyan…

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Fatigue As Cause of Road Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 1

In Parliament the other day the Minister for Transport, the Hon. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., obtained leave to bring in a Bill which he had…

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Cyclist Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 3

Kenneth M. McSweeney, of Fyshwick A.C.T., suffered head injuries by a fall from his bicycle near Mill Creek on the Queanbeyan- Canberra…

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Fatal Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Following a collision between a motor car and the motor cycle he was riding on Wednesday night, John Thomas Weaver, aged 21, of…

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Man Killed Near Tarago Five Other Passengers Injured When Truck Overturns

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 2

A 24-year-old man was killed when a lorry overturned near Tarago on Sunday night. Another man was seriously injured…

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6 Drink and Road Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

Official figures giving the number of road accidents (or contributed to) by liquor do not reveal the whole picture, in the opinion of the N.R.M.A…

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Utility and Jinker in Collision Verdict for £174/17/4

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

At the District Court before His Honour' Judge' O’Sullivan, Elizabeth Hickey, of Captain’s Flat, sought to recover damage’s following an accident…

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Motor Accident Damages for Negligence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

Roy Keith Williams proceeded against Stanley Francis Ambler on the above charge at the District Court before His Honour, Judge…

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Street Collision Car and Utility Involved 50 M.p.h. Chase Througt Town

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 1

At the Braidwood Court of Petty Sessions on Friday a stranger, E. Hammond faced two charges, one of negligent driving and the other that he…

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Utility and Jinker in Collision Verdict for £174/17/4

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 1

At the District Court before His Honour Judge O'Sullivan, Elizabeth Hickey, of Captain's Flat, sought to recover damages following an accident…

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