Motorcyclist Failed to See Signal £5 Fine Is Sequel to Collision with Truck in Q’beyan
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 2
A collision in Queanbeyan between a truck and a motorcycle, in which the motorcyclist and his pillion passenger were injured, had a sequel at Queanbeyan. Petty Sessions on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Road Accidents at Weekend Mother and Baby Injured in Q’byn
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 1
A New Australian mother and her eight-months old baby were admitted to Queanbeyan Hospital on Friday night after being struck by a car in Cooma Road about 7.15 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accomplice Drowned in River Theft of Wool Cost Man £71
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 1
Lawrence Mervyn Kemp of Canberra was fined £30 and ordered to pay £41/14/- compensation to R. H. Hencocks Pty. Ltd. of Yass at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions last week, when he pleaded guilty to steal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Injured in Mine
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 1
The man was injured while working underground in.the Lake George! Mine at Captain's Flat last night. He is M. Lacy of Braidwood Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trains in Head-on Collision Traffic Blocked at Bungendore; Driver Injured
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 1
Railway traffic has been held up since early this morning by the wreckage of two goods trains which collided head-on near Bungendore railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attitude to Road Accident Problem
The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 1
Commenting on the substantial increase in fatalities in road accidents for the first quarter of the financial year, the N.R.M.A. urges the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Sequel to Rood Accident Mystery of Green Sendan; Damages for Captain’s Flat Man
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 1
Conflicting evidence as to the presence or otherwise of a “green car” at the scene of an accident in one of the main streets of Bungendore on April 29 was a feature of a cross action for damages put to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Fishing Trip Migrant is Drowned
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2
A fishing trip to the Murrumbidgee River near Michelago ended tragically, for a party of Italian migrant railway workers when one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mygrant’s Death Was Accident
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1
Accidentally drowned while swimming in the Murrumbidgee River near Michelago. was the finding of the district Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Monga
The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 2
On Friday Mr. Bill Leonard met with a nasty accident while at work of Monga. when he gashed his foot badly with an axe. The man lost a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While Hundreds Swam Nearby Migrant Drowned in Night tragedy
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 1
A Ukrainian migrant, John Wauk, of 5 Mowatt Street, was drowned in the Queanbeyan River last night while several hundred people swam in the nearby Rutledge Street pool controlled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident Ends Holiday Trip
Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 1
A holiday trip planned by Mr and Mrs E. Kalnins, of Fergus Road, was cut short when their car was involved…
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