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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

59 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Ambulance in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 1

A Canberra ambulance transporting two patients to Goulburn and Sydney was involved in a collision on the Federal Highway…

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Did Not Stop After Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 May 1955 · page 1

Following an accident in which a hit-and-run driver collided with two cars in Monaro Street on Saturday night a man was later…

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Injured Players Should Not Affect Combine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 June 1955 · page 3

Although below full strength Queanbeyan Acton Combine should still be too powerful for RMC when they meet tomorrow in the ACT…

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Shop Window Smashed in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 1

A Sydney motorist was charged by Queanbeyan Police with driving; while, under; the influence of intoxicating liquor after his car…

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Woman Hurt in Highway Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 June 1955 · page 1

A Canberra woman was admitted to Canberra Community Hospital on Saturday following a collision between two vehicles on the Federal…

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Rude Awakening Parked Car 14ft Off Road in Freak Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 1

A car that had been parked 14 feet off the roadway for hours, with its driver asleep, was involved in a freak collision early yesterday…

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Leaped for his Life in Collision Narrow Escape for Taxi Driver

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1955 · page 1

A Queanbeyan, taxi-driver had to leap for his life when another car crashed into his taxi on Saturday night. He is Round Edlington of…

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Motor Trucks in Unusual Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1955 · page 1

Four motor trucks were involved in an unusual accident in Thorpe Avenue ion Saturday night One truck had become bogged…

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You Can Stop Accidents To Your Children

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 6

Is your child “safe at home?” Chances are he isn’t Today or tomorrow he may be one of the hundreds of boys and girls maim…

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Collision in Farrer Place

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 1

A car and a utility were involved in a collision in Farrer Place last Tuesday. Richard. Southwell, of Donald…

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Five Injured Near ’Drome

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 1

Five persons were injured early yesterday morning when a car and in Army utility collided head on near the civil aerodrome at…

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Shearer Fallay injured in Shooling Mishap

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 1

A former well known Queanbeyan man was fatally wounded in shooting accident near Hillston on Saturday…

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Minor Accidents in Queanbeyan Over Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 1

Four minor traffic accidents occurred in Queanbeyan on Friday and Saturday. At about 10.30 pm on Friday, John…

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Injured in Fall From Motor Cycle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1955 · page 1

A Canberra man suffered injuries to the right knee and a badly lacerated finger when he fell from his motor cycle at the intersection…

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Most Accidents on Qbn-Canberra Rd

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1955 · page 2

Canberra Avenue, the main road from Queanbeyan to Canberra, has been the scene of more accidents in the last six months…

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New Australian Found Injured in Booth Street

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 1

Queanbeyan police and detectives from Cosma are inquiring into events preceding the discovery of a New Australian wandering in…

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Lay for Hours Before Being Found Lone Woman’s Ordeal After Shotgun Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 1

A seriously wounded lay alone for most of Tuesday night her Tharwa Road home before she was found by a neighbor early next morning…

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Harman Man in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 1

Gordon Harrell of HMAS Harman was driving a car when it collided head on with another vehicle on the Hume Highway 8…

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Oaks Estate Man in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 August 1955 · page 1

Oaks Es Man in Collision An Oaks Estate man was involved in a collision at Canberra last night…

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Three Minor Accidents This Week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 1

Three minor traffic accident occurred in Queanbeyan this wee’ On Tuesday at about 11 pm at the Captain’s Flat turnoff, two…

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